User talk:WikiTownsvillian

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Contents 1 Ah 2 Watchlist 3 Stockland Townsville 4 Peter Costello 5 Howard pic 6 liberal party comments 7 Wait what? 8 Peter Lindsay 9 Image copyright problem with Image:Space_Net_on_The_Strand,_Townsville.JPG 10 Thuringowa State High School 11 Your comments 12 Malcolm Frasier eh? 13 Forde 14 Possibly unfree Image:Malcolm_Frasier_bust.jpg 15 Townsville-Burdekin School District 16 les tyrell 17 Thanks! 18 No Probs 19 Aust Barnstar 20 David Hicks: SMH Afganistan allegations 21 Whitlam 22 townsville page 23 Category:Townsville/Thuringowa, Queensland 24 your thoughts please 25 reply 26 Your watch list 27 riverway 28 vincent 29 Townsville info i add 30 Palm island edits and i must ask..... 31 Speedy deletion of Image:March for Mulrunji.jpg 32 Chris Hurley 33 Palm

[edit] Ah

On closer inspection, I realise that you weren't the one who did the removing of content. Thankfully, you don't seem to have objected to it, so I'm not inadvertently calling you a party to something. BigHaz - Schreit mich an 08:50, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Watchlist

Hi WikiTownsvillian, I was wondering if there is any way I can "group-watch" the WikiProject Townsville for edits? It seems almost impossible to track recent changes at the community recent changes area as there are simply far too many edits per second. Now, I know that I can select each topic individually and add it to my watchlist, but I was hoping there was an easier way. Thanks! Niël 23:41, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

Sorry Nielg, I really don't know, I will ask an admin on your behalf. Cheers, WikiTownsvillian 11:09, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks a lot! I'll keep that link - it'll be soooo much easier than trying to dig it out of the "recent changes" area! Niël 11:20, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Stockland Townsville

You Have Removed Information From Stockland
May I Ask Why? —Preceding unsigned comment added by ChrisFashion (talk • contribs) 05:32, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

See WP:SOURCE. Cheers, WikiTownsvillian 05:35, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Peter Costello

Hello, i am replying to your message i recived saying i 'edited' Peter Costello;

'User talk:58.84.85.163 Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to make constructive contributions to Wikipedia, at least one of your recent edits, such as the one you made to Peter Costello, did not appear to be constructive and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any test edits you would like to make, and take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. WikiTownsvillian 11:33, 23 October 2007 (UTC)'

I did not contribute to this at all. May you show me what was written? Should i change my password if someone has gone on my account and changed it? Sincerly, Jake

Good morning, the list of edit contributions on Wikipedia by people of the same IP address as yourself is available here, since you did not make the edit you are probably using an IP address which is shared by multiple people and someone else made the edit. If someone edits wikipedia without creating an account or logging in it is recorded as being edited by the IP address, I hope this helps clarify things. Cheers, WikiTownsvillian 01:49, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Howard pic

Yes, I almost spat my drink out when I came across the image. Such clarity and resolution, oh what an improvement! Now we have excellent images for both leaders :-) Timeshift 00:50, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Excellent work on the poll. FINALLY, this decision will be more than Brendans. Timeshift 08:29, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

He just broke 3RR on a talk page of all places... Timeshift 02:11, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Review the edits. He has removed comments from that table 3 times. Timeshift 03:17, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

A tale of sound and fury, signifying...? --Brendan [ contribs ] 16:42, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] liberal party comments

I agree with your last comment. I'll look for a more appropriate place to make that point. cheers. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jimcasbathog (talk • contribs) 07:51, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wait what?

When did I do this: " Please stop. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, as you did to Townsville Grammar School, you will be blocked from editing. WikiTownsvillian 09:53, 1 October 2007 (UTC)?" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.216.227.208 (talk)

In response to your note; this is the list of edits made by your IP address, all of which is vandalism of wikipedia, if this is a shared IP address I'd suggest signing up for an account (very easy to do) and that way you won't get messages which regard vandalism by other people using the same IP address as you. Additionally this IP address is in danger of being blocked if it continues to vandalise wikipedia so if you know who it is it would be a good idea for you to tell them to knock it off. Cheers, WikiTownsvillian 13:26, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Peter Lindsay

Ouch! So close! And :O at the double digit Qld seats swinging to Labor! Timeshift (talk) 17:43, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:Space_Net_on_The_Strand,_Townsville.JPG

Thank you for uploading Image:Space_Net_on_The_Strand,_Townsville.JPG. However, it currently is missing information on its copyright status. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously. It may be deleted soon, unless we can determine the license and the source of the image. If you know this information, then you can add a copyright tag to the image description page.

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thanks again for your cooperation. Jusjih (talk) 00:35, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thuringowa State High School

Howdy, I noticed you added a hangon tag to the Thuringowa State High School article. I removed the speedy request and your tag since no criteria for speedy deletion applied. You are, of course, welcome to simply remove the speedy deletion tag yourself (provided you did not create the article) per WP:CSD, but you can also put a hangon if you wish. Thanks and keep up the great work1 --TeaDrinker (talk) 08:38, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Your comments

If I was flagging them because of objections with the poor editorial practices of TCR, then i'd be bored. These articles are just reviewed every couple of months to reduce the cruft and get rid of what can only be described as an extension of *cruft. As for the admins, most of them I know have just given up trying with the user in question because the message isn't getting across. Waiting another three months isn't going to change things, because the user is more likely than not to move on to other articles and *cruft them up. He's had every chance available to reform, and he's at the stage where he is teetering dangerously on the edge of some procedural action. Thewinchester ^(talk) 05:46, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

• What ever, and what admins...i can't think of any that have had a ongoing issue with me...what ever it is that you are on, you should think about giving it up as it has made you retarded. Thuringowacityrep (talk) 10:53, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

Winchester (is that how I should address you?), just because one user may make additions to an article which you disagree with does not make the subject matter non-notable and deleting articles on notable subjects is not a way of dealing with it. Cheers, WikiTownsvillian 14:32, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Malcolm Frasier eh?

Frasier's brasiere? Oh, that was trousers. Anyway, nice images! Timeshift (talk) 06:17, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

Haha, yeah I know, I noticed the misspell as soon as I clicked, but unfortunately there is no option to move image pages, and I couldn't be bothered re-uploading.WikiTownsvillian 13:05, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

I liked Johnnnie's bust. It looks a bit prettier than the real thing, though :) Lester 10:01, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

I think the creator was drunk when he did Keating's ;-) Timeshift (talk) 10:11, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

I heard somewhere that Keating absolutely hated his and it created a bit of controversy at the time. WikiTownsvillian 13:05, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

I can't say that the way the images have been plonked in to some of the articles upsetting the photo placement balances is in any way appealing... I trust you will upright them and move them in to more balanced places? :-) Timeshift (talk) 15:41, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

hey, looked fine on my screen, but I'd be happy for them to be moved, perhaps it is my screen? it is an odd shape. also what is the difference between right and upright? Cheers, WikiTownsvillian 23:48, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

I'm talking about image placement. Like for example, some PM pages have images staggered right to left to right etc, and the bust image has just been added slapdash somewhere... just general placement issues. But don't take that as any form of criticism, the images are an excellent contribution. right and upright are different... use thumb for horizontal photos and thumb|upright for vertical photos, upright reduces the thumbed size of the image slightly to compensate. left and right is simply alignment. I'll make a couple of changes. Timeshift (talk) 00:23, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Done. Btw, where's Forde? Timeshift (talk) 01:36, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

		The Photographer's Barnstar
		For outstanding image contributions from the Prime Minister's Avenue in the Ballarat Botanical Gardens. Timeshift (talk) 01:45, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

aw schucks my first Barnstar, thanks timeshift. As for Forde, either I missed him or there is no bust of him, I have looked at a couple of documents on the internet and there is no reference to who the sculptor who did the Forde bust so maybe there is non because he was only in office for a week... WikiTownsvillian 03:46, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Forde

Hi, WT. I’m going purely by their website, which says "Each of the 25 Prime Ministers of Australia are displayed as bronze portraits mounted on polished granite pedestals". It clearly hasn’t been updated for Rudd (it has an opening date 1996 for Howard but no closing date), and Howard was the 25th PM, so I conclude that Forde is there. I have visited the place, but it was about 4 years ago and I didn’t take photos. I don’t particularly remember Forde being there, but it didn’t hit me as a glaring omission either. Sorry I couldn’t be more helpful. Cheers -- JackofOz (talk) 05:03, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Each of Australia's Prime Ministers is depicted regardless of the length of time spent in office.[1] Timeshift (talk) 05:14, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

no fair enough, I'm not discounting that I just missed him, however I was pretty sure at the time that I got all of them :( and they all seem to be accounted for except Forde when the websites are talking about who made each individual bust WikiTownsvillian 08:44, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Possibly unfree Image:Malcolm_Frasier_bust.jpg

An image that you uploaded or altered, Image:Malcolm_Frasier_bust.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images because its copyright status is disputed. If the image's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. You may find more information on the image description page. You are welcome to add comments to its entry at the discussion if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Jusjih (talk) 04:19, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

I'm lost myself as to what the issue is here. Timeshift (talk) 10:17, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

This refers to the image that was originally uploaded by myself to an incorrectly spelt title. I'm not sure why the copyright status of the original image was challenged, but it doesn't really matter as the image at the correctly titled address is still fine. Either way at worst I can just re-upload the picture with the copyleft tags as per norm. Cheers, WikiTownsvillian 12:36, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

Ah yes, the dud image :-) Timeshift (talk) 21:09, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Townsville-Burdekin School District

Another editor has added the "{{prod}}" template to the article Townsville-Burdekin School District, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but the editor doesn't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and has explained why in the article (see also Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not and Wikipedia:Notability). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia or discuss the relevant issues at its talk page. If you remove the {{prod}} template, the article will not be deleted, but note that it may still be sent to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. BJBot (talk) 00:59, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

My apologies for not sending you the PROD message. Realistically, yes renaming it would partially satisfy me. Id like to see it deleted, but having the article in its correct name would be a nice touch. Thanks for the note. Twenty Years 15:35, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] les tyrell

Hi maybe you can do the les Tyrell page again as it seems if I start a page it's crap and needs to be deleted. Well hope you will make this page again as seeing how it was deleted because 1: the city of Thuringowa is coming to a end, (SO... Les will still be here and who knows he may even be the mayor of the new Townsville.) and 2: I used the info off the Thuringowa website and re-wrote it so that it wasn't a copy issue. Would have been nice for your input, but never mind. Lets just hope that you can do the page now like you where going to before I did it and it get to stay this time. Thanks Thuringowacityrep (talk) 12:37, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!

Due to your PM bust photo contributions which make the article, I technically qualified for this award after it became a DYK page! Part of the award is yours, you can have the other crown. I'll be the queen ;-) Timeshift (talk) 08:43, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] No Probs

Hi thats cool, i have re-written the page again and so far the editors that deleted it find it ok now as i added more refs and used a new style of writting, but i did have to remove some of what i added but i was cool with that.Thanks anyway, the real world is a far better place to be anyway, at least i don't get called things that im not out here, but again thanks for getting back to me. take care Thuringowacityrep (talk) 12:34, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Aust Barnstar

		The Australian Barnstar of National Merit
		for your efforts with Australian articles Gnangarra 00:15, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] David Hicks: SMH Afganistan allegations

Hi, as a contributor to David Hicks:Talk:SMH Afganistan allegations, you might be interested to know that I have put in a request for mediation by the Mediation Cabal on matters discussed there. SmithBlue (talk) 09:02, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

If you want to be included as an involved party the page is [here.] SmithBlue (talk) 09:09, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Whitlam

Just caught the end of a doco the other day on fox... the motion was brought to the Senate before the Labor senators even knew of the events! So Fraser did have them passed that day. Lou from Neighbours as leader of the opposition in the Senate... *shudder* Timeshift (talk) 09:04, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] townsville page

no probs, sorry, is everything else ok for now, i dont want to change to much just yet. Thuringowacityrep (talk) 05:03, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Thank you, i think Tony caused most of it himself going by what i have been hearing, but i wont say anymore about that....as im sure Les will do a fine job....well he bloody well better...if you see something that i have done that you think is wrong, can you just let me know so i don't do it again, thanks Thuringowacityrep (talk) 05:15, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Thats cool, but i said that because i really might do something wrong...as it seems that i have done so allready...i added former in front of Tony mooney, but have been told that this is not true until Les is sworn in. But im sure i do most things correct.Thuringowacityrep (talk) 05:30, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

BTW should we move the City of Townsville to City of Townsville (former) and create a new article for the new one? Unlike previous amalgamations (eg 1995) it appears that both entities (To and Th) were dissolved and a new entity created. (I'm busily sorting out the far corners of the state atm :P )Orderinchaos 06:16, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

As an aside, all the Sunshine Coast suburbs probably need to be rewritten. :| There's a LOT of cruft in the Tablelands as well. Orderinchaos 06:18, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Category:Townsville/Thuringowa, Queensland

Hi WikiTownsvillian. Interesting times in North Queensland at the moment... As an aside, the name of this catgeory needs to be addressed at some time and it is likely to meet with some opposition. Your thoughts? -- Mattinbgn\^talk 11:24, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Hi Matt, thanks for your concern but TCR does recognise that these pages need to be updated to reflect the present and not the past, I don't think it will be controversial to change this (and many many) pages to reflect the name change. Cheers, WikiTownsvillian 11:33, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] your thoughts please

What are you thoughts about this .....seeing how all of Thuringowa's suburbs are now Townsville's, i was thinking of having the page Former Suburbs of Thuringowa City after being moved to or changed to Former Suburbs of Thuringowa, and then in the pages about the suburbs instead of just going in and changing ...eg "Rasmussen is a suburb in the city of Thuringowa to in hte city of Townsville, i was thinking something like Rasmussen is a former suburb of Thuringowa, however it is now a Townsville suburb due to the merge of the two cities"....this is just a bit of an idea but i would really like you input on how this should be worded...i don't want it like this forever, maybe just 6 mths or so and then it can be changed to just say a suburb of Townsville, and at the bottom of the page could be a link to the former Thuringowa city page where the history part will explain everything. thanks Thuringowacityrep (talk) 00:10, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] reply

Sorry i thought that the Electoral district of Thuringowa did end with the ending of Thuringowa city and that is way it was removed from the Thuringowa page.....guess i am wrong ...sorry Thuringowacityrep (talk) 11:56, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Hi TCR, the local government reform has nothing to do with State electoral districts, all State electoral districts are not affected and have the same names and boarders as they had before. Cheers, WikiTownsvillian 12:00, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Ok Thanks i guess that is another way the Thuringowa name can live on. Thanks again and sorry if i do edit something wrong, plus i added 2 refs about to the area about Townsville being the capital just to keep everybody happy...hope that is ok.Thuringowacityrep (talk) 12:04, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

no worries, I think it is a very obvious self-evident fact, your references will probably help, good work. Cheers, WikiTownsvillian 12:06, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

• yeah i see your point, but it just seems a little misleading as it reads like he still is the Mayor......tricky one this, if you want to have a go at rewording so it doesn't sound like is still is the mayor, go for it but if not i can think about it over night and see if i can find a way that we are both happy with. Thuringowacityrep (talk) 12:29, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Yeah the state and federal electorates keep the same names unlesss ECQ / AEC decide to change them. To take one example, the City of Gympie was absorbed in an earlier reform into the Shire of Cooloola, but the relevant state district was, and still is, called Gympie. It's now known as the Gympie Regional Council after this reform (strange fact, the new Townsville was the only new City Council in rural Queensland out of the reforms, all the others, even Sunshine Coast, became "regional councils" instead.) Orderinchaos 03:47, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Your watch list

Hi I changed the cats to just have Townsville after going into the Category:Townsville/Thuringowa page and only finding a few pages showing up (the ones that showed up on yours and my watch list after I removed Thuringowa) as it seems that ROxBo removed the word Thuringowa from almost all of them (with out any discussion) when he was running though removing every Thuringowa that he could find. I never said any one forced me to change it, as I thought I was helping...sorry....Now why the hell did you tell me to ...as you put it "Get of your high horse" and tell me to be polite when I corrected a spelling mistake you made, all I said when I fixed yours up was .."(fix spelling and added link)" and with the one on the Media in Townsville page....I said "(see what happens when you rush) I was trying to have a little joke...but I should have known better than to try and have a joke on here, and if that editor thought that I was not being polite, then I'm very sorry. Also if I have made several mistakes when adding the facts that Tyrell has replaced Mooney, all you needed to do was let me know and I would have fixed it. Again sorry for helping. Thuringowacityrep (talk) 07:12, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] riverway

Hi, linked and connected mean the same thing and the riverway is linked/connected just like what is clearly written in the Vincent, Queensland article. And just so you all know, I have added this so people have a clear idea of where it is not to add the word Thuringowa to the page. surly this explains how it is connected now.Thuringowacityrep (talk) 22:54, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] vincent

Not that i added the "out of CBD" bit, but funny how it has been there from day 1 (17 March 2006) and never had a problem ...oh please don't take afence but remember when you told me to be polite...your comments at the Vincent page seemds to be more nasty that mine on the media in Townsville.

[edit] Townsville info i add

What do you mean by "this is not an article about the LGA it is for the city itself" i thought this page was about the city of Townsville......and now that Thuringowa has merged in with it doesn't that mean that the size of townsville has got bigger...eg Townsville city was 1,862km2 and Thuringowa city was 1,866km2 add them together and you have the size of the "New" city of Townsville. the info i added showed the size of Townsville. Also the ref i added along with the new figure was correct so why did you remove that...it clearly states on the page "from Reid River in the South-East to Paluma in the North-West" and by adding the 2 figures that are in that ref i added (former Townsville Population and Former Thuringowa population) you get the 2007 figure that is correct now.Thuringowacityrep (talk) 09:58, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Palm island edits and i must ask.....

Hi thats ok sorry it wasn't right, i had a feeling that something may have been wrong thats why i didn't change the table to much....only adding the names was a good start in correcting the info, and also i have to ask but is it only me or is ROxBo going around and changing every edit that i make? I ask this becasue every page that i have ever added anything to, he has changed, and it seems that every time i add something to a page he comes along and make a change to it, like the Ross Creek, Townsville page had been tagged because he copied the text from the website, so i reworded it and along he came again and changed what i wrote, ....am i being silly or is this user tring to annoy me, sorry for asking you this but if i don't say something to you i might do something that i shouldn't. Thanks Thuringowacityrep (talk) 12:21, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Speedy deletion of Image:March for Mulrunji.jpg

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[edit] Chris Hurley

Hi WT. I have serious concerns about the article and have aired my views on the talk page. I do not think the article is suitable for inclusion in wikipedia and I propose to delete it unless convinced other wise. Cheers, Mattinbgn\^talk 06:02, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Palm

My suggestion of royalties was tongue in cheek, but it's good to know that he acknowledged the original photographer, that is rather honourable. I've started a copy edit, and if you want to push me at any new sources to incorporate, then feel free. The Brisbane Institute links are dead now, were there any interesting facts behind them?

On an unrelated note, did you suffer in the storms at the end of January. I was one mouse click away from booking a week's break on Magnetic Island, and then noticed the weather patterns, and booked in Noosa instead! Hope all is well. --Stephen 00:34, 5 June 2008 (UTC)