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Hey, I noticed you attended or planned to attend one of the previous auckland meetups, and I am notifying people we are planning another one on 11th August. See the meetup page for more information, or to say if you are coming. Thanks! Matt/TheFearow (Talk) (Contribs) (Bot) 02:02, 23 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Your RfA[edit]

Good luck! Somitho 10:31, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I placed a couple of additional questions (both situational ones) on the RfA. If they're in any way unclear (quite possible as I'm tired after 8 hours of uni) please let me know on my talk page and I can clarify. Orderinchaos 11:18, 1 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
No worries. :) I'm switching my vote to Support anyway, after a second look at your quite extensive contribs. Good luck. Orderinchaos 04:37, 2 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Request for arbitration[edit]

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Please vote![edit]

Hi,

Since you've been involved in the recent discussions at Talk:Commonwealth Realm, your vote would be appreciated on this proposal. Thanks. -- Hux 10:44, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Your RfA was successful[edit]

Congratulations, your RfA was successful and you are now a sysop! Please add yourself to WP:LA. You know the drill, I daresay. :-) --Deskana (banana) 11:28, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The correct result :) Good luck, Daniel→♦ 11:33, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
A good result indeed! Now, get to work! :) Jmlk17 16:18, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Congrats. Politics rule 18:55, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Awesome! Kahuroa 19:16, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Congratulations.-gadfium 19:42, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
About time :) Congrats! Have fun with the mop, and if you ever need a hand, you know where my talk page is. Grutness...wha? 00:11, 8 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Congratulations. I'm sure you'll make a great admin. - Shudde talk 00:56, 8 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Guys!!!. Also thanks to everyone who voted. I don’t like spamming everyone’s talkpage, so please take this as my thanks :) Brian | (Talk) 06:46, 8 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bots on mi[edit]

Kia ora Brian, and congrats again. Don't know if you get a title with your adminship? That would go nicely with your interest in monarchy. OK, back to bots. He's not at the applying for status stage just but (en) User:Polbot may be going to help with laying some groundwork in biological stubs and categories etc. I'm thinking that when (or if) he is ready I may just go ahead and grant him the status so he can get on with it, unless I hear from you beforehand that you object. Kahuroa 12:13, 10 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

:) I have no objection with this Kahuroa, Kia Ora Brian | (Talk) 22:03, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Passport[edit]

Thanks Brian, for your understanding. GoodDay 22:01, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi Brian, I'm thinking about doing a story about NZ Wikipedians in the Sunday Star-Times' Sunday mag. I'd be grateful if you could get in touch with me? My email address is rose.hoare at sundaymagazine.co.nz from Rose. 203.144.32.165 03:36, 17 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Re: not again[edit]

Oh dear. If I had the time I'd write a rebuttal to his rather silly assertions... but since he's not actually proposing to change anything, then I'll leave it for now. --Lholden 23:03, 18 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bots on mi[edit]

Kia ora Brian. See mi:Wikipedia talk:Karetao. PipepBot has asked for a bot flag - I have also asked JanDBot to request a bot flag, but nothing as yet, I was waiting a while before letting you know about PipepBot since I thought we could do them both at once, hence the delay since PipepBot's application. Also I am testing a bot called FalcoBot run by me to do routine stuff. Working well so far. Cheers... Kahuroa 00:19, 20 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Commonwealth Realms[edit]

Are you also willing to move [Category:Commonwealth_Realms]?

Jonathan David Makepeace 21:47, 25 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for promptly moving the Tennis shirt page to Polo shirt. But now the page is disconnected from its talk page. There is a tiny Talk:Polo shirt page from 2005, which is quite redundant, and much of the discussion from the Tennis shirt talk page is still very much in play and should be connected to the Polo shirt page.

I'm not sure of the best way to proceed. But if necessary I'm happy to try to e.g. move the 2 old entries on the Talk:Polo shirt to Talk:Tennis shirt if they can't be merged in some other way. --NealMcB 01:26, 27 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Bot on mi[edit]

Kia ora Brian. Please see mi:Wikipedia talk:Karetao - JanDbot asks for a bot flag. Cheers Kahuroa 19:08, 2 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

your languages.[edit]

On commons:Template_talk:PermissionOTRS, could you please specify what languages you speak, using the babel codes? Thanks --lucid 09:42, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Bot on mi[edit]

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Ingoa hou[edit]

Done as you asked - and you need to edit the 'leave me a new message' thing here and I guess on mi too - it takes you to your old talk page. By the way, any luck on the logo for mi? Kahuroa 07:24, 13 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Kahuroa, for the rename, and have fixed the message thing :) Brian | (Talk) 10:11, 13 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Meant to ask you about the NZ Places infobox... am about to add towns and cities to mi, but would like to have the infobox compatible with en., as it would allow the cutting and pasting from en to mi or vice versa. I really like the Aussie infobox actually, it looks like very elegant coding to me. (Template:Infobox Australian Place). It has some interesting features, like average max/min temps, rainfall, distances to nearby towns and cities, etc... I might copy it for mi for Aussie towns etc - maybe a version for NZ ones. I tried to get the discussion about the infobox started on the NZ wiki noticeboard, but apart from agreeing that the Māori placename shd be included, it died... as things often do there. We need a decent discussion about what we want to include in our infoboxes. So what about the one you were working on? Kahuroa 10:34, 13 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Military of New Zealand[edit]

I noticed you reverted the redirection to New Zealand Defense Force, but see Military of Australia: they do the exact same thing. There's no need to duplicate the material on two pages so I suggest redirecting again or moving NZDF to Mil. of NZ. I've added a section to the talk page if you want to discuss it. Richard001 02:16, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

What IS it[edit]

I'm talking about the sling thing supporting the fleece on the NZ coat of arms. I see you created the explanatory image, so am approaching you because she who must be obeyed has asked me to find out. Can you help? Moriori 03:26, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Cheers, I've approached Ncox. Moriori 08:38, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]


Bot on mi - Siebot[edit]

Kia ora Brian, Siebot has asked for bot status. Please see mi:Wikipedia:Karetao/Tono tohu karetao - I have shifted the requests to a separate page now. Cheers, Kahuroa 00:08, 17 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Just checking something - are you aware of [these two awards] signed by you on that page? Kahuroa 22:42, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Kia ora Brian, AlleborgoBothas asked for bot status. Please see mi:Wikipedia:Karetao/Tono tohu karetao. Kahuroa 18:36, 2 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Anglican collaboration of the month[edit]

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New Zealand Admin[edit]

Hi im Wes45, im from NZ as well. Hey do you know how to become admin because I would like to help extend wikipedia. Thanks. Leave a message at my talkpage and/or at this talkpage. Thanks. Wes45 00:43, 18 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The United Tribes of New Zealand Flag[edit]

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In Remembrance...[edit]

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Monarchy articles[edit]

Brian- I see you've been involved in the editing of New Zealand monarchy and on its talk page. There's presently a poll going on regarding the format of the titles for all Commonwealth realm monarchy articles. If you'd like to register an opinion, please do so here. Cheers. --G2bambino (talk) 16:10, 20 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Welcome back![edit]

Hi Brian - welcome back! Not much has really changed here too much sicne you left, so i don't think you'll find anything to trouble ytou if you head back to editing NZ articles. Hope things are going well for you. Winter's been OK here, though sadly I'm now down to just one cat :( Grutness...wha? 23:59, 16 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Infobox documentation[edit]

I see that you had created {{Infobox NZ Legislation}}. Any chance of writing some documentation atTemplate:Infobox NZ Legislation/doc. Cheers. -- Alan Liefting (talk) - 08:10, 25 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ignore prev msg. I found it on the talk page. -- Alan Liefting (talk) - 10:09, 25 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Good news for you![edit]

I read that NZ will become a republic sometime next year. You must be pretty psyched!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Robmuntzawesome (talkcontribs) 05:00, 28 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Birthday![edit]

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Willking1979 (talk) 15:15, 25 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Image copyright problem with File:Hyde Park Memorial.jpg[edit]

Thanks for uploading File:Hyde Park Memorial.jpg. You've indicated that the image is being used under a claim of fair use, but you have not provided an adequate explanation for why it meets Wikipedia's requirements for such images. In particular, for each page the image is used on, the image must have an explanation linking to that page which explains why it needs to be used on that page. Can you please check

  • That there is a non-free use rationale on the image's description page for each article the image is used in.
  • That every article it is used on is linked to from its description page.

FairuseBot (talk) 23:32, 8 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Source and license for File:Psychophysical.png[edit]

Hey Brian, any chance you could change the license on this image you uploaded to anything besides {{GFDL-1.2-en}}? That template doesn't follow the GFDL standardization. Using {{GFDL}} instead would be preferable. Also, you need to add a source for the file, otherwise it may get deleted. Thanks! Kaldari (talk) 22:09, 2 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]


Wellington Meetup in January[edit]

Hi Brian, I think January is getting close enough to start organising more about the wlg meetup on the 16th or 17th. Are you in a position to arrange a venue? - SimonLyall (talk) 02:58, 27 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I ended up not doing summer uni at Vic. Which had been my plan. As as a result I will not be down in Wellington around those dates. Sorry! Brian | (Talk) 20:02, 27 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wellington meetup[edit]

Hey, (On the off change the above comment has changed) Looking for your feedback regarding a date/time for the Wellington meetup. Happy New Year :) Lanma726 (talk) 16:03, 6 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

A question about rules of userboxes in Wiki[edit]

Hi dear adminstrator, I am a user in Persian Wiki and I have an on going discussion with a Persian adminstrator about the userboxes we can create or not in Wiki. The question is: Is making userboxes like: "This user supports independence of Tibet from China" or "This user supports independence of Azerbaijan from Iran" or "This user is against Hizbullah terorist group." illegal according to Wiki userbox rules or not? R these rules same in all Wikis or different from one Wiki to another? I'm waiting 4 ur answer a.s.a.p. Regards, Pournick (talk) 04:00, 15 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

A review to see if Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom meets Wikipedia:Good article criteria has started, and has been put on hold. Suggestions for improvement are at Talk:Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom/GA2, and are mainly to do with coverage and neutrality, and building the lead section. Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom is one of our most high profile and popular articles, attracting an average of over 11,000 readers every day. You have made more than 40 edits to the article, and so you might be interested in helping to make the improvements needed to get it listed as a Good Article. SilkTork *YES! 12:52, 16 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

New Zealand Wikia[edit]

Brian, my friend, you could lose your second place on that wiki that you founded. Another 13 edits from an energetic resident of Blueskin Bay could put him ahead. How about a commitment to creating one new article per month? Robin Patterson (talk) 00:32, 2 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Alas that wiki had slipped my mind! Be back I shall try Brian | (Talk) 03:20, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Auckland Meetup 5 on 9 May 2010[edit]

You are invited to Auckland Meetup 5 on the afternoon of Sunday 9th May 2010 at Esquires Cafe, Ground Floor, Auckland Central City Library, Lorne St, Auckland. Please see Wikipedia:Meetup/Auckland 5 for details and RSVP. You can also bookmark Wikipedia:Meetup/Auckland to be informed of future NZ meetups. - Linnah (talk) 01:15, 19 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Invitation[edit]

To join the New Zealand politics taskforce, please place the following on your user page:
{{User WikiProject New Zealand/politics}}

New Zealand Wikia[edit]

Brian, it must be time for your next article! How about copying your own new Wikipedia articles routinely over to Wikia:newzealand? Robin Patterson (talk) 05:31, 19 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned non-free image File:RNZN.jpg[edit]

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Thanks for uploading File:RNZN.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of "file" pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "File" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 18:55, 22 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

For the Ranks of NZ article, I was able to use the free alternative White Ensign of NZ. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 18:56, 22 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Hmmm. I think the Coat of Arms does work better (in line with the rest of that article which has both the RNZAF and NZA coat of arms.). However, policy is policy I guess sadly. Brian | (Talk) 22:57, 22 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Birthday![edit]

Orphaned non-free image File:NZCC Cdt Lcpl.gif[edit]

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Thanks for uploading File:NZCC Cdt Lcpl.gif. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Courcelles 04:42, 17 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned non-free image File:NZCC Cdt Ssgt.gif[edit]

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Thanks for uploading File:NZCC Cdt Ssgt.gif. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Courcelles 04:42, 17 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

non-free media in userspace[edit]

Hi! I have removed an image from display on a page in your userspace (here). The image is tagged as non-free, and per our NFC policy, such images can not be used outside of mainspace. If this is a draft of an article, may I ask you to re-include the image after you moved the article to mainspace? Thanks! --Dirk Beetstra T C 10:50, 5 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]