User talk:Canley/Archive 2007

Happy New Year

Happy New Year! The Law Enforcement Wikiproject wishes all it's members a happy New Year! SGGH 09:35, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

DYK!

On 9 January, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Qantas Flight 1737, 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.

Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid64 01:20, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

Changi Airport Skytrain

I suppose our opinions differ, but I stand firm that an airport's meta-transportation system is not notable enough to warrant its own entry. ~ Flameviper 14:05, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Hicks reference layout

Hi -if you are in the middle of process of changing reference pls igore this. Otherwise pls check that new format for references is doing what you want. Reference section now has visible "http://......" SmithBlue 02:35, 11 January 2007 (UTC) Probably the least important edit you'll ever discuss - at least I hope so - though maybe there are more pedantic editors out there than me - I hope not - The Hicks affadavit is a legal document - the source gives the original spelling as "a eight hour". Do we keep your edit to "an eight hour" or change it back? SmithBlue 04:34, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

Invite to WikiProject Spam

Hey there! I saw you reverting or removing linkspam. Thanks! If you're interested, come visit us in Wikipedia:WikiProject Spam so we can work together in our efforts to clean spam from Wikipedia. Hu12 10:36, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

Hicks "New Charges and

Hi - the material you just added to David Hicks had also been added in a new section "New charges" at the base of the article. no urgent need to address but sooner or later one lot will have to go. SmithBlue 03:19, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

GB & I

Please see expanded reasoning for proposed deletion of Great_Britain_and_Ireland.--Triglyph 09:06, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Smoko

Just a quick note to congratulate you on the rewrite you did on Smoko. I voted 'delete' in the AfD but having re-read your contribution I rapidly changed my mind. Maustrauser 21:33, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Little Britain Live

Hello, I just read your rewrite of Little Britain Live and it looks great. It's surprising what a difference a little referencing will make to an article! WindsorFan 22:33, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

RE: USMC film list

You have commented on the AFD discussion for List of films featuring United States Marines, the discussion can be viewed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of films featuring United States Marines.

Following support for my suggestion, I have done a userspace rewrite of the article at User:Saberwyn/Films featuring the United States Marine Corps, with the rewritten article in the top half and the current article with annotations as to their inclusion or non-inclusion in the rewritten list.

I would like to request that you review the rewritten article, and if you think it is appropriate, amend your stance at the AFD discussion. -- saberwyn 11:56, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

"Cruft" in deletion arguments

Hello Canley, I just want to thank you for your statement on the use of the word "cruft" at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Special effects of The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. I experience a lot of this as a patroller of Harry Potter-related articles, and I cannot tell you how often I have to deal with this. There are times when it's appropriate for something like an all-caps "I love [actor/actress]!!!!"-type page, but I wanted to let you know, I appreciate what you've said. Thanks, and see you around, Fbv65edel / ☑t / ☛c || 22:55, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

footrot flats

Not a problem about removing the cinemaofaustralia template from the new zealand film. I'm dong a bit of monkey work from a slab of film lists from the internet movie database and there are a few discrepancies. I think there's a few New Zealand films claimed to be Australian and visa/versa which isn't correct. Thanks for the quick revert I need to be on my toes from now on to make sure I don't mess up other film articles :) Peter 02:10, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Australia and the United Nations

Australia and the United Nations has been selected as the new Australian collaboration of the fortnight. I created a tiny stub. Please help to improve it however you can. Thanks. --Scott Davis ^Talk 13:30, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

On villages...

Liked your little ref there in a recent AfD. On the same note, just to prove what a small world it is, I think I knew that guy back in 1996-7 :| Not well, but in passing. Orderinchaos78 12:57, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Neal Blewett

Nice article! Just for a moment I was tossing up whether to write a stub or something to fill some red links, but you've done a great job. michael ^talk 07:00, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Damian McDonald

Thanks for starting the Damian McDonald article - it was on my to do list after recent events. Severo 16:38, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

RFA Thanks

Thanks for your support on my Request for adminship, which was successful, with votes of 49/0/0. Lemme know if you need help on something I might know a little something about....(check my userpage).
cheers, Casliber | talk | contribs 14:03, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Fifth Melbourne meetup

The fifth meetup of Melbourne Wikipedians is being planned as a breakfast meeting in the city with Jimbo Wales (at a venue to be arranged) on Friday, 27 April 2007.

Jimbo has proposed breakfast as the one real window of opportunity during his tightly scheduled stay in Melbourne. Tbe precise time has to be sorted out with Jimbo, but the arrangements for the equivalent Adelaide meetup a few days before may give a good idea.

Feel free to edit the relevant page in any way that might be helpful. I feel like a bit of an interloper, not having attended previous meetups. If there's anything you can do to help, I'll be grateful. Please think about whether you'll be able to make it, assuming the arrangements are similar to those Adelaide is adopting (i.e. a block of time with people being fairly free to arrive when it suits them). Some indication on the page of your possible participation would be really helpful. Metamagician3000 06:28, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Notability (people)#Regarding notability of Football (soccer) players

Hi, seeing you have been involved in previous Afd debates on the subject I invite you to contribute to this discussion to clarify certain issues about football player notability. I think clearer guidelines are needed to avoid repeated inappropriate nominations for deletion and time consuming discussions. Cheers! StephP 20:40, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your help on the Haslingden article

Thank you for your help on saving the Bruce Haslingden article from deletion. I really appreciate it. Chris 20:04, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

• FYI. Can you please place the link in on his death in the article? I would greatly appreciate. God rest his soul. Chris 22:59, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
  • You can always cite the newspaper reference as is, and if the electronic link comes on line, the you can do that as well. Cheers. Chris 23:36, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
    • Never mind. I found it and it is in the article now. Chris 23:39, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Football barnstar!

For all your work associated with the A-League, especially creating the majority of the 2007-08 round summaries, which would have taken you forever, I award you the Football Barnstar. Congratulations! (I figure since Daniel Bryant gave me one of these for doing the same thing last year, it was my turn to award it this year!) -- Chuq (talk) 00:17, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

And I'd figure that I better update the copied-from-last-year wording so it applies to the correct season[1] :) Consider this signed by me also - thank you very much. Cheers, Daniel Bryant 09:01, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Cormann

No worries. The media reported this pretty badly - a lot of people seemed to think Lightfoot had resigned, rather than was retiring. I've tried to clarify a couple of things in the Cormann article, but feel free to change anything I've written. Rebecca 01:55, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Australian literature is new ACOTF

Hi. You voted to support Australian literature as the new Australian collaboration. Please help to improve it in any way you can. Thanks. Scott Davis ^Talk 14:20, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

DYK

On 14 May, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Tobie Puttock, 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.

--BigHaz - Schreit mich an 06:02, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

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DYK

On 26 May, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Bill Northam, 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.

--Aksi_great (talk) 09:43, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

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Melbourne meetup 6

Hi. This is a reminder to people on the Melbourne meetup participation list that the next meetup has been arranged for 19 June. Could you indicate on the meetup page your likely attendence, or otherwise. Regards. - Cuddy Wifter 23:27, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Sue Boyce

A "{{prod}}" template has been added to the article Sue Boyce, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but the article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice explains why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may contest the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page. Also, please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. Klytos 17:22, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

I've removed it:

Members of state , provincial, and nation legislatures are always considered notable at wikipedia. They are hardly "local officials". I am not sure I myself necessarily agree personally with this with respect to state or provincial members, but the consensus on this is very clear. They are occasionally nominated at AfD, and the nominations are quickly closed with a keep. Before going further along this line, please check the results of previous AfDs to determine if it will be worth your while. If you want a policy change, try the Village Pump. DGG 22:24, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

		Thank you for your support and comments at my RfA
		Hi Canley, It still amazes me that otherwise "anonymous" editors take the time to place !votes and comments on RfAs. Whilst I would have normally thanked you at the time of you leaving your message, the importance of my not appearing to be canvassing prevented me from so doing. Now that everything has progressed successfully I can finally thank you. I intend to uphold a style of good adminship and will welcome your further comments at any time in the future, even if they are in the form of admonishment. I will be happy to help as an admin wherever and whenever I can --VS talk 00:03, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Japan-Qatar

Would you be able to give me a brief description of the goals and the handball incident, for my Wikinews article? Foxtel's being crap at the moment, namely the set-top box, and I missed the game (I'll watch the replay tonight, if I can fix the box, but I'd like to finish this article before midnight). If you could, that'd be great - I'll keep an eye on this page (mines' protected to force me into an English Wikipedia-break :P). Cheers, Daniel 12:29, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

Sorry I'm not much help, I only caught the last 15 minutes or so, just after Takahara's goal I believe, so I missed that and the handball incident. All I can tell you is that Sebastian's goal in the 88th minute was a free kick just outside the penalty box. --Canley 12:45, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

Thank you!!!=

Thanks, I'll keep working on it now I can see what I'm doing :) Cheers, Alec ^{-(answering machine)} 13:30, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

Image:Sylvia Saint 001.jpg

Do we need the history of test page? It was test page. --OsamaK 21:08, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

I see, see this is test, but remembar this is only page for image in commons. When any admin delete it none problem.--OsamaK 01:42, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Beerenberg Farm

Thanks for your help with improving the article, which has saved it from deletion (for the time being at least!).

Fitzpatrickjm 12:22, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Karrinyup Shopping Centre AfD

Thanks for the compliments on that, the article has been increased 14x over in less than 24hrs. I must give credit on locating the source material for the references to Orderinchaos who thanks to factiva access was able to suck down he text of all the articles I needed to kick this in the arse. Just a shame it took me away from what I was working on, Norman Brearley, who quite frankly is far more important than a shopping centre. Thewinchester ^(talk) 14:10, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Stark

Thanks for filling out the info box. Red Fiona 14:39, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

Trathen/Howe Deletions

Should the Douglas Trathen and Michael Howe (headmaster) deletions be seperated so as to protect against any further confusion and tampering? Maybe Howe should be listed as a Canadian and Irish deletion as well to create as much interest as possible. Tallum 09:43, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks Tallum 10:04, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

Talk:McKittrick Canyon

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AFL Ladder edits

The "rogue" colspans are deliberate, separating the top four within the top eight. I think it makes it clearer that there is a difference between them.

Just a thought. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 86.148.228.160 (talk) 13:31:44, August 19, 2007 (UTC)

Comment(s) all noted - delete at leisure/pleasure. PS: I'm a Melbourne-born UK based mathematician turned programmer. If you want to chat, let me know and we can co-ordinate exchanging emails.

Graphics Lab Announcement

Attention All Wikigraphists!

A new Wikigraphist Abilities Page has been created within the Graphics Lab so graphists can specify their graphics skills. To add your entry to the page, simply go the template documentation page and follow the instructions there. If you have any trouble please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Have Fun !

> Rugby471 ^talk ⚔

Anna Bligh

She's not Premier yet, Beattie still is, she needs to be sworn in before she takes over, why do people seem to think these things happen at midnight? WikiTownsvillian 15:26, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

sorry about that comment Canley, I was overtired and didn't realise how sharp I was being. Cheers, WikiTownsvillian 20:58, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

Cheers mate, I look forward to working with you on this article. WikiTownsvillian 21:53, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

There's a heap of info in this Gold Coast Bulletin article but I don't think it's really notable enough to go too much into it, what are your thoughts? WikiTownsvillian 09:33, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

No I don't sorry, I use a media monitor provided by Tvl library for archive newspaper searches. Cheers, WikiTownsvillian 23:34, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

Help?:)

thumb|300px Hello I am working on a ethnic wiki and I am writing on race and human body so I wonder if you can draw those breasts separately every each size you see on the picture I posted, very appreciate it and thanks in advance. Nick10000 03:00, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

Graphics Lab Announcement

Attention All Wikigraphists!

As you may or may have not noticed, the Graphics Lab pages have gone under a massive cleanup by User:DTR, User:Rugby471 and various others (sorry if I missed you out). Some of the things that have happened are.

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• All pages in the Graphics Lab have had, where sensible, templates, substituting elements. For example, the main Lab page was a large chunk of around 100 lines of pure code. It was not very easy to edit the main page, so the various sections of it (eg links, welcome) have been separated. Therefore the main page is now only around 20 lines of user friendly text. If you wish to edit the main page, you must look on the main page for the correct template to edit. (Fore example if I wanted to edit the links section, I would go to Wikipedia:Graphic Lab/links and edit the text there). This has been done to all of the pages, in an attempt to make them more user-friendly.

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• On the Images to Improve Page, an issue was noticed where that when requests were completed, people were adding {{Did}} but forgetting to add <!--werdnabot-archive--&gt so that the request would be archived. Therefore a template has been created (yes another one!) to help with this. When a user creates a new request instead of putting the usual code, they shall put

{{Request Title|title=Lorem Ipsum|done=false}}. Now when a request is completed, all you will have to do is change done to true

done=true

and the template will add the {{did}} template and also <!--werdnabot-archive--> to the title, so it will get archived.

As always, if you experience any issues with the new changes, or are just a bit confused, please don't hesitate to contact me or DTR on our talk pages.

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dyk nom

• ...that "one of the three great bomber pilots of the war" was an Australian nicknamed "Micky" Martin who also broke the speed record from England to Cape Town? by user:Canley nom. by Victuallers 15:12, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

I need your help on something

You remember the help you gave me for the Bruce Haslingden article back in April. I may need your help with another one, Thomas M. Jacobs, who is also up for a speedy deletion earlier today. Jacobs also competed in the 1952 Winter Olympics. Chris 21:46, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

Nice work on that one. Well done. 124.183.76.5 12:51, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Harold Brownlow Martin

On 16 October, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Harold Brownlow Martin, 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.

--Elkman ^(Elkspeak) 17:05, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your help

Thanks for your help on saving the Thomas M. Jacobs article from deletion. I greatly appreciate it. Chris 12:39, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

Melbourne Meetup

	Melbourne Meetup Next: Wikipedia:Meetup/Melbourne/45 - Friday 8 December, 2023 (watch) Last: 18 February 2023
See also: Australian events listed at Wikimedia.org.au (or on Facebook)

Hello! The Melburnians are having another meet-up! Please consult this page if you are interested to participate in the discussion! Thanks! Phgao 03:20, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

An article which you started, or significantly expanded, Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington, was selected for DYK!

On November 3, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington, 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.

Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid64 (talk) 18:25, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

Cunningham by-election, 2002

Hi, and well done on this article. Just a query - your figures are different to those cited on the Division of Cunningham page, which came from the AEC. Where did you get those figures? Also, it is general practice, if a candidate has not contested before and received, for example, 2.34%, to have in the swing column +2.34, as, after all, there was a swing to them. Cheers. Frickeg (talk) 07:57, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

re. Template:AustraliaFederalLaborLeader

Aah, I see. I don't want to go and cause havoc in this area, so I'll revert myself. Dihydrogen Monoxide ^♫ 08:35, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

ACOTF is 1967 in Australia

Hi. You voted for 1967 in Australia for WP:ACOTF, and it's been selected. Please help to improve it in any way you can. Thanks, and have a happy and safe Christmas. --Scott Davis ^Talk 14:02, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

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Adminship?

G'day Canley. I was just wandering around some user pages and happened across your contributions. You seem like a solid and trustworthy guy, who could do with access to the sysop tools... What do you say? Let me know ;) Anthøny 20:24, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

Some questions before we get deep into the RfA writing, if you don't mind:

1. Have you ever operated under another account (don't answer this if you switched for privacy reasons, obviously; I was thinking along the lines of being renamed);
2. What do you see as your biggest faults, and where could you work on?
3. Would you mind getting involved in Deletion Discussions? Perhaps AfD and TfD? Furthermore, would you mind bumping up your vandalism reverts? This is just during the RfA ;)
4. Do you use IRC?

Much thanks! Anthøny 18:25, 28 December 2007 (UTC)