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Electoral Districts...

While I appreciate the interest, can you either take the time to write a full short article on electorates, or at least stop writing microstubs? I've been working on clearing up the last bunch that someone dropped, as they're as good as useless, and I was looking forward to being able to pick my own for a change, only to discover that there's two more in need of cleanup. Sigh. Ambi 21:43, 11 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry if I was overly harsh about this - I was in a bad mood at the time. It's always really good to have more contributors interested in Australian topics, and particularly the suburb articles, which always need work - I'd hate to put someone off contributing. Ambi 13:00, 14 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Will repost on your page too..

sorry for being a wiki noob but if what I'm doing by cloning similar articles isn't up to scratch please point me in the direction of a "reasonable" article to emulate. By which - I'm not a politics student and this is a microportion of my spare time so I don't want to be pointed to the most complete example of an Australian electorate. But yeah I would certainly appreciate some relevant advice on what should be included in an article on an Australain electorate. Garrie 21:20, 15 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Once again, I'm sorry about the other day. It really doesn't much matter - I can fill any gaps if you don't have time. Something like this isn't a bad example to follow if you've got the time (all the info is available on the state electoral office and parliament websites), but if not, just create what you can. Ambi 15:04, 16 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please look at Template:Electoral Districts of New South Wales I hope it's worth better than being labelled a microstub....

Thanks for pointing me in the direction that got it done! Garrie 04:06, 17 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Any chance you might make your MP stubs a little longer? As they stand, they're very close to speedy deletion candidates, as anyone who finds the article is bound to already know the entire content. Just a glance at the parliamentary bio of any of these people would allow you to create several times longer and much more useful articles, and it'd only take a couple more minutes. Ambi 05:16, 5 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Anthony Johnson

Hi Garrie, sorry I botched the move, I tried to capitalise 'Johnson' but instead deleted the space somehow. Don't worry, I've fixed it. - Randwicked Alex B 00:01, 16 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

A$ versus AUD

The first five words of article ISO 4217 are "ISO 4217 is an international standard". So where does that leave your "so much for a standard" comment? Are you seriously suggesting that an international encyclopaedia should shun an international standard in favour of something you found on an Australian media website? Drew (Snottygobble) | Talk 23:32, 19 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

RE - Minchinbury article

Yes, thank you for fixing the article re Copyright. Normally I'm a serial debater and love to simply fight things out but I must contend you were right. I am new to Wik and at the time did not read the policies properly (my mistake), however I had taken the step of sending the link to Denise of Blacktown City Council who advised me that the article was originally cited from a reference work in a local library and that reference explicity consented to reproducing text and images and at that I was happy. She also gave me express consent on phone (about 2 weeks after article) to reproduce it, however I didn't look into further considerations such as cross-ownership and even whether SHE was legally allowed to give me consent (which, when I ponder it, I doubt it). Nevertheless, I didn't explore it further or at length (which I should have). So it would seem it didn't (at the time) comply exactly with Wik's policy on copyright so thanks for taking care of it for me. A lesson learnt. It's good to see someone else taking an interest in western sydney. I thought I was the only person out here. :) Nigel J Van Houten

Re: sunburn

Thanks for the info. Lots of people get it here in the US, but the most I've heard of treatments is along the lines of aloe vera or sprays like Solarcaine. I see you made the edits. Good. I'd hate to think that somebody has already tried to relieve a bad sunburn with a hot shower {shudders}.PrometheusX303 13:41, 20 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

pTerry

Re User_talk:Sam_Vimes#sam_vimes

I do like my Discworld as well - have read all books concerning my namesake, and almost all of the other novels (bar a couple of the children's ones). Just don't edit much concerning it, because I figure the best source is the books, and I've got all of them. ;) Sam Vimes 06:08, 3 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

State MP's: Use common names please

note your articles for Kimberley Yeadon etc are not in line with the convention of using the name the person most commonly uses. I will probably move it... Garrie 03:51, 19 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If you do find them, please do move it. A redirect from the original page will still be useful - except would they then become orphaned? -- Newhoggy | Talk 05:14, 19 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

David Hay

what's with moving David Hay, Australian Politician - is there another political David Hay? (actually I'm looking to tidy up the stubs created not using the common names but saw this one also) Garrie 03:52, 19 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Have a look at David Hay (Australian politician), which is now a disambig. I think that will answer your question. I'm working through the WA MLAs and MLCs (see User:Snottygobble/Notes/MPs), and will get to the WA Hay soon. Snottygobble 05:19, 19 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure what you're talking about. I had my account renamed a couple of weeks ago, with all my contributions transferred over to this name. All edits I've made since have been under this name. Rebecca 06:51, 19 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

sandbox

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Re:Erika Sawajiri

I have thought a lot about that issue too, as I edit many articles regarding comedians in Japan, and basically all employed personnel in Japan are expressed as "Person'sName of Company". "Works for" or "is represented by" sounds too distant, because in general they are almost in a sense owned by their companies (their schedules, appearances, appearance, liabilities, and much of their freedom is often left willingly to their managers, and in turn, their company). In the past I've used "working under company X", or "coming from company X" among others. What do you think? freshofftheufo ΓΛĿЌ 06:46, 7 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

IMO if they are owned then they have no say in being transferred to a new company. Whilst in general if ABC corporation buys out XYZ Corporation they will generally assume all the former staff of XYZ if any of those staff do not wish to work for ABC then do they have the right to terminate the contract? If they have the right to terminate the contract they are not owned they are merely employed or managed. No matter how intimately the corporation manages their life (no, you cannot live in Tokyon you must live here instead because this is where our corporate office is.... whatever).

Does the company LEGALLY prevent/interfere in

1. marriage

2. parenthood?

This is the hallmarks of entities (corporations or other people) owning people.

Are the monies paid to the people done so out of contractual obligation or are they gratuities similiar to the trinkets gifted to slaves in order to provide reward for preferred behaviour.

Personally I am strongly against any reference to people being owned as the person is usually not the property. The property is, as you allude to, the person's appearances, image, and performance.Garrie 22:56, 7 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

A very well known aspect of working in Japan is called shutchō, which basically translates as distribution of employees to company branches across the country (and often around the globe). Shucho is generally short term, from a few weeks to a few months, but it is not uncommon for employees of particularly Japanese-style companies to be sent on a shutcho for years at a time. They are not given a chance to reject the "offer" (which is often played as an "honor", though nobody in their right mind would deliberately put themselves in a position to take the transfer) and the only way to get out of it is to quit your job, which, as you may know, is an act that is considered rather socially unacceptable in many sectors of Japanese society, and may prevent you from getting a job in the future.

There is a term for the type of marriages that working in such conditions creates (very distant ones), and the standard response to a transfer is to whine to your friends, tell everyone how much it sucks, but then stick it out and go anyways.

I'm not sure exactly what happens in company takeovers, I don't really know much at all about Japanese business. I imagine company ABC chooses to keep or drop XYZ's employees, and I do think that some employees will quit (or be "restructured"), but due to the social stresses involved I don't think it's a very popular course of action.

Japanese companies don't interfere in marriage/parenthood matters, though I honestly don't see why they would want to anyways. It is a fact that many (or most) young (female) celebrities are not allowed to engage in relationships for various reasons (it's written in their contract), and many of them complain about this restriction when they get older, but this doesn't seem to be as common anymore, though it most certainly still exists.

I don't want to imply that employees in Japan are considered "properties", but there is definitely a huge difference that I feel should be expressed grammatically. When you say "Ringo Star of The Beatles", does that mean that his entity is owned by The Beatles? Does he have no right to break contract, and is he treated as property? freshofftheufo ΓΛĿЌ 23:58, 7 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hot Wheels

Can you please clarify what you mean by, "It could do with a bit of substance to show that in it's current form it only discussed Hot Wheels in USA (possibly Canada as well? I can't quite tell). They are also widely available internationally however "I think" generally they are toys first collectibles well and truely second."

I'm asking since Hot Wheels are generally the same around the globe. Ultrabasurero 03:22, 9 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Re : State Highway Shield 63

No Problem. Link - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Australian_State_Route_63.svg - Boochan 05:06, 11 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]