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moved back to national politics by joining the [[ACT New Zealand]] Party. He stood in the [[Epsom (New Zealand electorate| Epsom electorate]] and was elected as the sole MP for the party in 2011.
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Good to se that you found the ISBN for Hagers new book. I had trouble trying to find it. Can you help keep an eye on the article? Some of the edits by User:101.98.195.208 are disruptive. -- Alan Liefting (talk - contribs) 21:51, 13 August 2014 (UTC)
I got it from the publishers website :) Yeah I'll keep an eye on it. It seems strange that they seem to know quite a bit about wikipedia policy but don't have an account? Maybe they're trying to cover their tracks for whatever reason... --Ballofstring (talk) 21:57, 13 August 2014 (UTC)
Ah, the published must have now updated their website. Yes, I noted the familiarity with policy as well. -- Alan Liefting (talk - contribs) 22:01, 13 August 2014 (UTC)
Do you know if this anonymous editor qualify the page for semi-protection - or does it need be disruptively edited by more than one person? -- Ballofstring (talk) 22:37, 13 August 2014 (UTC)
Dunno. I suspect a request may be turned down. I might try though. -- Alan Liefting (talk - contribs) 23:13, 13 August 2014 (UTC)
Hi Ballofstring - the article looks good, but needs more references and probably a section outlining the historic background at the start would be good. Cheers. NealeFamily (talk) 23:49, 28 August 2014 (UTC)
Hi! Thanks for having a look at it. Yeah I'm going to keep working on it - I thought I would just plonk a whole lot of material from elsewhere and then just refine it over time :) – Ballofstring (talk) 23:53, 28 August 2014 (UTC)
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Hi @Stuartyeates: thanks for the heads up about the email address – I've fixed it now. I got part way through reconfirming my email ages ago and typed in the wrong email and then forgot about it! I'll send you an email :-) — Ballofstring (talk) 06:42, 13 October 2014 (UTC)
Hi @Stuartyeates: I sent you an email in reply - let me know if you didn't receive it! (Having trouble with my emails being marked as spam after switching providers...)
Hi again @Stuartyeates: I sent you another email - apparently we need to let the woman organising it quite urgently about who's coming on the two free tickets + dietary requirements etc. (Sorry for all these pings - I just want to make sure you get my messages...) Ballofstring (talk) 21:45, 29 October 2014 (UTC)
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Moving named references back in source text is "tidying up"?
Hi, I noticed you made several edits to Evolution (software) which moved the named references from the "References" section back into the text body. Back when I worked on this article I made a conscious decision to use named references in the "References" section because it makes the text body source easier to read. This is supported by WP:LDRHOW. Right now the text body source is a mess again because the very long references make it difficult to read. Most importantly, the policy WP:CITESTYLE forbids moving over the citation style without seeking consensus first. So I'll undo your changes to the citation style, but keep your other changes intact. --AlexanderVanLoon (talk) 08:22, 9 February 2015 (UTC)
Hi @AlexanderVanLoon:! Thanks for leaving me a message. I wasn't really aware that listing the references in the reflist was a legitimate way of doing references, as I've only ever seen it done in a couple of articles (and just assumed it was a eccentric style). So thanks for linking that WP policy! I'm definitely of the view that having references in the text makes much more sense, but I do understand where you're coming from. Undoing my changes sounds good. Sorry for coming in and changing the style without consulting everyone. I'll be more careful in the future :-) Ballofstring (talk) 08:32, 9 February 2015 (UTC)
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New Zealand central govt politicians
Hi Ballofstring, regarding this edit, I thought I'd point out that there should never be a redlink when you link to a former member of parliament from either the upper (Legislative Council) or lower house (House of Representatives), respectively. Every politician that we've ever had at the central government level has a page, so you should always achieve a functioning link. Schwede66 08:56, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
Hi @Schwede66:! Thanks for the letting me know. I don't think I was aware that every former parliamentary politician had a page. I'll try and be more conscientious in the future :-) Cheers Ballofstring (talk) 23:30, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
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You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Smirkybec (talk) 09:05, 17 February 2015 (UTC)
Hi @Smirkybec: you're probably right about the notability of that article. I've tried to find sources but came up with a whole lot of things written by him but not about him. Could moving it back to a draft be a compromise? Cheers Ballofstring (talk) 22:49, 17 February 2015 (UTC)
If I may chip in - moving to draft would work if you think that you will find other sources (offline, I presume) at some stage. I think articles can be kept in the draft area for up to half a year. I guess what that means is that if Manhire just isn't notable, then it's not a solutions either. Schwede66 00:33, 18 February 2015 (UTC)
Uber regulation summary: help needed
Hi Ballofstring, I'm reaching out to each of the editors who commented on the "Request for Comment" at Talk:Uber (company) re: the Uber article's section on regulation and legal issues. As you might remember, editors were overwhelmingly in favor of splitting off that information into a new article, then summarizing in the Uber article. While the first part happened, there has been no movement on the summarizing and Regulatory opposition continues to grow and grow. To help kickstart that process, I've put forward a draft for everyone to take a look at that aims to cover the key details in a summary form: Summarizing Regulatory opposition
My conflict of interest means that it's best for me not to be bold and move this into the article myself, but I hope that it can at least be a starting point for other editors to work from. Would you mind coming back to the page to have a look? Craig at Uber (talk) 19:49, 14 May 2015 (UTC)
Yes, good work. If you do nominate it for DYK, note that it's currently not long enough; they require 1500 bytes of prose (and that excludes quotations). Schwede66 09:54, 2 June 2015 (UTC)
Thank you both! I've always thought it was a very beautiful building and was surprised it didn't have a wiki page already! I'll do a bit more expanding and then have a think about DYK. Cheers! Ballofstring (talk) 09:31, 6 June 2015 (UTC)
It is a stunning building all right! But to avoid potential DYK disappointment, articles have to be nominated within seven days of having been created. That's today or tomorrow, so don't think about it for too long. Schwede66 18:25, 6 June 2015 (UTC)
Hello! I am working on the russian version "Burnside High School" article, which currently has short history section in wikipedia. I am writing you to ask - is there a possibility for you to visit a National Library at Welligton and obtain an electronic copy of book "Choosing the right path : Burnside High School 1960-2010 / Paul O'Connor" (http://natlib.govt.nz/records/21643829), and put some information into the article? Also I can buy a hard copy of that book. Could you give me an advice, if it's possible? I'll be happy to get any version and any part of that book.
Thank you for your time, --Voyagerim (talk) 13:26, 7 June 2015 (UTC)
thanks very much for fixing that quote. it's been bugging me ever since I added it (and haven't got back to fix it.) Elucidata (talk) 07:32, 9 July 2015 (UTC)
@Elucidata: You're very welcome! Thanks for all your efforts too :-) Ballofstring (talk) 23:55, 9 July 2015 (UTC)
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Hi @Ambrosia10:@Giantflightlessbirds: thanks for your message and for organising the edit-a-thon. It was a great event and really nice to meet some fellow editors. Apologies I couldn't stay for much of the afternoon, and yes I will hopefully see you at another event sometime soon! Ballofstring (talk) 03:03, 1 June 2016 (UTC)
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Hi @Stuartyeates: thanks for the kitten! I'm glad some of the photos I've uploaded are useful. Which ones are you using? :-) Ballofstring (talk) 00:43, 3 September 2016 (UTC)
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Nice job on all of those articles! Glad to see that somebody is doing something around here :P RileyBugz会話投稿記録 01:03, 6 August 2017 (UTC)
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@Giantflightlessbirds: Cheers! Was great to be there and help where I could. Thanks for organising everything :-) — Ballofstring (talk) 05:19, 14 August 2017 (UTC)
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