User talk:Ian Rose
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[edit] Happy New Year
BTW, have you seen the SBS series "Real Top Guns" at 8pm on Wednesdays about the RAAF? All the best with the FAC on the RAAF officer... I should probably write something up about Keith Miller's RAAF career. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 06:52, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] PD-because is bad because...
There are a number of reasons why {{PD-Australia}} is better than {{PD-because}}. The most obvious reason is because PD-because actually requests on the template itself that it is replaced by a more specific license tag. The less obvious reason is that it actually helps automatically classify images - say we want to produce a print copy in Australia, we know that PD-Australia images are okay along with various other cats, but fair use images and PD-because images would probably not be okay (since we cannot be sure that the reasoning is compatible with Australian copyright law). Likewise if Australian copyright law changes and (god forbid) introduces a retroactive life+70 clause - it points us to all the images that need reviewing.
To forestall any counter-argument - consider that he same reasoning might be applied to article categories. Why bother with Category:Royal Australian Air Force air marshals, why not just have Category:Air marshals or even better Category:Marshals or further Category:Military leaders or too far Category:People associated with war or heck even Category:People.
I have no objection to you uploading the images as PD-because, but reverting back to that category seems to me very strange. The bottom line is specific categorization of images is useful - I can't see why you wouldn't want to categorize the images. Megapixie (talk) 09:36, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
- Mate, I think you misunderstood me...! I agree fully with PD-Australia. Pls check my original comment, the only thing I disgreed with was the small references, nothing to do with the images... ;-) Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 09:47, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] 1959 Turkish Airlines Gatwick crash
Hi!. Thanks a lot for your wikiediting. Cheers. CeeGee (talk) 19:45, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] George Jones
Well done on George Jones making FA. Now we wait for Gimmebot to do his job!! Congratulations, a suitable reward for your hard work. Woody (talk) 22:44, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks mate, and thanks for your support. Heh, they even promoted it on Jan 7, me ole' Dad's birthday - somewhere I've got a newspaper photo of him as a Wing Commander with Jones as CAS... Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 12:31, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] DYK
---- Anonymous DissidentTalk 15:25, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Detroit Rock
It does not repeat stuff from Music of Detroit, it actually send them to the Music of Detroit page, but instead of sending them to the top it send them to the section that actually talks about Detroit Rock. I feel this is better for the user —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rembiesa (talk • contribs) 18:51, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
- No prob mate - my concern (and my reversion) was when it did simply repeat stuff in Music of Detroit. I have no particular issue with where the info sits, either in Detroit Rock or a section in Music of Detroit, as long as one there aren't two copies of the same info - which there aren't anymore, thanks to your recent efforts. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 07:32, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Recent edits to David Bowie
Hi, Ian. Are you happy with the recent edits (from 20:02 19 January 2008) to David Bowie? I think there is some fancruft pushing going on, or at least OR-based freeform "journalism". See what you think. Best wishes. Ref (chew)(do) 23:39, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
- Hi there, Ref. The 19 Jan 08 edits just looked like reorgs to me, apart from the deletion of "Since the mid-1980s only a handful of Bowie’s recordings have entered public consciousness", which is no great loss. Admittedly it's been a long day - have I missed something? Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 11:01, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] DYK
--Archtransit (talk) 16:42, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Gibbes
Hi Ian, you might want to check your screen brightness settings, because he looks pretty tanned in the new version to me. I also think "developing local industry" is a bit grandiose; he was in it to make a buck (just like Caldwell and his import/export business). But whatever, I'm probably taking it all a bit too seriously, and that's the main reason I'm on a wikibreak. Happy editing, Grant 16:08, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
- Heh, half suspected it was you. Glad you're still keeping an eye on things, even on wikibreak. Don't worry about about taking things too seriously, or about what inspired the break. As Boy Browning said to the Intelligence Officer in A Bridge Too Far, "I wouldn't be too concerned about what people think... You happen to be somewhat brighter than most of us - tends to make us nervous." Personally I take your point about making a buck, I just think my wording reflects the way it's seen rightly or wrongly, what with them giving him an OAM for it and all. As far as the pic goes, I still think the previous version was too light, but I might brighten my version up a bit. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 20:07, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
- Fair enough.
- As it happens, I'm a big fan of ABTF and that scene in particular, so it's very nice of you to say that. Cheers, Grant 05:18, 6 February 2008 (UTC) PS In the book and real life, the intel oficer is identified as Brian Urquhart, although they call him another name in the movie.
[edit] No. 450 Squadron RAAF
I have just finished a major expansion and put it up for DYK. Would you mind having a look? Cheers, Grant | Talk 17:38, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
- Will have a look as soon as I can - with great interest as me dad was one of its founding officers... Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 01:21, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
- I came to the right person then! I just noticed the reference to him on your user page. I seem to recall mention of a RAAF fighter pilot called Rose in one of Herington's official histories....in 92 Squadron RAF if memory serves me correctly, or maybe that was another Rose? Grant 03:23, 10 February 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.169.28.37 (talk)
- Not the 92SQN bloke (good thing for me, too, as I'm afraid he was KIA). You'll find mine mentioned in Air War Against Germany & Italy on p.231 (downing an Me109) and pp.255-6 (sinking an F-Boat with 459SQN - first time with bombs rather than depth charges). He was also in 250SQN RAF when Caldwell got his 5 Stukas in one sortie (Dad got one) but can't remember where that is in the Official History, or if I just got it from his log book... Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 06:33, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
- Interesting. It seems to me that it would have been quite a leap from Hudsons to Kittyhawks, and vice versa(?) Grant 04:02, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
- Heh, he didn't plan it that way... Started in Tomahawks and Kittyhawks in 450 and 250 (and then 450 again) before he got shot up one day and had to pancake in a wadi. Threw his back out so they transferred him to Hudsons in 459 - much to his disgust at the time but reckon the F-Boat made up for it... Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 11:58, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
- Great story. BTW I'd never heard of F-boats (Flottenbegeleiter; "fleet escorts") until I came across several references to them in Herington. After some digging I discovered that that there is no article on this unfortunate class of small warships, so I've added a bit to Frigate (as that is basically the role for which they were designed) and listed them at Requested Articles, under Flottenbegeleiter. Grant 14:52, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
- Heh, he didn't plan it that way... Started in Tomahawks and Kittyhawks in 450 and 250 (and then 450 again) before he got shot up one day and had to pancake in a wadi. Threw his back out so they transferred him to Hudsons in 459 - much to his disgust at the time but reckon the F-Boat made up for it... Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 11:58, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
- Interesting. It seems to me that it would have been quite a leap from Hudsons to Kittyhawks, and vice versa(?) Grant 04:02, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
- Not the 92SQN bloke (good thing for me, too, as I'm afraid he was KIA). You'll find mine mentioned in Air War Against Germany & Italy on p.231 (downing an Me109) and pp.255-6 (sinking an F-Boat with 459SQN - first time with bombs rather than depth charges). He was also in 250SQN RAF when Caldwell got his 5 Stukas in one sortie (Dad got one) but can't remember where that is in the Official History, or if I just got it from his log book... Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 06:33, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
- I came to the right person then! I just noticed the reference to him on your user page. I seem to recall mention of a RAAF fighter pilot called Rose in one of Herington's official histories....in 92 Squadron RAF if memory serves me correctly, or maybe that was another Rose? Grant 03:23, 10 February 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.169.28.37 (talk)
[edit] Rv to Gary Numan
I noticed that you reverted an edit to Gary Numan by User:6 synth pop. Just so you are aware this individual's Modus operandi, is to change early 1980 artistes article's to New Romantic with absolutely no research other than his own opinion. And will continually change back after Rv action until 3RR warning. You may want to educate him on his talk page (which he has blanked) about Gary Numan’s music genre, but expect to be told that Gary Numan was New Romantic "Because he wore make up"? see Talk:The Human League to get an idea of his rationale. As I only look after The Human League on Wikipedia I'm not getting involved in this one. Regards andi064 T . C 12:57, 11 February 2008 (UTC).
[edit] Bowie FUR
I was puzzled by the bad fur notices for some of the Bowie artwork I uploaded in My Talk. Then I noticed that you had already added the proper fur. In some cases, I downloaded and reduced any Bowie artwork (only that which I had uploaded) to 300x300 (or smaller) and reuploaded it. --Fantailfan (talk) 01:23, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
- Yep, I think I got to 'your' images because I had the relevant Bowie articles on my watchlist and got the messages via their talk pages. Now that I know you're still around (wasn't sure for a while back there) I don't tend to action ones that only come to my attention via your talk page. However they'll always be a bit of cross-over given some similar musical interests...! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 05:39, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Thank You
The TomStar81 Spelling Award | ||
Be it known to all members of Wikipedia that Ian Rose has corrected my god-awful spelling on the page Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Essays/Advice to new coordinators, and in doing so has made an important and very significant contribution to the Wikipedia community, thereby earning this TomStar81 Spelling Award and my deepest thanks. Keep up the good work! TomStar81 (Talk) 08:24, 15 February 2008 (UTC) |
[edit] 2001 Film
Re: 2001: A Space Odyssey (film) -- Hello. Why did you remove my "Title" section from this article? I have every intention of putting it back in, but I am giving you the courtesy to ask you first. Thanks. Please reply at my Talk Page. (Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 03:55, 17 February 2008 (UTC))
[edit] RE:milhist elections
Thanks for that Ian, as ever, if you need anything, just ask! Bring on 6 months of reviews and backlogs. ;) Woody (talk) 11:03, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks from me as well. --Nick Dowling (talk) 11:05, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Re:DYK
Hi, please be patient and I will add the article in the next DYK. --BorgQueen (talk) 11:09, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] DYK
--Maxim(talk) 21:15, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] A barnstar :)
The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar | ||
In dealing with a recent situation I have seen your name pop up a lot in assisting with the reversion of blatant and highly POV/sometimes defamatory vandalism. Just wanted to acknowledge the great work you are doing and keep it up! Orderinchaos 18:52, 5 March 2008 (UTC) |
[edit] Denis O'Regan
Hi Ian. Please let me know if you are happy for the above person to have his website featured in the External links of David Bowie. I have reverted twice here, on the grounds that the link appears promotional and is indirectly related to Bowie (sometime photographer at his concerts. So why doesn't Mick Rock get a link then?) rather than a direct link to an official website. I do not edit war nor 3RR, so I will have to leave it myself. However, if you feel it's not proper, please feel free to discuss it with 82.43.133.156. Thanks. Ref (chew)(do) 01:11, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Sinead O'Connor
I hope I'm doig this right. Listen, Ian, I wish you would stop reverting my edit of Sinead O'Connor's page. There is false information on there that I am trying to correct. Sinead does NOT live in that Victorian house in Bray as the article states, yet you keep deleting my update on that matter - why?
here is the "proof" that what I wrote is correct information:
‘Fruitcakes and weirdos’ drive Sinead out of her home in Bray NIAMH HORAN Sunday Independent September 2, 2007
CONTROVERSIAL singer Sinead O'Connor has said that she has to sell the new home that she never moved into because “fruitcakes” keep calling to the door. The mother of four said she doesn't feel comfortable moving in to the stunning 1860s period house on Strand Road in Bray because of concerns for the welfare of her children. Speaking to the Sunday Independent, Ms O'Connor said she has had to abandon plans to move into the €1.7m house after stacks of letters started arriving at the new address along with a number of unwanted callers. “When I bought the house all the media here decided to publish stories, which involved photos of my house and details of my address despite the fact that it's in breach of the Data Protection Act, because my children live there, and as a result I've had all manner of weirdos writing or turning up at the door,” she said. “Every time I was going up there to do the work, there was a stack of letters. Some people wanted a hundred grand to pay their granny's hospital bill, some people wanted to know could we meet up for coffee [saying] ‘I'll be in Bray next week'.” She continued, “You want your privacy, your children have a right to you as a mother, not as Sinead O'Connor, and they have a right not to be drawn into that world and you just don't want to be dealing with that at home, you want to be a private person. But more importantly there is the odd f ***in' fruitcake out there and, as a mother, you do have to be aware of that.” The singer went on to say that she has also been the subject of unwanted calls at her current home and will be moving from the premises when she finds a suitable alternative. Ms O'Connor explained how one particular woman called ‘Julia' had left cakes containing knives and “nasty” letters on her doorstep. “She used to come to the kitchen window and leave cakes and then underneath there'd be a really nasty letter and then a few weeks later there'd be another cake and another letter. And then one time there was a knife in it. I got a gate and a lock and a lawyer to write to her and she hasn't been around since. “It was your actual ‘Stan' situation — you know the Eminem song. Someone who writes you a lot of letters and then they get angry that you haven't replied and then they get angrier that you still haven't replied.” The singer bought the sixbedroom house on Strand Road in Bray after it was withdrawn at auction for €1.65m. Known as Montebello, it has views of Bray Head, Killiney and Dalkey Island. A bright and airy sunroom overlooks a Victorian garden, complete with fishpond. The house, which contains a games room and a gym, has been on sale through a housing website for the last two months.
http://www.independent.ie/ —Preceding unsigned comment added by Toylikepeople (talk • contribs) 12:14, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
- Hi there. You say in your last edit summary Added the source of the info - is that "encyclopedic" enough?. Well, no, not the way you've done it. If you've spent any time reading the O'Connor article you'd get a pretty good idea of how this info should be presented if it's indeed correct. First off, you don't write it like a news flash, you just do it in normal prose, like the rest of the article. If earlier info is no longer current, you can modify it. You also have to cite your source properly, with a named, dated, and page-numbered source, or better still a link to the exact online source (not just the website it appeared on). Since you've given the text of your source above, I assume it's an online article - include a link to it. Sorry if this seems excessively regimented to you but this is not a blog, and it's up to the person adding information to provide a reliable source for it. Furthermore, O'Connor is a living person and articles on living people have to be treated particularly carefully. For more info on all this you could see WP:RS, WP:Cite and WP:BLP, for starters. I'm happy to give you a little bit more time (and advice) to get this addition right, so why don't have another go at it? Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 12:48, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] thanks & praises
i think i've managed that subpage - thanks for taking an interest. Sssoul (talk) 16:05, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] DYK
--Espresso Addict (talk) 16:32, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Ziggy Stardust: The Motion Picture: the film
It would appear the film link is about the album, not the film. Since I have no intention of watching it, should I even bother with it? Fantailfan (talk) 19:46, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Hear Yee, Hear Yee
The WikiChevrons | ||
Be it known to all and sundry, that this day, 21/22 March 2008 (depending on which timezone you're in) that the WikiChevrons have officially been awarded to Mr. Ian Rose for his patient work assessing all the remaining unassessed WP:MILHIST articles and completely emptying the category. Buckshot06 (talk) 22:05, 21 March 2008 (UTC) |
[edit] Service chiefs
Reply at User talk:Pdfpdf#Service chiefs. Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 03:36, 25 March 2008 (UTC) And again. Pdfpdf (talk) 09:20, 25 March 2008 (UTC) Replied. Pdfpdf (talk) 13:31, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
You may think it's basic, but I think it's impressive! (i.e. Good stuff. Well done.) Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 13:29, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
Minor point: Order should be CN, CA, CAF Pdfpdf (talk) 13:37, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
Well, I think you've solved that one. (Now on to the next problem, whatever that may be?) Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 14:53, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] CDF
rm superfluous glossary - Why is the glossary superfluous? Pdfpdf (talk) 14:01, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
- Because all the terms have links that explain what they are. In any case, I reduced the rank abbreviations and spelt them out. The only ones left should be the decorations. No other military page I've seen has its own glossary, why should this one? You find these abbreviations everywhere in MilHist articles and generally each and every one is linked for those who what to know more about them. BTW, thanks for the feedback about the template, I think you're right about the order and will update. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 14:34, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Improving Star Wars to Featured Article status
I am currently working on improving Star Wars to Featured Article status, and I noticed that you have made a substantial amount of contributions recently. If you have time, I would appreciate it if you could help out and improve the article. Right now, the primary thing that needs to be done is the addition of more references - the article simply is not referenced enough. I have added {{fact}} tags on the page, which shows up as [citation needed]
to make it easier to find what information needs references. Thanks for your time! Gary King (talk) 04:03, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Drinks and a wiki chat?
G'day sydneysider - fancy a 'not quite a meetup but a few drinks' sort of thing? - We can chat about the new aussie chapter, the price of eggs and have our very own 2020 Wiki Summit! - or just sink a couple of cold ones and gass bag about the good 'ol days of wiki, when an editor could get some repsect (not a typo)! I've suggested something here so take a look and sign up if you're up for it... cheers, Privatemusings (talk) 02:29, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Lori Maddox article vandalised
Ian, the Lori Maddox article which I edited a few weeks ago has been vandalised.I haven't been able to fix it. I keep trying and nothing happens.jeanne (talk) 12:24, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] FA Keith?!
heya Ian Rose - hope you're well and prospering, and that i can barge in with a question about the featured-article-candidacy thing that's been placed on Keith's article. it puzzles me because a] the article is so very far from complete, and b] the template was placed there by an IP address with no other contributions. the article in its current state has some very good points, of course, but with about four decades of biography still to be created/referenced it really really seems premature to nominate it for something like this, so ... i'm puzzled. thanks for any insights, and swing on Sssoul (talk) 20:10, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
- I've reverted it - there's a process for nominating articles for FA status (see WP:FAC) and just tacking that template onto the article page (it's actually supposed to go on the talk page anyway) isn't all there is to it. That said, Keef's a clear B-class and might well fit the criteria for GA pretty well as is. Suggest you check the GA criteria and seriously consider nominating it for that level as a milestone on the way to FA. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 22:46, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
- thanks Ian Sssoul (talk) 08:31, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] List of atheist RfC
Hello. Your views here would be much appreciated. Thanks. Rohirok (talk) 17:26, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Here Come the Warm Jets
Thanks! Most of those edits are because I can't make up my mind! Often when I've done big edits of a page I click "preview" or "save" and then it quickly jumps to a blank page due to a time out or something, so I go by the old high school stand by of "save often"! I did go a bit overboard, but it's mostly tiny changes and you may have seen!
Thanks for the support on my geeking out on Eno Andrzejbanas (talk) 04:38, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] ADF office succession boxes
Hi Ian. I have checked out many of the Australian military bios, and most do have the rank contained within the box. Thanks for the check up, Abraham, B.S. (talk) 23:27, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
If you have a look at the current Australian defence leaders pages you will notice BOTH ranks and postnominals have been used, and not just by myself either. So I have continued on with that. I will admit, I am willing to relinquish the use of postnominals in the boxes, but not the ranks; I believe they should be placed in the boxes. Abraham, B.S. (talk) 07:17, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
Fair enough, I do see your point. I was actually debating at the time whether I should include the postnominals. So, I suppose the case is decided in that area; I will remove them from the boxes. As for the ranks, I still believe they should be included but I am open for discussion. Regards, Abraham, B.S. (talk) 06:07, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] William Horrocks
--BorgQueen (talk) 13:05, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Wild One (Johnny O'Keefe song)
I know that the picture might look better on the right hand side, in that otherwise it cuts into the heading 'References' - it's just that placing it on the right hand side results in a big gap under the heading 'Popular culture' before the text starts - thought it was a better fit on the left hand side. Dan arndt (talk) 04:05, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
- Well, you've solved the problem by moving the Iggy/Rage mention into Pop Culture, so I'm satisfied...! One thing, in doing so you 'unwikified' a couple of song titles, but I'll sort them out... Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 09:29, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
[edit] June 2008
Talk pages are meant to be a record of a discussion; deleting or editing legitimate comments, as you did at Talk:Westboro Baptist Church, is considered bad practice, even if you meant well. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Carter | Talk to me 10:39, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
- Leaving aside the patronising format of your complaint, the item in question was not a legitimate comment on the article, but an opinion on the subject - see your own cited piece of wikipolicy: "Some examples of appropriately editing others' comments ... Deleting material not relevant to improving the article". Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 13:08, 7 June 2008 (UTC)