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Contents 1 Talk: Edit on Washington Star People 2 WikiProject Australia newsletter 3 Anstey Hill Recreation Park 4 Crustacean 5 pink turtle 6 Adelaide tram maps 7 Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Diorama (album) 8 Talk:Bronze_Soldier_of_Tallinn#Another_edit_war 9 Image ID 10 Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Lotus 11 Shy Heathwren 12 hey 13 a 14 !

[edit] Talk: Edit on Washington Star People

If you are the user who left the comment on Category:Washington Star People and took off my reference, I would like your view on why and what can be done to fix this.--Falconep (talk) 12:37, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Peripitus - I have been over the references you gave on what a category is and find no evidence that external links are inappropriate. What I DO find is that the Category: Washington Star People should be under parent "Washington Star" (along with the other parents), and that the alumni reference be a subcategory. I want to make sure that you're thinking is geared toward helping those seeking information, rather than a technical nuance that takes away the value of the entry.--Falconep (talk) 14:35, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Peripitus - Apparently you are not what you portray yourself to be. Calling my entries on Wikipedia "spam and trying to promote my website" is rather crude or maybe just rude. The wiki article: Washington Star and the wiki category: Washington Star People discuss WHAT my dear fellow? And what does my network do? It contains the best collection of information on those two topics,,, that's all! And on top of that, you're getting the information directly from the people the Wiki article references,,, not second-hand.

Are you suggesting that I re-invent the wheel and copy EVERYTHING from my network into Wikipedia to maintain it's PURITY? If I take your meaning correctly, then EVERY external link or resource or reference on Wikipedia is spam. Sorry Ace, if you want to help me put the references in correctly then I will gladly take your input as to how it should be formatted; but if you're merely some purist that has a twisted agenda, then I strongly urge you to bring this matter up with the powers that actually run Wikipedia and let them determine what is what! Until then, since you've NEVER worked at the Washington Star (as I and the members of my network have), stop undoing my work!--Falconep (talk) 17:58, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

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Peripitus - Wikipedia is not allowing me (Falconep), to log in so I will enter this anon. Quoting you "Category:Washington Star people is a list of people who have articles on Wikipedia who are known as working at the Washington Star - nothing more." This statement shows that you have no clue on the subject you are passing judgment on. The Washington Star ceased publication in September 1981; there ARE no people working there any longer. The Category almost certainly will never be added to again after such a long period. Those editorial staffers who worked for the paper ARE Washington Star People and now are known to be found on http://washingtonstar.ning.com which is a not-for-profit website and has no other purpose than to give former Washington Star People a place to gather. Those who are not alumni will not be allowed to join the network; so there is no profit motive to "advertise" on Wikipedia. Being the site administrator makes me the PERFECT person to post the reference on Wiki, no conflict of interest since I am the reference source AND I too am a former Washington Star staffer. All that the reference does is to give Wiki readers another reference,,, nothing more. If you want to see the hypocrisy of your claims, I strongly suggest you visit this site: [[1]] for he is without a doubt abusing the Conflict of Interest by promoting his website, his books, etc. Lastly, what I think would be wise for YOU to do is to read this: [[2]] since it's clear you are acting independently and not in the interest of people looking for information.--71.59.250.138 (talk) 20:07, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Australia newsletter

WikiProject Australia newsletter Issue 2, Volume 1 — January 1, 2008

Welcome! WikiProject Australia is a WikiProject, which aims to improve Wikipedia's coverage of Australia and Australia-related topics. This newsletter exists simply to notify Australian Wikipedians of ongoing events within the project and relating to Australia on Wikipedia. Australian Wikimedia chapter Wikimedia chapters are independent organisations run by Wikimedians to further promote the Wikimedia projects run by the Wikimedia Foundation, and to "empower and engage people around the world to collect and develop educational content under a free license or in the public domain, and to disseminate it effectively and globally". This means that we in the chapter can promote Wikipedia and other Wikimedia wikis and their contributor's work in our area. Currently, a chapter for Australia is in discussion. If you're interested in helping the Wikimedia Foundation in more ways than just creating articles, and by promoting Wikipedia and other projects so people can start to read your work and become contributors, then consider adding yourself to the interested participants list at www.wikimedia.org.au The proposed chapter also has an IRC channel on the freenode network: join #wikimedia-au next time you are online. The seventh IRC meeting for Wikimedia Australia will also be held in this channel at 8 pm (AEDT-UTC+11) on January 6 (WA at 6pm, SA at 7:30pm and QLD at 7pm). For more information, visit this page. Recent happenings 2007 has been an excellent year for WikiProject Australia and its members – a sudden rise in article quality (see "Quality watch"), more article collaboration, portal creation, gap-filling article creation, image requests fulfilled, newsletter writing and award awarding. Success! A sudden surge in new Portals took place late in the year, with numerous new portals being created and later being promoted to featured status, the best a young portal can get. Among the portals currently being worked on are: South Australia, New South Wales, Australian cars, Music of Australia, Powderfinger, Queensland, with portals for a lot of other topics to come very soon in the new year. Portals and "topics" go hand in hand (not really), and many within the project and throughout Wikipedia aspire to achieve featured topic status for a particular topic. Goals to promote all capital cities to featured status, and among others, a Powderfinger featured topic, and a featured topic on The Invincibles cricket team. It's for sure that 2008 will be filled with Aussie pride, so hang in there with those flags, everyone! Especially on Australia Day, *hints surprises* :) Of course, writing featured articles and making up clever hooks for use on "Did you know" isn't the only way to contribute. Many users contribute day-in, day-out, maintaining the project and portals, tagging and assessing articles, making suggestions at featured article candidacies, coordinating collaborations within the project, responding to peer reviews, save valid articles in deletion debates, in short, the stuff that if not done, will cause the whole project as we know it to slowly deteroriate. Many users who don't qualify for awards like Durova's Triple Crown award, qualify for others. Moondyne recognised the users who work tirelessly every day to make sure that every thing is running smoothly by introducing a new award – the Drover's Award. Initiated in December, eight users have already received an award that is set to become a prestigious award for all Australia-related topic editors; SatuSuro, Longhair, Spebi, Moondyne, Grahamec, Mattinbgn and ScottDavis and more are sure to be awarded. If you know of any users who work tirelessly behind the scenes and have not yet been recognised for their greatly appreciated efforts, award them the Drover's Award. More users have been awarded Durova's Triple Crown award for WikiProjects. This award was given to WikiProject Australia after 5 users who qualified for Durova's standard crown (one DYK, GA, FA). New recipients include Matilda, Moondyne, Mattinbgn, VirtualSteve, Gnangarra, RaNdOm26, and Thebainer. If you believe you qualify, leave a note at Durova's talk page. Recent events Jan 6: The seventh IRC channel meeting will take place on the freenode network at 8 pm (AEDT – UTC+11) in #wikimedia-au. See this page for more information. Dec 26: One hundred Australia-related articles have been promoted to good article status. Dec 20-31: New portals are created, old ones are revamped, some are promoted and others are soon to be among them. Nov 15: "1967 in Australia" has been chosen as Wikipedia's Australian Collaboration of the Fortnight. Main page · Talk · Notice board · Portal · Articles · Current collaboration · Complete to-do · Article quality (FA·GA) · Subprojects · Miscellanous · Newsletter discussion This month's newsletter was written by Spebi and published by BrownBot. If you wish to stop receiving it, receive it in a different format, or submit items for consideration next month, see our co-ordination page. Issue 2, Volume 1, January 2008. See newsletter archive for previous issues, or view this issue directly. Newly-promoted content Good articles Ian Craig Brian Booth Young Modern TISM The Chaser APEC pranks These Days: Live in Concert "These Days" Bill Brown Angels Brought Me Here Evermore (band) 2 Hearts Parables for Wooden Ears Omphalotus nidiformis 1947 Sydney hailstorm "Sunsets" Wagiman language Percy Henn Kylie (album) Vulture Street Caulfield Grammar School Avondale Agricultural Research Station Jack Marsh Odyssey Number Five Fingerprints: The Best of Powderfinger, 1994-2000 Featured articles Riverina Internationalist (album) Red-winged Fairy-wren Removed articles The Ashes Recent collaborations 1967 in Australia Media Watch Cabinet of Australia Australia Day Sydney Norfolk Island Quality watch 2007 saw a major feat for WikiProject Australia: one hundred articles were promoted to good article status. This is huge not only for the project's individual members and those who helped achieved such an impressive statistic, but for the whole of Wikipedia. Everyone involved has given readers from all around the world a chance to learn about Australia and relevant topics from the best of sources available on the Internet. A huge congratulations to all involved. And congratulations to Underneath-it-All, who wrote "2 Hearts", which passed as a good article, officially making him WikiProject Australia's "Good Article Centurian" and the article the one hundredth Australia-related article to be promoted to good article status at any one time. Speaking of statistics nearing the number 100, WikiProject Australia has also seen an increase of the number of articles being promoted to featured article status. In November last year, seven articles were promoted, earning the month its official title of "Featured article month" of WikiProject Australia, and making it the month with the highest featured article achievement. Viva la featured article revolution! Also seeing some activity were featured portals – many have already been promoted, and a wave of excellently-crafted ones hitting our shores very soon. End of year statistics Here are some statistics for WikiProject Australia produced by Blnguyen and his Assessment Monkey of 2007's good article and featured article promotions. Summing it up: 71 featured articles, and 106 good articles.

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[edit] Anstey Hill Recreation Park

Hello, I am the GA reviewer for this article. I found it interesting to read and I'm impressed by the quality of the article. I have done some copyediting and listed some (fairly minor) concerns about the prose on the article's talk page. I have placed the review on hold for one week to allow these issues to be addressed. Pleas get in touch if you have any concerns. Best wishes, GaryColemanFan (talk) 20:27, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Crustacean

It might be a slippery ride checking aquatic life forms for national appropriations i think it might be a road not too pleasant at least smelly  :( or perhaps :) SatuSuro 10:20, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

I am waiting for the suprise of the day i find 15 projects or more in a carefully hidden banner on a talk page - who to shoot (metaphorically) first will be the thought :( SatuSuro 03:36, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] pink turtle

Would have loved to csd the article, but was wondering if csd will go through.... Anyways, I hope it gets removed soon. Thanks. Prashanthns (talk) 09:56, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Adelaide tram maps

Hi, I love the two Adelaide tram network maps on the Trams in Adelaide page. I'm just wondering - how did you digitise them? I'm very interested in doing similar maps for the Brisbane network; I have a book Brisbane's Tramways - The Last Decade which shows the Brisbane system as of 1961, but I've got no idea yet how to make a presentable map out of it (copyright law prevents me just scanning it and plopping it onto Wikipedia). Thanks in advance for giving me some pointers. TripleThree (talk) 17:38, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Diorama (album)

Hi, I've tried to address your concerns here. If you could take another look it'd be greatly appreciated.

I went ahead and copyedited as best I could.

Cheers, dihydrogen monoxide (H₂O) 02:50, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

Please revisit this FAC and correctly strike or cap comments; sorry, but we can't have caps without sigs, since the only way I can then know who added the cap is by stepping back through the diffs, which is too time consuming. Caps are fine as long as you sign. Best regards, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 20:18, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Talk:Bronze_Soldier_of_Tallinn#Another_edit_war

Hi,

could you protect this page until it is sorted out on the talk page. Thanks. Martintg (talk) 21:04, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Image ID

Hi, I just had a query about Image:Samphire_Halosarcia.png on my talk page and was wondering what degree of certainty you have on the image ID. I'm afraid that ID of glassworts is not one of my strong points Melburnian (talk) 12:23, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for that --Melburnian (talk) 14:03, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Lotus

An image uploaded by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, Image:Nelumno nucifera open flower - botanic garden adelaide2.jpg, was nominated on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate an image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Thank you for your contribution! MER-C 09:32, 30 May 2008 (UTC) Congratulations Alokprasad84 (talk) 15:34, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

best wishes for your weekend Alokprasad84 (talk) 15:40, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

hi Peripitus I'm totally new to this, my apologies if this is the wrong forum - I want to know more about your photogaph of a corrugated iron press in Kapunda you have left on the page about corrgated iron. I left a message for you via Wikipedia email but don't know if you check that regularly. Lindam123 (talk) 05:03, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Shy Heathwren

Replied there. Hesperian 12:12, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] hey

Hiding people from the truth, hu?

you must be a scientologist. 67.204.220.121 (talk) 02:53, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

No a Capricorn - Peripitus (Talk) 02:54, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

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all the sources you need DragonDance (talk) 00:43, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

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There Was Nothing Wrong With My Pages, Just Because Ur Not A Fan Of Att Will Doesnt Mean U Have To Delete It. Other People Will Want To Know Informaton About Him. —Preceding unsigned comment added by The Tommy (talk • contribs) 07:58, 8 June 2008 (UTC)