User talk:Adz

Due to page length, previous discussions on my talk page have been archived:

• Archive 1 (5 July 2005 to 29 December 2005)
• Archive 2 (December 2005 to 27 October 2006)

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Royal Exchange Hotel

I finally took the time to create the Royal Exchange Hotel, Brisbane page, and used your picture that you provided some time last year. Thanks Rimmeraj 01:02, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Welcome back

Good to see you back round the 'pedia. I never did get to looking at Lebanese Australian as you had asked before going on wikibreak. Let me know if you still need any help there. Happy editing, --cj | talk 02:03, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

Townsville less POV

Hi Adz, thanks for the edit at Townsville, Queensland. I am a relatively new user and would have accidentally made the POV error when I wrote the bit that you edited, could you please explain to me how it is POV so that I can keep it in mind for my future edits. I have been doing a bit of editing/expanding relating to local politicians this month and wouldn't want to go off track without knowing it. I am not in any way disputing your edit. Thanks, WikiTownsvillian 07:36, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Hi Adz, your reasoning makes sense and I agree with it (I sort of figured that was the reason RE 'only', but couldn't see the connection with the removal of the Lib Party tag). Thanks for taking the time to reply, will try to keep language neutral. WikiTownsvillian 12:57, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

haha, I think you have A LOT to catch up on, Thuringowacityrep is very determined, and as you will see sneaky in my view, but I will of course leave that judgement to you. If you are wanting to get involved Thuringowacityrep has set up a dispute arbitration page, although he would probably feel you were biased as you do not live in Thuringowa.

It might be useful for you to know that the following paragraph that I originally wrote (now removed by myself as agreed on the Talk page) is the para under discussion for a lot of the initial debate:

Although (at the time) Thuringowa did not have the population density to warrant it, Thuringowa was declared a City by the Bjelke-Petersen Government in 1986, this was one of the many controversial electoral decisions made to prop up the Bjelke-Petersen National Party's grip on power at all levels, see Bjelkemander.

Although historically the two City Councils and Mayors work very well together and share major infrastructure, there is an issue of unnecessary duplication of services. These are not two cities which have Conurbated into each other such as in New York, Sydney or the Gold and Sunshine Coasts, Thuringowa is a politically motivated, artificially created, city. Since it's creation Thuringowa City has become densely populated, as the greater Townsville city spreads further and further over the now static boarder between the two Local Government Areas. Friendly rivalry between the two cities councils does also have positive benefits to Townsville resulting in such projects as Thuringowa's Riverway as an alternative to The Strand.

I'll admit that in hindsight that was a bit provocative without references.

Thanks, WikiTownsvillian 13:41, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Sockpuppetry

You're right on the money - Townsvillerocks is a definite sock. Rebecca 21:01, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

can someone tell me why it iam being told that i am now attempting Sock puppetry this site is going to the pack and all because of one new user that started all this, i have been more than fair with this user but it seem that everything i do he changes i have the facts and i ref the facts be he always see to it that my edits are rev back to his misleading or incorrect POV and i have had it ..... Thuringowacityrep 00:38, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

Hi.

There was an edit last night by a new user which I thought was along the same lines as some of the Townsville/Thuringowa edits that you had been making. I thought the username was similar to your in that it displayed an affinity with Townsville/Thuringowa. Not wanting to jump to conclusions, I asked Rebecca to look into it. To specifically answer your question about why you’re being told that you’re attempting sock puppetry, perhaps you should address that question to WikiTownsvillian or Rebecca.

Don’t let a debate over once city lead you to the conclusion that “this site is going to the pack”. Wikipedia is a big place with over 1.5 million articles. Sure, there will be disagreements occasionally but there are ways of dealing with them. Take a look at the page on staying cool. Try to talk through the issue on talk pages and avoid making threats and personal attacks. See if you can find common ground. Have a look at the dispute resolution page.

I’ve only vaguely caught up with the Townsville/Thuringowa debate, and am reluctant to weigh in as I think it would take up a lot of my time, however it might be worth seeking opinions from others, such as the WP:AWNB, or seeking a Request for comment. Finally, assume good faith. It helps keep things civil. Cheers.

-- Adz|talk 05:28, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

so if a new user joins and makes a edit that looks a bit like mine them it must be me...it that what it is like here now? if i ask WikiTownsvillian i know what he would say so i'm not even going there but i will ask Rebecca but i thought POV were something that Wiki didn't like. thanks for you advice i have tried to stay cool but evey time i change something along comes WikiTownsvillian and changes it back he has taken it to far now but thanks Thuringowacityrep 06:11, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

Hi. Note that I said I didn't want to jump to conclusions. I didn't say that the new user was a sock puppet, nor did I ever accuse you of employing sock puppetry. I simply said that the edit was suspicious and I asked for it to be checked out. I try give people the benefit of the doubt and assume good faith, and I think its fair to have things checked out before comingto conclusions. Rebecca is an admin, and before I went on wiki break, admins were able to check IP numbers, which is why I asked her to look into it. -- Adz|talk 09:43, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

it's ok mate i wasn't having a go at you about it sorry if it seemed that way but that WikiTownsvillian has got me so wild right now, so i guess he has done what he set out to do. i never thought it would be so hard to correct a edit could i get you to have a look at the artical and the refs on the page as i feel that the ref that he is talking about is not very correct and it would be better to remove the ref from a reporter and use the others from government sites can i get your input on this please Thuringowacityrep 12:33, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

Canberra photos

You're doing an amazing job with the photos of Canberra suburbs and landmarks - they look fantastic. It's really nice to see photos of some of the smaller suburbs in particular, as they often get overlooked. I hope you'll keep it up - it really is improving the articles drmatically. Rebecca 13:32, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

I think it's probably not a bad idea - I never really liked the idea of picking out a certain number at random. List of Australian Greens MPs by time served/List of Australian Greens MPs by time in office or something similar might be a more suitable title. Rebecca 06:59, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Civil Unions

Thanks for the compliment. Apology accepted, no hard feelings. I worked pretty hard trying to make the article acceptable from a worldwide viewpoint, hope it's decent now. I'm going on to other things. Peace. --Textorus 08:23, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Speculation

Hi Adz, do you think the Shopping in Townsville edit is still speculation or is it ok? Thanks, WikiTownsvillian 15:27, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

Hi Adz, thank you for the comments! that (survey) was actually the one atributed reference that I was not really sure about...

This is the direct quote from the start of the article (I have access to a online media monitor through our City Library):

`COME back David Jones. We love you'.

Residents are crying out for a department store, such as David Jones or Myer to return to the twin cities, according to results from the Townsville Bulletin's annual reader's survey.

An overwhelming number of respondents to the Bulletin's survey felt Townsville and Thuringowa need a major retailer such as Myer (81 per cent), with more than 50 per cent saying that they would shop there regularly once or twice a month.

David Jones department store left the site of what is now the Cowboys Leagues Club in Flinders Mall in 1993.

Many believe there has been a shift in the market from the CBD ever since.

Townsville Acting Mayor Anne Bunnell said she would love to see a major department store return to the twin cities...

So the source survey was actually about whether respondents felt T&T needed a major retailer. But considering the overwhelming response (81%) plus the general tone of the article I attributed that article to saying that residents felt that the store leaving was detrimental to the quality of Townsville's shopping experience. It's an easy jump to make but it might have been too much of a jump for Wikipedea's standards, I was trying to help the general flow and style of the paragraph by saying it that way. Your thoughts? WikiTownsvillian 08:02, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

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There is plenty that needs to be done to get more Brisbane articles up to FA standard. Please come and discuss this and lets see if we can build up this project.

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Your image (Image:Flight West F100.jpg)

Hi,

the image you've uploaded is about to be deleted as a copyright violation. Does your comment "Uploaded with permisson" mean that David Knudsen gave this permission?

Regards, --MB-one (talk) 11:45, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

Hi. Yes, I emailed David Knudsen and asked him for his permission. He agreed to me uploading the picture, as well as Image:Flight West EMB-120.jpg. Looks like it has been deleted now anyway so I guess it is irrelevant. Thanks for the message. I don't log into wikipedia much anymore and it was only coincidence that I saw your message. -- Adz|talk 02:25, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

Invite to Canberra Meetup #2

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