User talk:Isoronical

Welcome!

Hello, Isoronical, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on discussion pages using four tildes ~~~~; this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question and then place {{helpme}} before the question on your talk page. Again, welcome! Cuddy Wifter 20:57, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Alister Clark Stakes

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Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself. If you plan to expand the article, you can request that administrators wait a while for you to add contextual material. To do this, affix the template {{hangon}} to the article and state your intention on the article's talk page. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. ff m 22:15, 14 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Little context in Alister Clark Stakes

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Editing space

Ron, I created a link to the "Sandbox" you set up earlier. You can use this space to edit and play around with any articles you are working on before actually creating the article on Wikipedia. Cheers. - Cuddy Wifter 07:38, 16 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks very much for this, Cuddy. I'm still trying to work out how to put my Empire Rose story under Melbourne Cup winners....so far no luck.

Ron.

Take a look at How to categorize an article to learn a little about categories. Then go to Empire Rose, click on the "edit this page" tab, and in the editing space go to the bottom of the page and add "Category:Melbourne Cup winners", enclosed with square brackets [[ ]]. Hope this helps. - Cuddy Wifter 22:03, 16 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Empire Rose

I placed the {{cleanup-tone}} template onto the Empire Rose article as I felt the article could be written using better prose. It's not a bad article, it's just that the tone of language used within doesn't strike me as being of an encyclopedic nature. The Wikipedia:Guide to writing better articles may be a good resource to improve the article. I hope this helps. -- Longhair\^talk 23:25, 16 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. I've noticed that you've been adding your signature to some of your article contributions, such as you did to Empire Rose. This is a simple mistake to make and is easy to correct. For future reference, the need to associate edits with users is taken care of by an article's edit history. Therefore, you should use your signature only when contributing to talk pages, the Village Pump, or other such discussion pages. For a better understanding of what distinguishes articles from these type of pages, please see What is an article?. Again, thanks for contributing, and enjoy your Wikipedia experience! Thank you. -- Longhair\^talk 23:29, 16 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the explanation, Longhair. I understand now that some of the words or terms I used in the Empire Rose story weren't exactly "encyclopedic" ones. I may stick to editing stories already written, it's easier and safer.....Ron.

No need to stop what you're doing. You're doing absolutely fine. The standards we set at Wikipedia for quality are very high and somebody will soon come along and notice the cleanup tag on the article and work on it accordingly. -- Longhair\^talk 06:06, 17 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

After my addition to he Rising Fast story that Moonee Valley gave him a huge send-off upon his retirement by parading him there with a garland of flowers around his neck, with the band playing the Maori's Farewell, was deleted, I've decided to stick to editing spelling errors.

Ron, I looked at the edits to the Rising Fast article and I couldn't see the above edit in the "Edit History" and your list of contibutions does not show the edit. Rather than it been deleted, which would be shown in the "Edit History", it may be that you made a mistake when you made the edit. Give me a call if you want to discuss it. - Cuddy Wifter 00:03, 18 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You are correct, Cuddy Whifter. I obviously didn't "save" the page although I was sure I did. Thanks.

Speedy deletion of MALUA knew no boundaries.

A tag has been placed on MALUA knew no boundaries., requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia per CSD A7.

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If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion. To do this, add {{hangon}} on the top of the page (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag) and leave a note on the page's talk page explaining your position. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself. jonny-mt(t)(c) 07:44, 19 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ron, I changed the name of the article to Malua (horse) as there is already an article Malua. It is unnecessary in Wikipedia to start an article with a "headline". I have also explained on the talk page why the horse is notable. - Cuddy Wifter 08:35, 19 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Cuddy, it seems by the notice on my Malua story that it could still be deleted because there are no citations or things like that. Beyond me! I had to check many sources via Google and a Melbourne Cup book, Cup Day, to get the facts correct, but used my own words and style. No plagiarism! I don't know what else I can do, as I wasn't at the races in 1884. Thanks for your comments.

Frank Reys

Hi. I undid your change to Melbourne Cup. In the context of this great Australian race, it is more relevant to say (correctly) that Frank Reys was the first jockey of aboriginal heritage to win the cup. His parents may have indeed come from the Philippines but he was dinky di Ozzie born and bred, and his father was aboriginal. Moriori 02:20, 20 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]