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Stirling

I started replying here, but Melburnian has joined the fray, so I'll keep it all together over there. Hesperian 04:55, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Hi - thanks for alerting me to the discussion point. I have been replying at Hesperian's talk page but I have copied the discussion to Portal talk:Australia/Anniversaries/March/March 4. As the document I was referencing is included in the National Archives' collection of 110 founding documents of Australia, I think it deserves a mention in our event calendar. I have updated the articles on Stirling and Governor of WA too (with the ref to the founding document) Regards --Matilda ^talk 23:44, 4 March 2008 (UTC) now in search of some other obscure factoid to bemuse the world with :-)

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Ryoung122.

The discussion of Robert Young's block has been brought up again at the bottom of Bart Versieck's talk's page. As well as a bit on Carcharoth's talk. I recall you being somewhat involved. Neal (talk) 19:54, 5 March 2008 (UTC).

Speedy deletion of Template:AustraliaNLA

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Thanks. --MZMcBride (talk) 04:31, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Done. —Moondyne click! 04:54, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Template:Australian Senators/nli

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Thanks. --MZMcBride (talk) 04:31, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Done. —Moondyne click! 04:54, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Monday morning

There is some really dumb behaviour on wikipedia this morning - gosh

re - template on the 1967 tas fire - the newbie who merged the 1967 and hobart fire arts didnt bother to cleanup or edit the two arts - I'd be very critical of where such a merge went without the slightest of checking - they were two separate articles for good reason - i havent got around to sorting what is what - cheers SatuSuro 00:30, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
- Disagree. The 1967 Hobart Fire article was a shocker and I cannot see what could be salvaged from there to stand up as a separate article. A section within 1967 Tasmanian fires seems sensible to me. —Moondyne click! 00:43, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Ok - fair enough - I better dig very deep for my photo of hobart from mount wellington in late december 1966 (!) to sort that out :( Satu Suro 02:52, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Btw - template is a good idea- brings stuff together - i like it Satu Suro 02:53, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Yes and no. I'm not sure what it adds that a category doesn't, but they do look prettier I admit. —Moondyne click! 02:57, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Champion of the Colony

I just had a bot notify me on my talk page that this has been nominated for deletion. I can only assume that me being notified is some error because I didn't make the article, just the most recent edit. As you created the article and haven't been informed I thought I'd give you a heads up. Crickettragic (talk) 11:15, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

BOP

Thanks for that - did the message and have a small problem at commons (sigh) and must have diverted and forgotten revert - thanks Satu Suro 12:25, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Stats

Gee, I wonder what happened on the 7th February? [1]? —Moondyne click! 06:36, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

There's no equivalent peak in the Houtman Abrolhos stats, so I suggest that it was probably me.

Last month I fooled around with IMCRA provinces and meso-scale bioregions. One of the meso-scale bioregions is named "Abrolhos Islands". This created a deeply distressing dilemma. Should there be an article on the meso-scale bioregion called "Abrolhos Islands"? Or should the article be at "Abrolhos Islands (IMCRA region)", and if so, should "Abrolhos Islands" continue to redirect to Houtman Abrolhos, or should it become a disambiguation page? Or, should I let the "Houtman Abrolhos" article stand for the IMCRA region too? In the end I chose the last option. Houtman Abrolhos contains a brief mention of the fact that it has its own meso-scale bioregion in IMCRA, and that suffices.

I postulate that the dilemma hit me on 7 February, and that I lubricated my mental processes by repeatedly clicking back and forth through the relevant page titles. The problem with this theory is that I didn't create IMCRA until the 19th, and I didn't create Southwest Shelf Transition until the 26th.

Hesperian 22:51, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

unblocking

I nearly cut'n'pasted that myself, and from the same page I bet, but then I decided I couldn't be bothered. Hesperian 02:45, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

It was a close call. —Moondyne click! 02:46, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Courtenay Gass

I found the textbook using Google - so I'm not willing to prod/db it yet until I can confirm the status of the page. Littleteddy (roar!) 05:04, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Crikey, there's a bit going on here. Account Historyluvver created Courtenay Gass. Historyluvver has been in contact with account Gasscg94wa - Gass, Courtenay G.? - creator of Brandon Zubek, which was subsequently vandalised by account I'm On Speed. I'm On Speed vandalised Moondyne and SatuSuro's user pages, right after those two had warned and blocked Historyluvver on vandalism. Both accounts have edited articles pinocytosis and yagan. Meanwhile, I'm On Speed got caught up in an autoblock on Goodbo, another vandalism account. Both of these last two have edited Julia Gillard.

I'd say it is pretty much beyond dispute now that Courtenay Gass and Brandon Zubek are hoaxes. I see Luna Santin has just deleted them on those grounds. Hesperian 05:30, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Now why would you accuse Circeus of something like that?! But seriously, I can't think of anyone recently departed who fits the bill. Hesperian 05:38, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius

Cleaned this up a bit and rewrote parts. This is a useful part of the page and I'm glad you kept it.If you would like a complete rewrite I will do what I can. All the best Robert Notafly (talk) 12:39, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

more refs?

ebay? i probably have a copy what you are after in battye or my shed :( Satu Suro 13:47, 12 March 2008 (UTC) ok ive loaded 83 with refs to make up to 10 - that should help collabs work out whether they were born then or not :| Satu Suro 13:59, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

templates and their delightful suprises

ahh the joys of experimentation :) http://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/User_talk:203.7.140.3#Welcome - what more do we need or want when we have templates like that? :| Satu Suro 02:37, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

WP:AUS and SatyrBot

Hi Moondyne. Do you need help with the cats page before we send it off to SatyrBot? Blnguyen (vote in the photo straw poll) 07:17, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

I mean, the article talk tagging is separate from teh cats, and all the categories seem to have been weeded for false positive cats and duplicates. So we can get the bot running on the article talk pages I think. Blnguyen (vote in the photo straw poll) 07:20, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

wots this about cats and bots then? Satu Suro 07:56, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

See User:Moondyne/AU categories. —Moondyne click! 08:23, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Oh well you will find my moniker in there for a few :( - and a horrible confusion of class=NA and class=cat - is it worth my trying to clean that mess up? Satu Suro 08:25, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

What mess? Thats hopefully part of what the bots going to do. —Moondyne click! 08:27, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Make more do you mean? :| - nah half the categories have the project template as class=NA and the other half if it has any at all has class=cat - does that mean the bot will actually sort that out? Satu Suro 08:31, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Hopefully, yes. —Moondyne click! 08:36, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Wow thats really cool - all those late nights last year - and now at last a bot do do it - great - hey man thats a great plan! im a fan! Satu Suro 08:40, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Feel free to go for this with SatyrBot. Giggabot is on exams! dihydrogen monoxide (H₂O) 22:03, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

gardner

thanks for that - bad habit of mine - good way to change it - cheers Satu Suro 07:15, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

JLONG2008

I need help with that picture were talking about... sorry!--Jlong2008 (talk) 09:45, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

JLONG2008

I dont have a picture sorry! Transperth has updated their station signage... that one i made looks like it. they have the signs at every station.--Jlong2008 (talk) 08:56, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, the logo is in fact the station sign which one sees from the train as one enters. It's not really a logo as such, and apart from the fact it uses the same colour and font, it's unlikely to be a major issue now the fair use tags are on it. Orderinchaos 14:59, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Transperth train line map

I am currently making a transperth trainline map like the one on their trains - it will have some extra information on it unlike their one!--Jlong2008 (talk) 09:53, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Transperth train line map

It will be in a way like the one on the trains... a map which people that use the train will be able to understand--Jlong2008 (talk) 11:21, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with Image:Rshslogo.jpg

Image Copyright problem

Thank you for uploading Image:Rshslogo.jpg. However, it currently is missing information on its copyright status. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously. It may be deleted soon, unless we can determine the license and the source of the image. If you know this information, then you can add a copyright tag to the image description page.

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thanks again for your cooperation. NOTE: once you correct this, please remove the tag from the image's page. STBotI (talk) 15:11, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Fixed. —Moondyne click! 15:16, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Transperth train line map

my one shows bus connections,transwa connections, circle route connections and train transfer connections. it also include notes.--Jlong2008 (talk) 07:00, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius

Isn't he a joy. I put a link in to Gallica (see page Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius) in Paris who have digitised several Martius works.Do you want the rewrite tag to stay? Best wishes Robert

List_of_oldest_Test_cricketers#Oldest_Test_cricketers_on_debut

IMHO, Zim should be Traicos with Waller mentioned as a footnote (or vice versa). Tintin 04:21, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Is Cota Ramaswami worth a mention somewhere ? Tintin 04:26, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Here is a list that might be useful for the third table and includes Kerr, Brown, Weir etc.Am at work, or I'd do it myself! Johnlp (talk) 08:11, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

And this is for the last table. Btw, is "retirement" the right term ? Wouldn't it be more accurate to say it was their age when they played their last Test ? Tintin 08:56, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks chaps. I didn't realise this was all so well documented by Cricinfo when I started, and probably wouldn't have bothered if I'd known. But once started ... —Moondyne click! 13:59, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

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Courtenay Gass

Restored from archive:

I found the textbook using Google - so I'm not willing to prod/db it yet until I can confirm the status of the page. Littleteddy (roar!) 05:04, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Crikey, there's a bit going on here. Account Historyluvver created Courtenay Gass. Historyluvver has been in contact with account Gasscg94wa - Gass, Courtenay G.? - creator of Brandon Zubek, which was subsequently vandalised by account I'm On Speed. I'm On Speed vandalised Moondyne and SatuSuro's user pages, right after those two had warned and blocked Historyluvver on vandalism. Both accounts have edited articles pinocytosis and yagan. Meanwhile, I'm On Speed got caught up in an autoblock on Goodbo, another vandalism account. Both of these last two have edited Julia Gillard.

I'd say it is pretty much beyond dispute now that Courtenay Gass and Brandon Zubek are hoaxes. I see Luna Santin has just deleted them on those grounds. Hesperian 05:30, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Now why would you accuse Circeus of something like that?! But seriously, I can't think of anyone recently departed who fits the bill. Hesperian 05:38, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Crikey, there was a bit going on here: Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Littleteddy. Hesperian 03:09, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Crikey crikey crikey, I just realised what is going on here. I knew I recognised/remembered that name from somewhere! Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Littleteddy. Hesperian 03:43, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Whoa! —Moondyne click! 04:26, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Crikey someone allowed awb? bah! Satu Suro 04:04, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Courtenay Gass is the vandal (edit: his account was the same as his school account User:Gasscg94wa and User:Cg9806. He also has User:Gassco but that might have been on Commons. We're in the same class for everything). Littleteddy... keep me in a good mood 13:51, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

LOL, look at Cg9806's userpage: I am a user who has friends that were vandals of wikipedia - originally a good hand/bad hand account thing but [2] I saw this during Science ;) Littleteddy... keep me in a good mood 13:55, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

How is it that you edited Yagan on 5 March, and the following day Gasscg94wa vandalised it and a few days later Historyluvver also. I'd like to hear your explanation of this strange editing pattern. Did they look over your shoulder to see what you were editing? If you are who I assume you are (based on previous correspondence. I have no intention of outing you), can you confirm that Courtenay is a real person? —Moondyne click! 14:05, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

That sounds funny, 'can you confirm that Courtenay is a real person' - he is probably the last person you'd need confirmation for :) Yes, I might be able to confirm. On Tuesday (when school goes back) I'll ask him to send you an email from his school-issued accounts. I couldn't see Courtenay Gass coming up on Google. Littleteddy... keep me in a good mood 01:25, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Look at the checkuser, google one of the names that comes up a lot (in a very maligned way) and a school publication names the above student and at least one other involved in this as being real students at the school. Orderinchaos 19:47, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

87

Excellent - gonna try a dyk on that one? - if you start like that its a precedent! starting straight into start class :| Satu Suro 23:43, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

I wasn't gonna, but seeing you suggested it. done. —Moondyne click! 07:29, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Oh well interesting to see if we can get 83 up much the same? Satu Suro 07:37, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

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DYK for 1987 America's Cup

On 26 March, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article 1987 America's Cup, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Bencherlite ^Talk 10:27, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Good on ya well done! Satu Suro 10:53, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

UWAP

Whatcha reckon - a stub for university of w a press - you reckon that would pass skeptic thingoes about something that could be attached to the uni art? Satu Suro 08:14, 28 March 2008 (UTC) I can understand the issue is a problematic one - verging on the marginal - thanks for the encouragement Satu Suro 08:47, 28 March 2008 (UTC) oh well its set sail so to speak :| Satu Suro 09:22, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Re: Twenty Years

CheckUser came back as unrelated, and since you and a few other users are willing to vouch for him, consider the issue a moot point now. Nwwaew (Talk Page) (Contribs) (E-mail me) 17:09, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

So Fresh: The Hits of Autumn 2008

Page Updated with realevant information. You can check if you want to.--Jlong2008 (talk) 00:38, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

LOL

Re the upside down message :) Orderinchaos 02:32, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Brilliant. Twenty Years 04:40, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

USENG

good pickup - damm foreignersDan arndt (talk) 04:32, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Returning bad smell

I've never asked to have a poster(s) zapped before so seeking some guidance on this pest. I'm fairly sure from the obscene tone of post and focus of their filth here that the snot is the same as Pooh the hat and Heytodaybla. What is the best approach? Thanks, •Florrie•leave a note• 11:58, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Sorry Moondyne, I'm afraid I couldn't resist nailing this one for you. Hesperian 12:03, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Beautiful. Thanks! •Florrie•leave a note• 12:09, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks people. —Moondyne click! 12:22, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Where's that page about friends of gays not being allowed to edit articles? Seems to apply here :P Orderinchaos 02:32, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

m:Friends of gays should not be allowed to edit articles. Great stuff. —Moondyne click! 15:15, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Twenty to Five

Just a quick note that ive changed the name from Twenty Years to Five Years. Thanks. Five Years 16:18, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

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greetings

I have a vague memory that you knew or knew of the magical number of the watchlist number where after reaching it things go kathoomp! I was trying to reduce mine (well over again unfortunately) to that magical number - do you recall it at all? Satu Suro 01:25, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for that - when hovering around 10.780 and 11.000 it was possible only to access via the edit raw list - have shrunk it since then - never again will i travel to 14,500 (or was it 16,000) when i lost the lot last year :( - thanks again - noting the info says 'very unscientifc' and also the date 2006 - who knows twhat the servers do to it all now. cheers (see im naive enough to admit openly this stuff on a talk page - obviously in need of a break :| ) Satu Suro 01:47, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

List of SatyrBot incomplete

Hi Moondyne. The subcats of Category:Years in Australia, are mostly not in your list. Can you get AWB to recurse through the YiA cat and get a list of cats that we can append onto the bot? Thanks, Blnguyen (bananabucket) 04:51, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Just FYI - reverted you on Talk:Straight Lines (song)...an Australian song that made #1. I imagine there weren't that many mistakes, but yeah... dihydrogen monoxide (H₂O) 00:56, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

The user page photo

Is from nullabor roadhouse - the whale you are after is at eucla - small diff of a few hundred kms - no i didnt know (hey ive got the big prawn somewhere would that do?) and im trying to pack up to go -0 while spitting chips about the mount lyell mine article being stuffed up - gawd you admins you demand so much :) cheers (ill get back to you next week) Satu Suro 02:57, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

sure you dont want the ballna prawn? Satu Suro 03:00, 4 April 2008 (UTC) great northern highway on a friday arvo is not exactly my idea of a happy departure either - there was a speckie crash at the bottom of the hill this am a pest control guy went into a bus - what a day - and the damned mount lyell art got slaughtered in february and i didnt even notice - so much for alertness Satu Suro 03:02, 4 April 2008 (UTC) you're on - ill glean it out of my chaotic iphoto library next week - its pink! Satu Suro 03:03, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

AUS tagging for songs

Was wondering - why did you remove the tag for many song articles? Songs like Steer (song), These Kids and In This Life (song) should be under the Australian Wikiproject, because they are by Australian artists, so why did you remove them? RaNdOm26 (talk) 07:18, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

Fixed Stamp

Thnx for that :) Dan arndt (talk) 00:39, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

No worries. —Moondyne click! 01:21, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

chalice

I have handed retarius the 87 links on the west and sunday times and suggest he start a separate article - thats one curse i can do without :| - yet another of the 5,000th thought about stub that never happened being picked up elsewhere - what a relief - I can leave in a mad panic on friday knowing the insanity of 83-87 will be well done - rather than medium or rare :| Satu Suro 11:08, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Oh well if you think it fits just wait till our friend does his bit - then you might think again :) Satu Suro 02:18, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Cricket anniversaries

I just added one for August 10 which gives us, I think, at least something for every day of the year! Now presumably the task is to make them all have real "cricket" events, not just birth and death days. Johnlp (talk) 20:40, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. The "honour" really should have been yours because you're the one who started it all... Johnlp (talk) 07:25, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Maybe

I can find a legitimte ref re it being the favoured drinking location - but maybe not before i go Satu Suro 10:02, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Cripes you set blistering standards for the project - starting articles at start level - it leaves my thousands of stubs staring at me like hungry orphans I do have piccies of the entrance area on the st geos tce side somewhere Satu Suro 00:47, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

There's a heap of downloadable PD Palace pics in the Battye collection. You could easily make a gallery through the years. —Moondyne click! 02:30, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

OK you gotta come clean - whats the tally ? [3] Satu Suro 03:08, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Dunno. I stopped counting a while back as it became boring. One day I may try to update. PS., I'm back on deck and all is well ;) —Moondyne click! 12:06, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Lindström article

Would you consider writing an article about the whole crime (not the person herself) to satisfy notability concerns? The whole AFD was a farce dominated by sockpuppets, but there has been a fair bit of media controversy (over the crime, not the person) - if not that, then what about an addition to another article? Please reply here. JRG (talk) 11:09, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

I am happy that its deleted. An article about the crime would probably be an interesting piece, and may even be notable, but I couldn't imagine how you'd do it without detailing a fair bit of biographical information of the main protagonist, and no doubt the anons would be swarming to insert as much detail as they could. Anyway, this would probably be in violation of Wikipedia:Content forking and the article would become a coatrack. And as I said in the comment at the discussion, she is likely to go into a witness protection program at some time soon and I don't see an article as being a good thing for her. So what?, some may ask. But my view is that we should do no harm and the world won't stop turning if we don't have an article on every news event. Sorry, but I can't see a good outcome from this. Cheers. —Moondyne click! 12:25, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Daisy Bates

Have laid down the tag there - the main editor that created the closer to de vries version of her life it all looks like a one article wonder - lack of proper in article cites is making it an embarrasment topped off by the half caste quote put in over night - oh well thats wikipedia? Satu Suro 01:28, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Golden Age of Cricket

Hello, Moondyne, thank you for your message.

As it happens I'm a long-standing member of the ACS and I was taken aback to see your comment on the talk page of the Golden Age article. I can assure you that the ACS as a body is not involved in anything untoward, although I can't speak for individual members. I have taken on board your point about WP:AGF as you are quite right. I don't know if it breached any copyright and I shouldn't have raised that concern. But I think your "conspiracy theory" also breaches WP:AGF and so I have removed all statements that I think are in contravention.

Thank you for inviting me to join WP:CRIC. I think I will do that but please understand that I am essentially a reader of Wikipedia and I rarely contribute. All the best. --JamesJJames (talk) 18:24, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

I can understand your reasoning but I could easily say that my question about copyright was pondering too, as I did not know and could only express my feeling about the matter. My real concern here is that your comment about the ACS implies something untoward and I believe it should be retracted unless you can show that the ACS has been out of order in some way.

It is probably because of being in the ACS that I expect high standards of accuracy and quality when I read cricket articles on Wikipedia. I take your point about articles being improved by all users but this one had been allowed to grow very large without any attempt being made to improve its quality and I think that would have continued. I work in the publishing industry and I can tell when "a writer can write": this fellow was simply storing assorted facts and has no regard for structure or correctness whatsoever.

Could I please ask you again to remove the comment about the ACS? Thank you. --JamesJJames (talk) 07:38, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

DYKs

Your affection for DYKs is beginning to make sense to me. I wrote an article on Calymperastrum, an interesting and unique, albeit utterly obscure, subject. It is sad to think that it will sink like a stone, and probably no-one will ever read it. I was tempted to DYK it, but couldn't think of anything not too technical. What do you think? Is it DYK material? Any suggestions? Hesperian 04:18, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

what about ... that Calymperastrum latifolium is the sole species of moss endemic to Southwest Botanic Province of Western Australia. Gnan garra 04:40, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

It's not. There are four endemic species, but Calymperastrum is the only endemic genus, by virtue of it being monotypic. I suppose I could promote your suggestion to genus rank: that Calymperastrum is the sole genus of moss endemic to the Southwest Botanic Province of Western Australia. Hesperian 04:53, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

or that the monotypic Calymperastrum is the sole genus of moss endemic to the Southwest Botanic Province of Western Australia. Gnan garra 04:57, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

I'm not sure if you guys are talking the piss out me and/or each other. Half the fun in DYK's making the tagline. —Moondyne click! 09:12, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

<shrug> You say tomato, I say tomato. Hesperian 11:42, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Dennis Yagmich

I have nominated Dennis Yagmich, an article you created, for deletion. I do not feel that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dennis Yagmich (2nd nomination). Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. Mattinbgn\^talk 11:42, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Sorry about the TWINKLE boilerplate. I did mean to come back and tidy it up but got distracted while trying to cleanup the mess that had been made. It has been an interesting day! -- Mattinbgn\^talk 12:48, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

No problems mate, understood. —Moondyne click! 15:15, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Template madness at Talk:Dennis Yagmich. :( —Moondyne click! 01:53, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for tidying. —Moondyne click! 01:57, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Ian Craig

...is at FAC, since you started the article on Australia's youngest ever Test captain and player. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 08:47, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Threat

I know it's late, but this threat is quite aggressive on your part. The problem with your argument is largely due to the fact that there was not one word of discussion on any of the articles that were split before the split took place. I was quite clear about this in my edit summaries, and your threat is thus most unwarranted. The splits should not have taken place without need, discussion, and consensus at the individual pages. Please do not now split Banana, Peach, etc. similarly without discussion. Badagnani (talk) 06:14, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Please check again: no consensus was sought nor obtained at the discussion pages of any of those articles. That would certainly need to be done before such a radical change as these splits. Badagnani (talk) 06:25, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

ACS

The ACS clearly sets the standard in the world of cricket stats and history but I think some of the books have been weak eg: Famous Cricketers (a few clunkers here though a 100 were published) Some of the Journal Articles were low on James quality(out of 100's). A recent series of short autobiographies seems interesting though I believe the Alun Watkins book was described as anodyne. Incidentally I believe a tension has grown up between Cricketarchive and the ACS.(Last AGM) Oh and I am not a member but know several very well.)Fieldgoalunit (talk) 18:01, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

DYK

On April 17, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Palace Hotel, Perth, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Well done again Moondyne, keep on going, 100 isn't far away. Craig passed FA btw. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 02:49, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

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