User talk:Orderinchaos/Archive 2010 03
PD
[edit]Hope you enjoyed the MAWA PD where I'm told you met my better half, small world isn't it? --Hughesdarren (talk) 10:35, 2 August 2010 (UTC)
- I know!! I did enjoy (and learned a lot as well). It is a small world indeed! Orderinchaos 10:41, 2 August 2010 (UTC)
FF
[edit]Many thanks for helping clear that up. Another possibility with the SPI is USydPolitics (talk · contribs) (not sure how to add it to the SPI myself). Frickeg (talk) 02:31, 8 August 2010 (UTC)
Oh dear
[edit]Have wandered into the WP Politics Project page viz http://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Category:WikiProject_Politics my feeling is that blood has been spilt in there :| - any thoughts of which or what is the state of things in that realm? Its just that the whole kaboodle is horribly under-tagged vis a vis project tags - offline response is preferred - cheers SatuSuro 06:02, 8 August 2010 (UTC)
Template:LandInfo WA borked again
[edit]I'm not sure if you're already aware, but it seems that Landgate have restructured their webpages about town and suburb names again. Now, as far as I can tell from the Perth metro suburb names page, it's impossible to link directly to a particular letter, much less a particular suburb. Maybe it's possible with bookmarklets, but JavaScript is not one of my areas of expertise. I'm not sure if anything can be done about this, but I thought I'd let you know. Maybe a temporary solution would be to just link to the main suburb/country town pages and let the user find the letter and place name that they want? Graham87 14:18, 8 August 2010 (UTC)
- Thanks for the fix. Graham87 05:12, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
- No worries :) Sorry I didn't respond, I've been snowed under with non-Wiki related work. Orderinchaos 13:53, 13 August 2010 (UTC)
122.107.175.135
[edit]Could you block 122.107.175.135 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) as they continue to add flagicons (example) after the warnings and first block but have been at it again. Bidgee (talk) 14:33, 13 August 2010 (UTC)
Crook/WA Nats
[edit]Do you have a view on this? Timeshift (talk) 05:41, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
User:Greengobbie92
[edit]Can you give Greengobbie92 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) a short block as they keep adding OR and copyrighted content to articles? I've already warned the editor for uploading File:Australia and tasmania climate map.png and adding OR and copyrighted text (twice not just once[1][2]) from the DECC's NSW climate page. Bidgee (talk) 09:26, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
- The editor is back and yet again continues the OR (sources used don't even state the content added) and re-added the copyrighted text but trying to hide it by using a fake source (IE: Not the true source which it was taken from and it is also unreliable). Bidgee (talk) 14:15, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
- Thanks for letting me know - have investigated and now set a longer block, with an option for him to get unblocked sooner if he agrees to reasonable conditions. Orderinchaos 01:02, 1 September 2010 (UTC)
- They are at it again! Also they have admitted to be the sock of King kong92 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log). It is a pity they seem to think they are not at fault when they are clearly adding copyrighted content with a fake source and adding fake sources to cite OR. Bidgee (talk) 11:43, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
- Thanks for letting me know - have investigated and now set a longer block, with an option for him to get unblocked sooner if he agrees to reasonable conditions. Orderinchaos 01:02, 1 September 2010 (UTC)
OTRS
[edit]Unrelated to the socks, and pre-that; my involvement comes before (I think) most of the socking. Give me a link to the SPI and I'll try and leave any relevant comments/info I can think of. Ironholds (talk) 15:06, 2 September 2010 (UTC)
Godwin Grech
[edit]Hi Orderinchaos. Having looked up what information there is on Godwin Grech, and read Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Godwin Grech, I think that Godwin Grech should redirect to OzCar affair. What do you say? --SmokeyJoe (talk) 13:05, 6 September 2010 (UTC)
- I agree with you but a better place to ask would be WT:AUSPOL. I'll forward it there. Orderinchaos 19:02, 6 September 2010 (UTC)
Infobox
[edit]Did the one conversion as requested. The other was done a while ago. Imzadi 1979 → 07:31, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
Margins are not percentages
[edit]Hi, it's inconvenient, but mathematically necessary, to avoid expressing percentage points as percentages. "Percentage of what?" is the question. Of 100, in this case, not of the incumbent's percentage of the vote. That is going to get us into a fix. I appreciate that it wasn't the most aesthetically pleasing change, but may I ask whether you think the tables should generally be revamped? They're used in all state-based articles, it seems. The colours are pretty garish, aren't they? And the columns really should be headed with descriptors, especially for foreign readers, who might not understand immediately that "ALP" et al. are parties. The "v" is US legal terminology for "versus"; I don't think it's good here.
What do you think? Tony (talk) 13:59, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
- The reversion was just an "ouch, my eyes!" reaction. There's probably a solution which would involve omitting the suffix entirely as the lead for it clearly says that the figures are percentage points.
- I personally think the tables suck as an idea, so I'm not the one to ask - the creators know my views on the subject :) As I recognise though that they will likely stay on current election articles, I'd be in favour of using more natural colour and using the word "Labor" in place of ALP. Whoever put the "v" there was copying off [3] - I'm not actually sure what it should be. I'm not sure how headings could be accommodated without cluttering it. Orderinchaos 14:09, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
User:TheScream7
[edit]A second look at TheScream7 (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki) shows that it is unlikely that he had sockpuppet accounts associated with the other accounts investigated at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/MileyFan1990/Archive#Clerk.2C_patrolling_admin_and_checkuser_comments. The problem of him editing Bob Day as part of a group of associates who were editing that article remains. I am not going to unblock him without discussing the matter with the community and his editing with him. Fred Talk 18:52, 17 September 2010 (UTC)
- Personally I'm happy for him/her to be set aside from the sockpuppet issue - I was surprised by the link, and I'm still inclined to believe they're a different person, so we can deal with them as such. This person didn't engage in the crazy attacks on the other editors and did engage in good faith with suggestions made. Orderinchaos 05:14, 18 September 2010 (UTC)
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Rose Park & Toorak Gardens Ward
[edit]Re the matter on my talk page
[edit]If you wish to challenge the guy's Arbcom ban under the terms of WP:AE, please take up a case there. Otherwise, I'd note that I actually kept several articles written by this guy because they seemed to be on reasonable topics and were likely to be maintained, even though I would vote for their deletion at AfD personally on the usual notability grounds, and deleted more than 100 redirects many of which had nothing to do with Burnside. I was acting to circumvent obvious disruption, and it's incumbent upon me as an admin to do so. But I don't understand what that has to do with the two simple questions I asked you.
I will not be engaging further on the matter of the ward redirects. Orderinchaos 02:34, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
- I have asked you two simple questions. You have half-answered one of them, and ignored the other.
- You have also said a LOT of other things that I don't understand, and although I'm sure it is important stuff, and I don't wish to devalue its importance, it is of no relevance or interest to me.
- Hence, I have NO idea what you are talking about.
- As I've already said, I'm sure you are quite right. But what you are saying means nothing to me - I don't know anything about the background or context of this situation, and in any case, it is only vaguely and peripherally related to the two simple questions I have asked you.
- Just in case you need some reminder of my questions, (which I hope is unnecessary, but never-the-less ... ), I have asked you:
- 1) What is the "implausible typo" you keep referring to, but never explain?
- 2) What is it about the "Rose Park & Toorak Gardens Ward" page that led you to delete it?
- You have answered, to question 2), "It was a redirect, not a page".
- Thank you. I found that somewhat informative and somewhat helpful. So I asked for clarification:
- 2.1) What did it redirect to?
- I continue to await your answer to question 1, and I await your answer to question 2.1 Pdfpdf (talk) 12:18, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
- I'm not sure if you want me to respond to your other comments or not.
- If you don't, then I've mis-understood you, and I'm wasting my time.
- If you do, well, here goes:
- If you wish to challenge the guy's Arbcom ban under the terms of WP:AE, please take up a case there. - I'm somewhat confused by the fact that you have made this comment.
- Quick respone: No, I don't wish to, and I never have wished to.
- Longer answer: I do not understand how you have extrapolated from my two simple questions to that comment. I have NEVER said ANYTHING that might even vaguely imply that. I just don't understand you on that one.
- Otherwise, I'd note that I actually kept several articles ... - Well good on you! Well done! But I don't understand what that has to do with the two simple questions I asked you.
- I was acting to circumvent obvious disruption, and it's incumbent upon me as an admin to do so. - I agree. As you say/imply, that's the responsibility you took on when you accepted adminship.
- But I don't understand what that has to do with the two simple questions I asked you.
- I would strongly advise ... if you feel the City of Burnside article is in need of ... - Sorry? Now I'm completely confused! I don't understand what that has to do with the two simple questions I asked you.
- this is the normal place in which ward information would be stored. - Have I as last identified something relevant?
- Is this all about: "These additions are in the wrong place?"
- If so, I think I now understand, and if I do, I agree with you.
- If not, well, I continue to be confused.
- I will not be engaging further on the matter of the ward redirects. - That's fine by me, because I have never come even vaguely close to that topic. The questions I have asked you have nothing to do with "ward redirects", whatever that might mean.
- Meanwhile, I would really appreciate a useful and relevant answer to:
- 1) What is the "implausible typo" you keep referring to, but never explain?
- 2.1) What did it redirect to?
- Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 12:18, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
- Meanwhile, I would really appreciate a useful and relevant answer to:
- The amount of energy you have channelled into this issue suggested to me that you were seeking to enable the other user's disruption. That was my biggest concern. In general over the times we have interacted at various places I have found you to be a good faith user and in part this is why your approach to this has utterly confused me.
- I have already answered question 1 several times. I'll attempt to do so more clearly. There was a walled garden of redirects - over 40 related to this one Burnside topic alone. This is a common tactic practiced by disruptive accounts because they count on us not watching what's going on. New article patrol only picks up newly-created articles, so what they do is while they have the chance they sneak a bunch of redirects in under the radar. They get blocked, the articles done under their own account get nuked, but they've quietly set up the situation where rather than creating a new article and getting detected, they can edit an existing one (i.e. a redirect) into a page. Given that we're dealing with a hardcore serial offender with about 1.5 years experience and about 200 detected accounts and a history of highly combative editing, blatant BLP violations (several of which ended up on OTRS a few months ago) and even physical threats to one Wikimedian's place of employment, I am not going to give them an inch. I've watchlisted the articles I decided to keep, I've deleted *all* of the redirects without exception (it took me quite a while to do), and as far as possible have blocked all detectable accounts which the checkuser people hadn't already blocked. They'll be back, and trying to do more, I'm just ensuring by doing what I have done that it gets picked up quickly by the people running automated checks meaning that not-often-here Australian users don't get landed with some massive problem or, God forbid, we start getting legal threats from Burnside councillors or staff via OTRS. If you're not getting it at this point, I may deliberately have picked a less controversial/inflammatory deletion reason with an awareness of WP:IAR given the rather unusual situation which applies, especially since I couldn't completely prove until some 28 hours after the deletions that I was definitely correct about the users' identity as they'd used some previously undetected accounts (although it was beyond certain due to MO). Orderinchaos 14:18, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
- Oh, and in reply to one point, yes, the City of Burnside page is the best place to document wards, especially if the page is heading towards B/GA/FA standard. A discussion of present wards and some history from published sources (or even official publications such as Government Gazettes or other official records) makes for an interesting addition to the primary topic. Orderinchaos 14:21, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
- Really, it's amazing how easy it is for humans to fail to communicate.
- The more I experience it, the more I gain respect for ambassadors who are doing it in a foreign language!
- (But that's another story. If it's of interest to you, drop me an email ... )
- The amount of energy ... - Hmmm. What can I say? "Appearances can be deceptive"!
- and in part this is why your approach to this has utterly confused me. - I'm still puzzled by that. I thought I asked two pretty simple questions. I still think they are pretty simple questions. I now understand that there is/was a LOT going on in the background, and it is/was that "stuff" that you were/are focussed on. But I still have difficulty understanding how you put so much baggage on top of two such (seemingly to me) "simple" questions. I'm not going to push it any further, but I'm wondering if you realise that you still haven't answered the questions. Given that you have gone to SO much effort to explain the context and background to me, I have great difficulty understanding why you haven't answered the questions. This isn't any sort of attack or request - it's simply an observation that I felt may be of interest to you.
- No. Sorry. I can't resist it. Which article did it redirect to?
- I don't want to be or sound too cynical, but my reaction to the rest of your response is: "Why would ANYBODY willingly want to become a WP Admin?" I'm not soliciting an answer, but if you wish to provide one, I'll be fascinated to read it.
- Thanks for perservering with this. Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 15:28, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
- In response to the last bit, I sometimes wonder myself, and it probably explains the decreased number of active admins and the almost complete decline in people putting themselves forward for RfA nowadays. I nominated at a much easier time in WP's history (2007). In 2007, my state project was the place to be - around 15 active users, constant activity, new topics appearing out of nowhere, reasonably frequent meetups. Now, almost everyone has either retired, cut back their activity, or still edits but not on WA topics. Aus Politics used to be a hive of activity, it's one of the few places where there still is activity, but it's pretty much five people. I'm hoping that my sharing of sources (by the old fashioned method of CD-ROMs in the post!) will help that project at least. Oh, and I really got my eyes opened when I got access to OTRS, which is like Wikipedia's "back of house" email system where people write in and make confidential requests - while many of them are rejected due to not being actionable things, I have seen some incredibly sad and disturbing examples there of how this thing we all do for a hobby intrudes on people's real lives. Also what I'd call examples of organised sockpuppetry which exceed anything that was going on when I became an admin in sophistication - much of it related to the Scientology area. Although less active than I was (due in different parts to offline activity but also a level of burnout), I keep my bit for the same reason I nominated - basically to help out where I can. I apologise for my testiness in earlier correspondence - that too comes down to human factors - I'm tired, I'm stressed and I'm busy, mostly for reasons entirely unrelated to WP, and I seem to (as usual) have ended up helping at a time when I had the time and energy, and being asked to account for that help at a time when I don't. (At least it's not like the times I have blocked or unblocked people and watched my talk page go into meltdown and seen dispute resolution measures breeding more quickly than flies - that's an unbelievably common occurrence for some admins, but thankfully I've mostly avoided it.) I'm waiting for an email back before I respond to the original questions, although I must admit I don't understand the need for an answer to them. Orderinchaos 16:24, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
- Good heavens! It would seem "I don't know the half of it"! Both fascinating and disturbing at the same time.
- I'm waiting for an email back before ... From me? Or are you talking about someone else? If me, that implies you have sent me an email - when did you send it? (I don't seem to have received it.)
- FYI, I've decided I need to go on wikibreak until the end of the month or I will NEVER get the family's income tax returns done in time. Talk to you next month. Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 10:59, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
- Woo Hoo! Finished last night!! 3 days before the deadline!!! Pdfpdf (talk) 12:01, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
- In response to the last bit, I sometimes wonder myself, and it probably explains the decreased number of active admins and the almost complete decline in people putting themselves forward for RfA nowadays. I nominated at a much easier time in WP's history (2007). In 2007, my state project was the place to be - around 15 active users, constant activity, new topics appearing out of nowhere, reasonably frequent meetups. Now, almost everyone has either retired, cut back their activity, or still edits but not on WA topics. Aus Politics used to be a hive of activity, it's one of the few places where there still is activity, but it's pretty much five people. I'm hoping that my sharing of sources (by the old fashioned method of CD-ROMs in the post!) will help that project at least. Oh, and I really got my eyes opened when I got access to OTRS, which is like Wikipedia's "back of house" email system where people write in and make confidential requests - while many of them are rejected due to not being actionable things, I have seen some incredibly sad and disturbing examples there of how this thing we all do for a hobby intrudes on people's real lives. Also what I'd call examples of organised sockpuppetry which exceed anything that was going on when I became an admin in sophistication - much of it related to the Scientology area. Although less active than I was (due in different parts to offline activity but also a level of burnout), I keep my bit for the same reason I nominated - basically to help out where I can. I apologise for my testiness in earlier correspondence - that too comes down to human factors - I'm tired, I'm stressed and I'm busy, mostly for reasons entirely unrelated to WP, and I seem to (as usual) have ended up helping at a time when I had the time and energy, and being asked to account for that help at a time when I don't. (At least it's not like the times I have blocked or unblocked people and watched my talk page go into meltdown and seen dispute resolution measures breeding more quickly than flies - that's an unbelievably common occurrence for some admins, but thankfully I've mostly avoided it.) I'm waiting for an email back before I respond to the original questions, although I must admit I don't understand the need for an answer to them. Orderinchaos 16:24, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
Falling rain
[edit]See User talk:Xeno#Falling rain. People are still continuing to use the data from that site which is obviously grossly inaccurate. The attempted listing was declined which is an extremely clumsy decision given that we know falling rain to mostly be false and have evidence to prove it. What do we do? ♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:07, 1 October 2010 (UTC)
WAM Userbox
[edit]User:VirtualSteve has retired from Wikipedia and deleted his user content including User:VirtualSteve/WAM that you and I were also using. Seeing as you're an adminstrator could you undelete it and/or put it in your user area, or elsewhere. Mark Hurd (talk) 15:00, 2 October 2010 (UTC)
- Done - thanks for bringing it to my attention. Now at User:Orderinchaos/WAM. Orderinchaos 20:46, 2 October 2010 (UTC)
Western Australian state election, 1993
[edit]- You haven't cited any source.
- Why do the sources differ? They're covering the same election.
- I suppose the WAEC source you're referring to is this. It doesn't give any primary vote counts by party. I have no idea where the primary vote count comes from.
- The primary votes don't tally; they add up to 911,095, not 911,478. The UWA source does add up to 911,478.
- The Liberal percentage in the election result infobox really is closer to 44.1, not 44.2. 402,402 divided by 911,478 is 44.148%.
Miracle Pen (talk) 11:05, 5 October 2010 (UTC)
- I'll look it up at the State Library again once I have a chance. It may have been an issue that I was going off a bad photocopy of the publication when I was doing the work from it (the publication being the official return from the WAEC which is not online anywhere). The UWA source is occasionally way out of whack (I've got numerous documented incidences of that) although is usually on target. Orderinchaos 02:40, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
- Just to put a timeline on this, it won't be this week as I have a list of offline stuff I must attend to before Saturday pm. My guess at this stage is Monday 11th. Orderinchaos 16:27, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
Tusmore
[edit]Thank you. My apologies. Pdfpdf (talk) 14:18, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
- No worries. It was my mistake - I'd seen the edits and mistakenly thought them to be by one user when they were actually by two, so I inadvertently wiped out a correct, good faith edit by a regular user along with a watering-the-walled-garden edit by a sock. Orderinchaos 14:25, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
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Help needed - Australian Labor Party split of 1955
[edit]Hi Orderinchaos,
Thanks for your improvement to the article. "The Split" is arguably the single most important event in post-federation Australian politics. For example, if it wasn't for The Split, Tony Abbott may well have lead the ALP to win the 2004 Federal Election. I would argue that the article is just too important for one user - my training is in Languages and Literature - to work on. That said, I have a store of paper and online references ready to go. Could we possibly work together - along with every other wikipedian who choses to add their help, of course - on the article?
Thanks again! --Shirt58 (talk) 14:39, 16 October 2010 (UTC)
- You wrote
What I've always found most odd about the 1955 split was that although it had major impacts with the creation of a conservative "balance of power" federally, it only seriously split the Labor Party in one state - Victoria - and had almost negligible impact in Tasmania and WA where Labor were at that time in government (the WA Labor Party were dominated by economically left wing, socially conservative Catholics so there was no obvious point to split on, and I suspect the same was true in Tasmania.) Queensland was its own weird case where long-running tensions over whether the Premier or Trades Hall should lead the party split it in two. The national splits were always weird - the 1916-17 split completely bypassed Tasmania while the split in WA was not even over conscription. One other odd thing while it occurs to me, is that the two splits, while damaging in the short and medium term to the ALP's prospects, made it into a more unified party. At each stage, they lost conservative, right-wing elements who had drifted into the ALP through unionism rather than ideological sympathy. In Victoria the size of the split drove the remainder of the ALP so far to the left that the Federal party had to take it over in 1970 to make them electable nationally.
- And every single point you make (with appropriate refs, of course) should be in the article. When it was still in my sandboxspace, I asked Jack of Oz (I'm sure you don't need a wikilink to know who we're talking about) about it, and he was as surprised as we are that there wasn't already an article about it.
- I think "Australian Labor Party split of 1955" may well be a shoo-in for a GA, and quite possibly may be a FA candidate, considering its importance + the refs + pix and everything else available.
- But where to start? The article is potentially:
- very compact - Title=Australian Labor Party split of 1955; sections = 1954, 1955, short-term consequences
- compact - Title=Australian Labor Party split of 1955; lead; sections = background, Chifley, 1954, 1955; short-term consequences; long-term consequences ...
- huge - Title=Australian Labor Party split of 1955; lead; section = background
subsection = formation of the Labor party and Catholicism,
subsection = "Rerum Novarum" and the labor movement in Australia,
subsection =Mannix and conscription,
subsection =Scullin and the Great Depression;
subsection =Formation of "The Movement"
- ... and so on.
- I'm looking round for an article that could be a good template to start with.
--Shirt58 (talk) 13:09, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
Whyalla
[edit]FYI, I agree. Soliciting your reply. Pdfpdf (talk) 11:51, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
Vic elections
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I don't think anybody wants the stale uninformative old Victorian results infoboxes. Can you gain consensus before deviating? Timeshift (talk) 22:46, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
On what basis are you reverting? You do not have consensus. You do not have anybody supporting your position. Your opinion does NOT count more than others so please do not force your opinion and view on articles, especially when not supported by others, or consensus. Please allow the infoboxes to stay there until you can change consensus. Timeshift (talk) 02:56, 11 November 2010 (UTC)
On what basis can you argue you are allowed to revert? We have a global election template. Consensus 1. We also have people on talk pages saying they do not want your old election box, they want the standard global box, and customise the wording and components to it as required. On the basis of these two, you are not in any rights to insist on your version. You simply cannot answer this. Timeshift (talk) 03:08, 11 November 2010 (UTC)
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I'm not going to even try to get into all the stuff above, but I would like to say that the 2006 Vic election article is certainly awful and if you want any help on that one I'd be glad to oblige. Frickeg (talk) 23:59, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
- Thanks. I think about 75% of the content could go without any damage to the article - certainly anything unverified or speculative - and I was going to use the Political Chronicle to establish a baseline for the narrative and Factiva to clarify the narrative where necessary (also to avoid copyright issues with PC :P). I was also going to ask Timeshift to look at the polling section as he's pretty good with making those and could bring it into line with other articles, and it's a section I have little interest in. Orderinchaos 00:06, 11 November 2010 (UTC)
- You're not wrong - there's a very large amount of rubbish on that page. If it wasn't the election page, it would almost be better to use the "unsalvageable" argument we used on the campaigns and start completely from scratch, which I daresay is pretty much what it will take. As a start I'll sandbox some proper results tables (interestingly missing from the main article, although there are some old ones on a rather dubious dedicated results page) - it may take a little while since I'm in exam mode at the moment too. Frickeg (talk) 00:26, 11 November 2010 (UTC)
- Page 17 of this pdf has the results tabulated, the only thing missing being the seats held in both houses in 2002. Orderinchaos 02:46, 11 November 2010 (UTC)
- You're not wrong - there's a very large amount of rubbish on that page. If it wasn't the election page, it would almost be better to use the "unsalvageable" argument we used on the campaigns and start completely from scratch, which I daresay is pretty much what it will take. As a start I'll sandbox some proper results tables (interestingly missing from the main article, although there are some old ones on a rather dubious dedicated results page) - it may take a little while since I'm in exam mode at the moment too. Frickeg (talk) 00:26, 11 November 2010 (UTC)
Motorcade
[edit]User:Garabook has been adding unsourced content in Motorcade and basing it on just one YouTube video but I also feel that Echobase121 may have unintentionally breached WP:OUTING by posting a link to Gargabook's twitter page. Bidgee (talk) 06:32, 11 November 2010 (UTC)
Windell Land District
[edit]Hello, minor change to your edit as Kundra, Meda, Kwinana seem to have vanished- not listed by [Geoscience]- suspect they may never have existed but I am trying to find out. Cheers(Crusoe8181 (talk) 08:01, 16 November 2010 (UTC)).
- I might have a look at the 1950s era map series and see if I can find out what was going on :) (my Windell edits came from some research I'm helping a friend on with Wittenoom). Orderinchaos 08:09, 16 November 2010 (UTC)
UC/Ls
[edit]This is a link to several files, one of which is a complete list of Australian UC/Ls. I couldn't find a list that included populations. --AussieLegend (talk) 08:25, 16 November 2010 (UTC)
54% Lib 2PP in WA in 2010?
[edit]Noticed your comment about a 2010 54% Lib 2PP in WA... it was 56.41 to 43.59... the worst for Labor since Whitlam[4] Timeshift (talk) 23:09, 27 November 2010 (UTC)
- I was getting confused with the metropolitan figure. The statewide one is slightly odd as O'Connor is counted as ALP vs NAT for the 2PP, not ALP vs LIB, hence ignores voting patterns in this state. Orderinchaos 00:45, 28 November 2010 (UTC)
I noticed you deleted this back in 2007 citing WP:NOT#IINFO. I'd like to recreate it as I believe that being adopted is important enough to serve as the basis for categorising people. Judging by the content in Category:Adoptees, many would seem to agree. What are your thoughts? Regards, --Saforrest (talk) 16:10, 29 November 2010 (UTC)
- I believe I deleted it after my attention was directed to it by someone else. I'll copy it to WP:AWNB which is probably the best place to get opinions on Australian stuff these days. Orderinchaos 16:12, 29 November 2010 (UTC)
Hello, perhaps you could have a quick look at this article; the redlinked districts with coords come from [[5]] but added w/out a lot of academic rigour. I assume Perthshire etc are now land districts but I have added with no better evidence than it is a DI with no further qualifier on the listing; same for the one around Roebourne. I will add more to these in due course. Cheers (Crusoe8181 (talk) 09:57, 30 November 2010 (UTC)).
- This SRO map (which I used to add a few bits to the base map yesterday, but is very difficult to read) identifies: Balwina, Delisser, Giles, Hann, Milyuga, Tugaila, Wells, Yamarna. All of these were created between 1909 and 1949 hence why they don't show on the NLA map. Perthshire and Helena are somewhat uneven sub-districts of Swan (Perthshire doesn't even have a united area, it pops up randomly throughout the Stirling/Wanneroo area) and not actually land districts. Wanman exists - I see gazettals from 1988 onwards, but no idea where it is. East, North, Yowagla, really not sure. Orderinchaos 12:23, 30 November 2010 (UTC)
wow
[edit]some companies arts seem to slip through - watcha think about my pruning [6] - not too harsh? - also companies project seems close to dormancy - so tagging for parent project - amazing how many projects go to sleep :( SatuSuro 12:40, 30 November 2010 (UTC)
Victorian Election and Margaret Tighe
[edit]A person on the Right in the Victorian ALP has written on the Tasmanian Times site that Margaret Tighe determined the Victorian state election. She's a right to life lady.
What do you think? Even people on the right think it's nonsense, as a lot of other factors were in play. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.220.32.232 (talk) 04:38, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
- I think it was roads, railways, power prices, a few random local issues in certain seats and the usual sort of things that generally determine state elections that determined Victoria. I doubt moral issues played a significant role outside some very narrow sectors of the community, many of whom probably already voted for the Libs anyway. Reminds me of when the NSW Right was so keen to jump on leaks and Latham to explain 2010, rather than examine their own failings. Orderinchaos 13:47, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
Could you please
[edit]Do me a favour and delete the csd tagged my - user pages I have just tagged? cheers SatuSuro 23:51, 7 December 2010 (UTC)
- Thanks for that - might clear some more later - trust all is well - cheers SatuSuro 23:57, 7 December 2010 (UTC)
- sorry to bother added some more :) SatuSuro 00:03, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
- No worries :) Managed to score a heap of gazettals for land districts, as you can probably see. Lands administrative divisions of Western Australia is surprisingly almost complete. Orderinchaos 00:07, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
- ecellent - well done!
- No worries :) Managed to score a heap of gazettals for land districts, as you can probably see. Lands administrative divisions of Western Australia is surprisingly almost complete. Orderinchaos 00:07, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
- sorry to bother added some more :) SatuSuro 00:03, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
btw - find of the day - merge/or delete IYHO? http://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Fremantle_Port_Swimming_Club :| SatuSuro 00:09, 8 December 2010 (UTC) ahah - thanks for that - oh well some cleaning up to start the day- thanks again SatuSuro 00:15, 8 December 2010 (UTC) sorry to interrupt your hard work - another few to go please SatuSuro 00:52, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
Who did we upset?
[edit]I'm referring to these:[7][8] I suspect I know who it was and what it's related to. It's just too coincidental. --AussieLegend (talk) 15:37, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
nown
[edit]You don't know, nor should I expect you to understand my infamous string policy. I would have dabbed this as an Empee, but there is already a string like that. Thought I should let you, while the billy boils ... cygnis insignis 10:04, 17 December 2010 (UTC)