User talk:Roisterer/2010b Archive

Nash

Going for FA eventually? YellowMonkey (vote in the Southern Stars photo poll) 07:13, 17 February 2010 (UTC)

Given that he only played 22 FC, the cricket component doesn't seem too short, but in any case, I would recommend a stop at PR and an appointment with Brianboulton (talk · contribs). Also I invite you too choose which photos to use on the biog pages of the Southern Stars and White Ferns; I'm short of input on the latter in particular YellowMonkey (vote in the Southern Stars and White Ferns supermodel photo poll) 05:02, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

Maybe WP:AUS can reach 200 FAs before Anzac Day.... YellowMonkey (vote in the Southern Stars and White Ferns supermodel photo poll) 05:03, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

On the FA march eh? YellowMonkey (vote in the Southern Stars and White Ferns supermodel photo poll) 03:28, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

Is the typo in teh quote by them or us? YellowMonkey (vote in the Southern Stars and White Ferns supermodel photo poll) 03:24, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

I tagged it with "sic" a few days ago but did the newspaper actually do that or you copied it wrong? YellowMonkey (vote in the Southern Stars and White Ferns supermodel photo poll) 07:46, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for comments on site...sorry for dead link thought I'd found most and corrected.

New page for Nash career is at: http://sportandhistory.com/football/nashtas.html

Cheers, RossRSmith (talk) 12:18, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

Hello, what's going on here? Are you still going for a push towards FAC? :) Aaroncrick ^TALK 10:51, 12 July 2010 (UTC)

That's great; I'm sure plenty of folks are prepared to help. Aaroncrick ^TALK 09:02, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

Another well-informed opinion is at [1]. Lindsay658 (talk) 00:36, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

Baden Teague

Hello. In January you added a citation to a book from the "Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases" series published by Icon Group International to this article. Unfortunately, Icon Group International is not a reliable source - their books are computer-generated, with most of the text copied from Wikipedia (most entries have [WP] by them to indicate this, see e.g. [2]). I've only removed the reference, not the text it was referencing. I'm removing a lot of similar references as they are circular references; many other editors have also been duped by these sources. Despite giving an appearance of reliability, the name "Webster's" has been public domain since the late 19th century. Another publisher to be wary of as they reuse Wikipedia articles is Alphascript Publishing. Fences&Windows 17:01, 25 July 2010 (UTC)

Fred Swift

Thanks for the compliment about the article. He was a particular favourite of mine. The thing about him that most people in today's football circles seem to miss is just what a spectacular young man he was when he first came to Richmond; and the fact that he played for so many years with a far from successful team seems to mislead people today into thinking that he was never a very good player. I was present at the MCG on that Grand Final day, about 35 rows back, immediately behind the Punt Road goals. The crowd rose, and all that I could see over all the spectators, was a pair of hands grasping the ball, with a yellow band around the wrists and about three inches of black arms and then there was the crowd. It could only have been Fred Swift!!! (And, in those days, there were no replay screens).

I, along with many others was very, very distressed when I received the news that such a wonderful player, and such a good man -- he was rather like, say, James Hird, as distinct from any of those other seriously "flawed" individuals, who also happened to have been extremely good players in their day (such as [inset your own candidates here]) -- had been so senselessly murdered. It was something that shook the entire football community, just as much as the general Sydney community was shaken by the murder of Victor Chang. It was an honour to be able to write about him in detail; and I am so glad that you now know something about a real champion bloke. . . By the way, have you seen this ? [3]. Best to you. Lindsay658 (talk) 00:05, 29 July 2010 (UTC)

Assistance Please with image for Wikimedia Commons

I am trying to improve the article on Stan Reid, and I wanted to use the image at [4], to illustrate his time with the Victorian Mounted Rifles. I have tried seven times to "upload" it from my computer to the Wikimedia Commons; and, each time I do so I encounter some entirely different problem with the fact that there are no clear directions about how to enter "Image copyright: Copyright expired - Public domain". I am contacting you to ask you, if you have time, is it possible for you to upload it to Wikimedia Commons for me? and let me know when it is done? 1,000 thanks.Lindsay658 (talk) 04:56, 21 August 2010 (UTC) BTW, the artist is Frank Dadd (1851-1929).Lindsay658 (talk) 05:01, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks so much -- I am going to try to upload another image later today for another article. I'll let you know how I get on.Lindsay658 (talk) 21:47, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

Success at last! (it took so many attempts to get it right!!!) Thanks for all of your trouble.[5] I hope that now I will be O.K. (also, in relation to the earlier image that you uploaded for me, it has has another very important application beyond that of illustrating the article on Stan Reid: [6]) Once again, many thanks.Lindsay658 (talk) 04:24, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

Laurie Nash

Article, photograph, and cartoon on page 6 [7]. Also recognition of his feat. [8]. Last kick of the day: [9] Place kick plus cow pat [10] Lindsay658 (talk) 06:05, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

Ramindjeri

Great to see that you have helped finally respect, recognise, resource Ramindjeri Pre-eminent enduring Sovereignty. Especially after their public meeting at the Adelaide City Council run Old Box Factory Dec16 last year ... in preparation for their Adelaide Australian Federal Court House Hearing Call Over "Ngarrindjeri-['KAURNA]". I strongly urge you therefore too in addition to "'King plates' like this were used by Europeans throughout colonial Australia as gifts or to identify local Aboriginal leaders. This brass king plate, possibly dating from the 1850s, was ploughed up in a paddock at Yankalilla in about 1912. The inscription reads: 'Youngerrow, Chief of the Rormear Tribe'. The terms Rormear and Ramindjeri are based on Ramong, the local name for Encounter Bay. Donor: C Pearce, 1946, (A37524)." to make contact & communicate with Ramindjeri Heritage Association Sovereign Spokeman Karno Walker a direct descendent of "King" Condoy who apparently met with both Cpts Matthew Flinders & Nicholas Baudin 1802 at "Encounter Bay".Mifren (talk) 06:35, 26 December 2010 (UTC)