User talk:Matilda/Archive10

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Mignon Stewart

I notice your retirement is not complete.

This article has been deleted & recreated "several times" - I suggest it should be salted if it is deleted this time round.Garrie 23:06, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

What is disruptive - constant prodding of articles which have been recreated, or constant recreation of articles without demonstrating notability?Garrie 05:17, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

AfD concerning Coletta

I was just trying to help with that AfD. Livin on prayer someone extends the same courtesy to me, 'cause I'm in the same spot as you, nothing personal. Lots of sunshine down there? This Foster's light for you, keep smiling even if sun is not shining! greg park avenue 22:23, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

AfD concerning Amir Butler

G'day. I have nothing against ABC radio. The references to Amir in Parliament and ABC Radio were not directly about Amir, but about the views he had which were different to those of the Muslim community. They were therefore not secondary sources about Amir and couldn't be used. I don't think a few incidental (and of course there is a lot of room to argue whether they were incidental) references didn't get Amir over the multiple primary source criteria. However, the Media Watch article directly seeks the views of Amir (rather than using them as a discussion oint), and I see that as justifying notability. I should say, I want Amir to stay in, but I also wanted the page to comply with wiki standards. Cheers. Assize 04:13, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Regina Bird AfD

Hey there, just wanted to point out that I left my comment at the AfD there were two pretty poor references on this article - one from The Age about the winner of BB (yes it was Bird but the article was about "who won") and one from the IMBD - and I could have an entry there if I really wanted.Garrie 22:09, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

• As per your talk page header my response is here. I could see that the Women's Day article met your criteria but I did not mean to infer that it was not a reasonable criterion - ie no criticism intended by my reference to your point. Have to confess I had not read that magazine article, merely the web-based blurb, but the magazine has very wide circulation so I guess the editors believe its readership still cares and that would make her notable along with swimmers who walk to their weddings in tents, ex-wives of cricketers, .... :-) --Golden Wattle ^talk 01:15, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Staying around

Discipline may involve limiting yourself to no more than 100 edits a month (you've made 50 and 80 over the last 2 months) - and then shutting off the computer if you reach that? (Just a cheeky suggestion). Matt and I thought we would tackle the Riverina Top importance articles first (Albury started and Griffith to come) but then I think Irrigation in Australia is a good nom. (I note that it wasn't even linked to Riverina Project as yet - but that is now fixed). Finally and seriously - please stay around as much as you can - we need your positive interjection and edits.--VS ^talk 01:27, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

I second that Golden Wattle. I really appreciate your many edits and contributions--Takver 01:38, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

If you are around can you block an old friend

Hi there - hope you are super well. Can you look here and then if you agree this is our old friend block the sock. Cheers as always.--VS ^talk 03:18, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

• Just made a return again today under the IP 203.54.186.236. Reverted there talk page edit since it was unsigned and are blocked from Wikipedia for 12 months. -- Bidgee 01:42, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

No content in Category:Military history of Australia during World War I

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Wagga passed

Go Riverina team!--VS ^talk 22:33, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

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Commons images

Thanks for the warning, all fixed now. Cheers, Mattinbgn/ ^talk 09:13, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

My RfA

Dear Matilda, thank you for you efforts to build consensus on my RfA. As you know, it was unsuccessful. I am not the type of editor to be disheartened by such a result, and have gained much experience.

I will run again, however I am concerned that I may see your name in the same place, for the same reasons. I would greatly appreciate knowing what I could do to earn your support next time.

If you have anything to contribute by way of improvements or comments, please don’t hesitate to tell me. Kind regards, Dfrg.msc 00:34, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

Wait, your A Y Arktos? Woah, I've been in the Dark a while. Dfrg.msc 09:00, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

The Original Barnstar

		The Original Barnstar
		I thought I'd give you this barnstar for your impressive edits I have been noticing in numerous articles. Wikidudeman (talk) 05:44, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

		Thank you for your support and comments at my RfA
		Hi GW, It still amazes me that otherwise "anonymous" editors take the time to place !votes and comments on RfAs. Your lovely comment of support brought back memories and drove home one of the reasons for my attempting to gain adminship perfectly. Whilst I would have normally thanked you at the time of you leaving your message, the importance of my not appearing to be canvassing prevented me from so doing. Now that everything has progressed successfully I can finally thank you. I intend to uphold a style of good adminship and will welcome your further comments at any time in the future, even if they are in the form of admonishment. I will be happy to help as an admin wherever and whenever I can --VS talk 23:05, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

• Hey I deserved that cheeky return.--VS ^talk 02:14, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Ken Ticehurst

Thank you for your comments on my editing of the Ken Ticehurst article, I am only new to wikipedia so still finding my way around and the feedback is good. I must say though that I didn't put the maiden speech "back in", I put it in on July 23 for the first time unless you have found it in the history by another user.

I have a question and not sure where to ask them, hope you can help:- I have read comments from yourself and another user about other content in the article. It has been suggested that both the Committee section and the patron organisations be deleted. In my experience of MPs I have found that this is where their personal interest can trully be seen, the committees they agree to be on and the Associations they represent often tell a bigger story than any Press Releases or speeches. I would have thought that researchers would have found this information interesting.

I was planning on working on all the MPS from the NSW Central Coast and Central Coast related articles in general. It was my intention to include these two items where possible but I don't want to create a future cleanup for someone else. AusBrian 02:59, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

• As you may be aware I have taken your advice about the Australian Politics discussion and have raised the Committees/Patron question there. Thank you for your assistance. On another note, I don't mean to be picky but it has been bothering me:- items 1 & 3 that you left in the last message to me have the same timestamps, I didn't reenter the information. AusBrian 13:33, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Being new here I am seeking your advice on this:- As you know I raised the issue of Committees and Patron Associations for parliamentarian's pages on the Australian Politics Discussion page. While there has been a comment on the Patron and I now agree there has been no comment on the committees yet. How long should I leave it:- I have been holding off any other work till I sort out where I have been going wrong, don't want to start creating other MPs if the content is not going to make the grade. For a concensus I have sent this to three people User:Orderinchaos User:Recurring dreams & User:Golden Wattle all of you have guided my Wiki training thus far. AusBrian 06:45, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

Harleian

Thanks for the info on how to sign talk posts. (Harleian 06:49, 26 July 2007 (UTC))

Troy Williams

Did you save what sources were used or do you want me to copy them from the article so you can recreate it? JoshuaZ 01:13, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

Oh right, you are an admin. Why didn't you just delete it yourself? Copyvio isn't something that there's generally any serious notion of conflict of interest preventing the use of the tools. JoshuaZ 01:19, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

That makes sense. JoshuaZ 01:44, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

Hi. I went to edit the article and it was gone which is a bit of a dissappointment after the researching work. How do I find it, look at the old text?CanberraStudent 04:28, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

Back from overseas and ...

Hi Golden Wattle - have left a general note on my talk page also but wanted to let you know that I'm back (in spirit if not mind as I am still working nearly 16 hours a day at the moment but what the heck). Thank you so much for looking after my page. Hope all is very well with you? --VS ^talk 22:44, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

Vic Park By-election

Thanks alot for your comments and help regarding the article, which has since been pasted to mainspace. Cheers. Twenty Years 16:26, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

Kevin Andrews and 'recentism'

The issue with Andrews and his publication record is of concern in his community of peers and academics. Such matters are often not caught up with for many years, but are regarded quite seriously for public officials and academics (as a former Monash VC,caught for plagarism discovered). It therefore reflects upon Andrews' standing. Larryjhs 21:56, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

Culcairn- Corowa railway line, New South Wales

Thanks for creating this page- looks good. I've created a lot of the other NSW country ones, and the convention that I've used is that for lines that end at a terminal point, I've named them by the destination, such as Bombala railway line, New South Wales and Murwillumbah railway line, New South Wales etc, and for lines that connect two other lines, I've named acording to the points that they connect on the other lines, such as Molong- Dubbo railway line, New South Wales. Therefore I wonder on your thoughts of renaming this page to Corowa railway line, New South Wales. The Fulch 12:53, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

Re: Kevin Andrews

I'm sorry you feel I assumed bad intent; I did not. In fact, it upsets me that you think I would. I simply made a bad choice of word in "false", the pejorative connotations of which escaped me at quarter past one in the morning. To assure you, I was just editing the text as it was, without knowledge of whomever added it, and the reference provided did not support the text. Before I realised the reference was not correct, I actually redrafted the text in an attempt to include it, as as far Australian journalists go, Kelly is fairly noteworthy.

Irrespective of this issue, I do hope you agree that my edit was on-the-whole a good one, going a significant way, in my opinion, to redirect the article from an inappropriate direction.--cj | talk 00:46, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

Battle of Mont St. Quentin

Hello, Golden Wattle. I was reading through the Lyall Howard article and just happened to notice that the red link Battle of Mont St. Quentin has just turned blue, and is now linking through to this whole new article that you created. It gives me a much greater understanding of the situation, where previously there was no information. Good work. Cheers, Lester2 00:54, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

No problem. Thanks for starting the article - are you filling in the red links on the "day in Australia"? I was doing that for a while, but got distracted with something else... --Peta 01:44, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

DYK

On 4 September, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Battle of Mont St. Quentin, 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.

--Carabinieri 14:10, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

Image

Oh ok, didn't know that.

michfan2123 00:01, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

Yup, happy editing

michfan2123 00:04, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

Epitaph to a Dog

Thanks for your help with this article. I wish I could have found some more information to include. Steve Dufour 02:23, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks again. Steve Dufour 11:07, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

DYK

Did you know? was updated. On 8 September, 2007, a fact from the article Mont St. Quentin, which you recently nominated, was featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Carabinieri 22:55, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

Did you know...

On 9 September, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Charles Rosenthal, 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.

--Allen3 ^talk 17:30, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

Images on Commons

Hi - could you please name images slightly more specifically when you upload them on wikipedia and give them sharper categories where possible. Fore example Image:2007 0825klklk0019.JPG is I presume Manly (not just my own knowledge, also based on the use of the image on wikipedia and associated caption) - nobody would know from the file name, the category or the description you provided :-( --Golden Wattle ^talk 23:09, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

Okay I will try to do this in future. I do mean to categorise but I some times forget and I will have to rename the images before uploading again. I do provide a discription in the summary section though. Cheers_______Ad@m.J.W.C. 01:55, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

Bankstown bunker image

Hi, thanks for your help. I don't know much about tagging unless I take the images myself. I just need to find out why the tag has come out as a red link. I would fix it if I could. . Cheers_______Ad@m.J.W.C. 00:23, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

Wagga Wagga

Thanks for the recognition; it has made my day, especially since I started it a little down in the dumps. I don't know if my employer would be so pleased about the rapid response. :-) Cheers, Mattinbgn\ ^talk 03:19, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

re. Rivers

OK, I acknowledge that. Hopefully those articles will be created then :) Dihydrogen Monoxide (H₂O) 07:01, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

Gary Nairn

Hi Golden Wattle. Noticed your referencing work on the Gary Nairn article. Most, if not all, of the last three para of the article seem to be to be quite tangential to the subject. Wikipedia policy at WP:NOT#NEWS looks to be be relevant here and I think those paras should probably go before the article becomes a magnet for party hacks (if it hasn't already). What do you think? Gimboid13 08:16, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the advice. I certainly don't disagree that Gary Nairn is notable enough himself but I'm still a bit concerned that some of the contents of the article looks like attempts at point scoring. Gimboid13 19:57, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

Jason Clare

Hi, GW. I tend to be a little inflexible about candidate's articles as they nearly always seem to be a forum for POV pushers. Having said that, this one doesn't look too bad (and you are definitely not a POV pusher! :-)) and the references you added has improved it a lot. It almost meets the general notability guideline in WP:N, in which case not meeting WP:BIO would then become moot. If another independent source asserting notability can be found similar to The Australian Higher Ed article I would be happy to change my !vote to weak keep on that basis. On a general note, I can see articles on election candidates becoming more and more of an issue as the election gets closer and some consensus on what is acceptable may be useful. Cheers, Mattinbgn\ ^talk 01:14, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing me towards those discussions. Your edit here is almost word for word my opinion as well. I don't think we disagree on the general principle but only on the specific notability of Mr. Clare. I still think his notability beyond mere candidature is marginal but I am willing to be convinced otherwise. Mattinbgn\ ^talk 02:06, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

As you may see, I too have become convinced by your hard work on this article in adding citations to demonstrate notability, and have changed my opinion to Keep. Thank you, sincerely, for putting so much into the discussion and keeping it respectful and focused on improving the article. My respect for Australian stick-to-it-ive-ness, already large, has gone up a notch, and I've learned once again that every principle merits the occasional exception. Cheers! Accounting4Taste 04:05, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

A favour, please

Hi GW. Can you please have a look at this - Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Users repeatedly removing db-copyvio tag - and let me know if you think I was out of line. I don't think I have done anything to justify any of this. Thanks, Mattinbgn\ ^talk 23:42, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for taking a look. I am still not sure how I wandered into all of that! -- Mattinbgn\ ^talk 00:12, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

David Stein

Please quit adding non-notable actor David Stein to articles all over Wikipedia. His page has been deleted under the WP:BIO guidelines. Corvus cornix 21:03, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

Anglican collaboration of the month

Wassupwestcoast 00:13, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

Template?

That wasn't a template. And repeatedly adding the name of a person whose article has been deleted via AfD is disruptive. Corvus cornix 01:24, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

David Stein

I won't edit war if you want to put it back, but it's just his repeated vandalism, not only reverting to old versions which don't have the Helen Hughes disambiguation and adding himself with links to the David Stein disambiguation page, not even a redlink for a new article about himself. And his repeated vandalism to add himself to the school article and the repeated incivility on the Talk pages. Corvus cornix 21:39, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

And all of this for a direct-to-video film that isn't even related to any of the other films in the corpus. Corvus cornix 21:40, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

OK, I'll try to rein in my antipathy.  :) Corvus cornix 21:48, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

Mr. Stein is now making legal threats: [1]. Corvus cornix 22:05, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

I've asked for inputs on WP:ANI. Corvus cornix 22:08, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

Well, he should be blocked for the legal threat under his original name, then any sock can just be blocked as a sock of an indef. blocked user. Corvus cornix 22:50, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

How did this edit make it in after you protected the page? Corvus cornix 22:52, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

OK, thanks. I know that earlier today, I was getting a lag in the display of images. Corvus cornix 22:58, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

The Amityville Curse

Thanks for your comments on my talk page, you were right btw. Even though I tried not to focus on the contributor I obviously failed...you got to admit, he is quite a determined vandal.

Still for some wiki reason I would like to see the The Amityville Curse article as accurate as posible, though I don't really care about the movie :). Thank you very much for your input, I think the article could be Start-Class now..--Seba5618 01:53, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

Partners in crime

Here we go again :) [2] -- Longhair\^talk 18:35, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

invitation

Graeme Bartlett 05:49, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Aus pronunciation

Hi GW. As for Kyneton, I just keyed off the existing transcription /ˈkɑen.tən/, which according to the provided link has the vowel of wise (phonetically not very different than GA or RP, really), and converted to our generic English transcription, /aɪ/. (That notation is a compromise, by the way, of RP, GA, and Aus; it's intermediate between RP [ʌi] and Aus [ɑe], though in this instance quite close to GA.) There wasn't anything in the existing transcription to make me think this was a special local form, or I would have asked on the talk page. Any of our readers could do this, of course, but many struggle with the basics of the IPA, and converting between dialects might be too much to ask of them. I assume that anyone who is told that Kyneton has the vowel of wise, upon picking up an Australian accent, would be able to pronounce it correctly as [ˈkɑentən], but someone not familiar with Australian probably won't be able to pronounce it like wise if all they're given is /ˈkɑentən/. kwami 01:33, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Riverina FA Nom

I hope you don't feel that this is premature, but I have listed Riverina as a Featured Article candidate. I feel that nothing ventured, nothing gained and you never know it might just get up. If you have a strong objection I would be happy to withdraw it. Cheers, Mattinbgn\^talk 21:36, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. I am happy to do the work myself but of course any suggestions you are able to contribute would be gratefully accepted. -- Mattinbgn\^talk 00:43, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

"pics to default thumbnail size - not meant to override prefs"

Yay! I thought I was the only one! Hesperian 06:10, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

Primary Source

The book is published by the school. From what ive been told, that makes it a primary source. Then there is the question about the author... Can you clarify please. Twenty Years 02:57, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

So that clears that part of the issue up. On my google book search here it states By Kenneth Eric Eckersall, Brunswick South Primary School, this to me says that Eckersall is writing the book as a part of or agent of the school, im not too familiar with google books or book terminology etc. This to me just simply suggests that the book is a primary source, hence my comments. Twenty Years 04:41, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Seems quite sound advice. Didnt know about the other page, AWNB was the best i knew at the time, also put it into some peoples watchlists to help monitor the vandalism. Cheers. Twenty Years 06:26, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Change tag

Nice change GW - was wondering when you would convince yourself there was no use running away completely. :) --VS ^talk 07:36, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

40,000 years

I've seen other, more recent estimates that are greater; I can't recall where, though, which is not much help. My concern is that it's a cut-and-dried statement that might be better worded to imply less certainty. PS Australia says "more than 42,000 years". Tony (talk) 02:16, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Refs...

Thank you for adding those to Brendan Smyth (politician) I was having a horrible time finding them. Mercury 23:01, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

G-G as Chief Scout

Hi. We seem to be editing on similar matters. You might be interested in my recent edits at Bill Hayden and Governor-General of Australia, and their respective talk pages. Cheers -- JackofOz 00:36, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Principals

I merely deleted the name of the principal from the lead of the article, where: it was both mentioned in the infobox, and there was a list of principals/headmasters later in the article. Eg: here i removed the name of the principal from the lead, which repeated the information in the list of principals, which both stated she started in late June 2005, this information was repeated for a third time in the infobox. Having it only repeated twice in the article seems ok to me, thoughts? Twenty Years 01:51, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Yeh, it was prob like too late (WA time) for me too. Tis all good. Cheers. Twenty Years 12:31, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Waltzing

I like it! --VS ^talk 04:07, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your vote

Thank you for participating in my RfA, which passed with a vote of (53/0/1). As a token of my appreciation, please accept this bowl of tzatziki. I feel honored to be trusted by so many of you. Wikipedia is such a large community, that my acceptance in the face of such large numbers truly is humbling. I will use my new tools to continue the tasks for which you entrusted them to me. Gratefully, EncycloPetey (talk) 18:34, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Image:The Amityville Curse 1990 DVD Cover.JPG

Thank you for completing the fair use template...¿do you think that's enough or I should provide more information?. --Seba5618 (talk) 01:01, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Maddington

I have removed the box with the link to the newspaper article, we dont need to encourage the vandals by telling them they get publicity for doing it. Gnangarra 03:51, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Ego Pharmaceuticals

Hi, I checked out the page and made some minor adjustments, but also added an importance tag. I don't really see why it has an article. --AW (talk) 16:01, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Your recent edits

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Bloody bots get more annoying every day.... Hesperian 00:50, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Riverina

Thank you and thank you for all your help, on this article and in general. -- Mattinbgn\^talk 02:36, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Australia triple crown

Matilda, I am pleased to award this special edition triple crown in thanks for your contributions at WikiProject Australia. Thank you for volunteering to build a better encyclopedia. Durova^Charge! 04:38, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Your Australian Majesty, no worries about the listings as long as it's a valid nomination and we get it right. Cheers, Durova^Charge! 05:27, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Comments

You may well have seen my comments on other talk pages or the noticeboard - I really think the idea is fine if not a bit odd to have crowns when there has been very consistent and steady removal of such insignia from the australian administrative and legal scene over the last two decades - and the whole thing of countitis in my opinion is being such a way of isolating some editors in median range edit counts who may never get around to the ga and fa stages before they drop out of the whole editing process (having known quite a few such persons) - however having said all that - I really think that some of the hack workers need accolades for the backroom stuff sometime - maybe a slouch hat and corks - for being the bloody drovers - who keep the projects alive and moving and who have edit counts or edit histories that arent so oriented towards back slapping - but then I'm not around for pursuing this much further - im off and out for quite a while - but ive said my bit about it anyways - btw like the name changes - hard to keep up! SatuSuro 11:19, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your response - I wont be around to see whether the crowned continue their good work or not - three months seems to be an eternity on wikipedia! Have a safe christmas SatuSuro 22:31, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gordon Vuong

Just dropping you a note to let you know that I have nominated Gordon Vuong for deletion after you contested the proposed deletion. The discussion is at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gordon Vuong. --Stormie 00:30, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Tony Abbot Edits

The edits I made to the Tony Abbot pages does not violate the biography of a living person policy in any way, as the dilemna itself was closely documented by the media. Just because the allegations were determined false, does not mean that they shouldn't be a part of his biopgrahy. Again... if your logic were sound, then OJ Simpsons murder charge information shouldn't be included in the wikipedia, because he was proven innocent. Reply to User:207.138.65.1 —Preceding comment was added at 22:00, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

• Note user Cuban does not exist despite later addition to talk page by the anon - nor did that user make the edits--Matilda ^talk 23:51, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Vandalism warning to User_talk:207.138.65.1

This is the vandalism I was talking about. Arbiteroftruth (talk) 03:27, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Sorry about the misunderstanding. I had a long day today. As for the warnings I have issued, I will be honest. I have issued Level 4 warnings right off the bat, just to deter vandalism. Most of the time, I issue a Level 3 warning first. I almost never issue the first two warnings, because I have found them to be without teeth. Just to make sure that I don't get the wrong person, I normally issue warnings to people who I can ascertain, with certainty, that they are committing in acts of vandalism.

I do understand that there is a problem with this, and you have expressed your concerns clearly enough, and I am going to change my approach to this matter, right now, and follow the traditional, established procedures. As for your comments, I will not remove them, for they are very valuable to me in general. Thanks for pointing out my mistakes! Arbiteroftruth (talk) 08:13, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

My userpage

He, he. That's lovely. Unfortunately, I don't own a cat (I grabbed the pic of Wikipedia). Auroranorth (!) 05:01, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

ACOTF is 1967 in Australia

Hi. The name change threw me for a moment. Anyway, you nominated 1967 in Australia for WP:ACOTF, and it's been selected. Please help to improve it in any way you can. A {{todo}} list on the talk page might be a good start, to suggest to other readers what they can do to help. Merry Christmas. --Scott Davis ^Talk 14:01, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Thankyou for the Drover's Award!!! I appreciate it, especially since the ACOTF is just about all I've been doing on Wikipedia lately. Sometime, I hope to get back to it in a bit bigger way again. --Scott Davis ^Talk 10:57, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

EiA

Hey! just noticed you joined WikiProject Education in Australia (apologies for late welcome - only just saw the revision history). If ever you need anything to do with articles on EiA (esp. schools) dont hesistate to drop me a message on my talk. Cheers. Twenty Years 04:00, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

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Media Watch.

It's really just trivia. Liz Jackson returned to Four Corners. It doesn't really tell you anything about MediaWatch. The most recent changeover, sure, but the last three? Eh.

We have not one but two list of hosts immediately following it, why add the unneeded information?

Duggy 1138 (talk) 21:54, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

Msg rec'd & thanks

My best wishes to you as always. Will have more time to edit shortly. --VS ^talk 02:26, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

TFA move protection

Hi Matilda, I have reprotected South Australian general election, 2006 as it is tommorrows Featured article. As per Wikipedia:Main Page featured article protection#Move protection, the article is move protected to prevent moves by vandals and by well-meaning editors. It would require many link changes if an article were to be moved. It is assumed that the name is agreed upon because of the various stages of review that it has been through. Regards. Woody (talk) 20:57, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

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Removal of The Digital Entertainment Network Article

Dear Matilda: I do not understand why The Digital Entertainment Network article was deleted. There are plenty of articles about other active companies on Wikipedia. I know you were against it being deleted but it appears that there are numerous individuals on Wikipedia who are guided by their own personal biases rather than by objective information. According to Wikipedia's guidelines any information entered is supposed to be accepted in good faith until proven otherwise but I have found the exact opposite is true with Wikipedia's editors. I would like the article reinstated as we have as much right to have our company information listed as does General Motors.

Tdenusa (talk) 01:07, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Re: Congratulations

Thank you very much for your support and your assistance and for continuing to point me in the right direction when I need a hand. Cheers, Mattinbgn\^talk 20:36, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Dame Joan's racism scandal

Hi Matilda / GoldenWattle. I recently found your post about Dame Joan and replied on the article's talk page.Talk:Joan_Sutherland#Controversy_over_racist_remarks Cheers, Lester 04:40, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

Just a note to say I re-added the Dame Joan passport incident. Hopefully this version is more neutral.Lester 20:06, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

Good work with that second link. I didn't know she said it at an address to the A.C.M. Cheers, Lester 23:58, 20 December 2007 (UTC)