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Hi, thank you for adding Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Paul Davidge to the various AFD lists. Tell me, please, should I have done that myself when I raised the AFD or is it an administrative function? If it is my responsibility then I apologise but I'm still on the learning curve here. It certainly seems to be a good way of advertising the presence of the AFD. Thanks very much. Ziggy (talk) 15:06, 15 January 2018 (UTC)
Hi Coolabahapple. I noticed you recently edited this page, and thought you might perhaps have the expertise to correct the error which places the kindergarten "Sandtoft" on the North Shore in Woollahra. I know nothing whatsoever about this, except that if Woollahra is correct, then North Shore is not, while if North Shore is correct, then Woollahra is not. (I have no access to the reference and hence cannot fix the error.) If you can fix this, or know someone who can, that would be great. MargaretRDonald (talk) 02:41, 26 January 2018 (UTC)
I just uploaded the correct photo. I hope the data cache updates soon so the image could be added back. Artix Kreiger (talk) 21:00, 9 March 2018 (UTC)
Since I see you around the same pages as me I wanted to get your thoughts on an issue I raised on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Children's literature Barkeep49 (talk) 22:05, 21 March 2018 (UTC)
Hello! My name is Mary, and I am a college student in UC Berkeley learning to use Wikipedia. For our assignment, we were given the task of writing an article pertaining to Civic Technologies, and I chose to write about Phandeeyar - a company founded by David Madden. I saw that you made some edits to Madden's article and was wondering if you'd have the time to possibly look over my draft in my sandbox? I referenced him in my article, and I wanted to get some input about what I've written so far. It would be much appreciated.
Here is the hyperlink if you're interested in doing so! Mary Mijares (talk) 05:07, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
Thank you for your relentless attempt to try to catch up on Australian tags and all when adding them - you could always remove the engvar brit - have you considered archiving your talk page - its a tad long - :) JarrahTree 07:41, 27 April 2018 (UTC)
Greetings. Without much reason except perhaps time wasting I looked up you user page and came across your adventures in AfD-land. I was struck by the absurdity of the discussion in the AfD about Irlam (1813 ship), in particular the arguments advanced by Acad Ronin, certainly in good faith, where that editor (a) entirely rewrites the purpose of Wikipedia, in his pointillism reference, and then (b) asserts that "all ships are notable," which they aren't. Very funny and not a little sad. -The Gnome (talk) 16:52, 25 May 2018 (UTC)
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Loved every comment on the Debra Dean deletion discussion. Vinegarymass911 (talk) 23:38, 28 May 2018 (UTC) |
Dear Coolabahapple, please help me save my page The Complete History of The Howling I’m so upset by the situation. LisaHadley2018 (talk) 09:17, 29 May 2018 (UTC)
for venturing into the recesses weird and wonder inspiring in the oz project - your efforts are appreciated JarrahTree 07:47, 10 June 2018 (UTC)
Hey! Appreciate your work on the AUEnglish/dmy tags in oz articles and occasionally when I stumble over to AfD ;) Wondering if there were any tools or something you use(d) to distinguish Australian articles that didn't yet have those tags? Just thought if so, it might be useful for doing other things as well. Nat965 (talk) 09:00, 26 June 2018 (UTC)
Thank you Coolabahapple, for your assessment of Grace M. Mayer article and other work there. Much appreciated...Jamesmcardle(talk) 05:25, 15 July 2018 (UTC)
Hello, I'm 184.22.20.61. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions to Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Actors and filmmakers have been undone because they did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the Help Desk. Thanks. 184.22.20.61 (talk) 09:28, 20 July 2018 (UTC)
You may wanna use User:Enterprisey/delsort to help you sort AFDs. --Tyw7 (🗣️ Talk • ✍️ Contributions) Please ping me if you had replied 10:59, 26 July 2018 (UTC)
*presents trout as requested* So, read your comment in the ongoing saga of DELETE EVERYTHING CRAYOLA. I think it's a little bit unfair for editors to hit me with WP:BLUDGEON when I'm trying to defend four separate articles (out of six) from deletion, mostly against the same editors raising the same points that don't actually apply, as well as a number of randoms raising policies that also don't apply. AfD's have to be decided on the basis of actual policies, not what people wish policies said. I realize that I could try to respond to several people's remarks in one reply, but that would take just as much space, and individual issues could get lost. But what's truly unfair is to take a debate that's died down for five days, reopen it with a flurry of policies that are being misapplied, and then use WP:BLUDGEON to suggest that I'm not allowed to respond. That's far more bludgeony than replying to individual comments, IMO. It takes four words to say, "this is all WP:OR", or five words to say, "there are no reliable sources", but it takes full paragraphs to demonstrate that it's not original research and that the sources are reliable. So precisely how am I supposed to defend an article from deletion when people cite policies that don't apply and get their facts wrong? Yesterday's debate was rekindled with the argument, "here are all the policies being violated, therefore this page must go. And you're not allowed to argue that I'm wrong because policy." I really think that's applying WP:BLUDGEON to prevent open and honest discussion, which isn't what it's for. P Aculeius (talk) 14:03, 8 August 2018 (UTC)
I wanted to drop by and say "Thanks" for adding my first discussion for deletion to some appropriate categories (here) and wanted to ask (for the sake of improving myself as an editor) how you did that? Is there a guide or tool you could reference me to?
Appreciate anything you can share. --Cheers! Elfabet (talk) 12:44, 7 September 2018 (UTC)
ta for the engvar - a true touting the trout for the greatness that was oz... pity about the past tense JarrahTree 15:15, 23 August 2018 (UTC)
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thanks JarrahTree 00:52, 14 October 2018 (UTC)
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This seems to have been an error. I'm assuming you meant to add Prescott Observatory, but something went wrong.
Hi Coolabahapple, I wanted to ask if you might be interested in the page title change I proposed, for the current Caramel shortbread, to change to "Caramel slice" to reflect the name more commonly used. As we're both in Australia I'm interested to know if you agree with my commentary around popularity here? Thank you for your time! SunnyBoi (talk) 04:35, 10 November 2018 (UTC)
I think you might have pasted in the wrong citation? Kerry (talk) 03:22, 16 November 2018 (UTC)
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I have suggested that the individual book articles of the series be merged into The Edge Chronicles. Please discuss the merger at Talk:The_Edge_Chronicles#Merger_of_individual_articles_of_books_in_this_series PS I am not watching this page so please WP:Ping me if you reply. --Tyw7 (🗣️ Talk) — If (reply) then (ping me) 20:12, 26 November 2018 (UTC)
See you're an editor (I'm not an I don't care for WP much, TBH). I've added some data to the talk page that might help improve it a bit. Particularly that the narrative "schoolgirl does project, gets woke about GMO" is utter BS. Her daddy is in the industry and she's a player, not an activist. Maybe and even probably a puppet but that's not for me to say. I'm too close to the problem to be unbiased but the article needs review and revision, urgently! Smidoid (talk) 00:20, 28 November 2018 (UTC)
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Hello Coolabahapple, Early in A Child's Christmas in Wales the young Dylan and his friend Jim Prothero witness smoke pouring from Jim's home. After the conflagration has been extinguished Dylan writes that My thanks to you for your efforts to keep the 'pedia readable in case the firemen chose one of our articles :-) Best wishes to you and yours and happy editing in 2019. MarnetteD|Talk 18:34, 18 December 2018 (UTC) |
perhaps a more gnome thanks - for all your oz project stuff, and have a good christmas and all... (no colour or bells or whistles) JarrahTree 11:43, 23 December 2018 (UTC)
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After google search results I saw there is an article for Bashkardi language but not for Bashkardi people. Somehow strange. Is there any explanation for this error? Caddyspoked (talk) 18:13, 30 December 2018 (UTC)
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wow Northamerica1000, thanks for all the white fluffy stuff (it has been hitting the mid 30sC (90sF) over the last week so its great to have cool pikkies to look at (shouldn't complain as it hasnt quite hit 100F (yet:)), (my cooling device, a fan with a frozen bottle of water in front of it doesnt quite cut it, may have to get an aircon one of these days:)) ps. love the cats pikkie, from A Book of Cheerful Cats and Other Animated Animals by J.G. Francis, a great little book 1st published in the 1890s. Coolabahapple (talk) 00:37, 2 January 2019 (UTC)
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This is for your valuable efforts for contributing to Wikipedia especially in deletion sorting.PATH SLOPU (Talk) 02:29, 9 January 2019 (UTC) |
Regarding a revision of Work in Essex County:
User: Sangdeboeuf has tagged consensus to keep but then soon after reverted to reinstate an edit you made which included a notice for deletion, without stating why. Checking with you before rolling the edit back as seems at the moment to be an error by User: Sangdeboeuf. Did you raise any objections or is there anything else I should be aware of before making the change? Mrspaceowl (talk) 19:48, 8 January 2019 (UTC)
[1] the conversation there about geography also goes where I might drift down the rabbit hole into eternity on the subject of adding cities to anything in the NT - see my edit [2] therein lies the rub and the nub of such things, I could wax, lyrically perhaps, on the subject - but hopefully the diffs provided offer sufficient entertainment - but then there is always beeswax and salt and surf etc. I could always be wrong in all of this, but as with the late douglas adams's preoccupation with improbability, and heisenberg with certainty - and its opposite- I shall say I I am a heisenbergian adams ite on the matter - JarrahTree 10:22, 24 January 2019 (UTC)
Re this comment, see this diff from 28 Jan. (and extended protected AFDs are not that rare :-)). Icewhiz (talk) 14:38, 29 January 2019 (UTC)
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Thank you very much for including Visits and Other Passages without the amazon link!
To finish cleaning up could this be used for new Marquis Award: https://wwlifetimeachievement.com/2018/12/12/carol-smallwood
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I personally hate banner shells with a passion... just in case you need to know... In many cases it makes hard for a reader to see assessment issues without having to open things... assessment can also be missed when banners close things up... JarrahTree 08:10, 7 March 2019 (UTC)
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While I take your point, take a look at the edit history of author's other books Cloud Boy (page as created [4], Pablo's Inferno (page when created [5]), and at author Rhode Montijo's page when first created: [6]. It looks to me like this midlist author logs in, creates newbie-looking pages for his books, himself, makes some other edits, and disappears. It's fairly harmless, I mean, it's not like he's editing to persuade readers that measles vaccines are dangerous. Just, I'm not as sure as you are that it's a naive user.E.M.Gregory (talk) 18:19, 19 June 2019 (UTC)
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For creating The Shibboleth. E.M.Gregory (talk) 18:04, 3 July 2019 (UTC) |
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Great work on the T.H. article. We cannot save them all, but we can do our best to research the topic and show notability. Lightburst (talk) 03:46, 11 July 2019 (UTC) |
Showing notability for a book by quoting reviews in reliable sources is excellent. But please, excerpt them. Use as little of the original text as you can. See how I did it here ? DS (talk) 19:00, 13 July 2019 (UTC)
Thanks for building that article on the book by Hobbs. Finding WP:ATD to retain. You are the defender of the WIKI!
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Finding ways to keep growing the encyclopedia! Lightburst (talk) 13:03, 16 July 2019 (UTC) |
Hi CA! I would like to change the title, which you created, of "Category:Australian seascape painters", (of which there is currently just the one member, Alfred Coleman (artist)) to "Category:Australian marine artists" for the following reasons:
1. To correspond with similar subs of "Category:Marine artists by country"
2. To encompass model ship sculptors, one of whom I'm working on at the moment.
OK by you ? Doug butler (talk) 22:17, 17 September 2019 (UTC)
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With thanks and best wishes.Niggle1892 (talk) 01:02, 27 September 2019 (UTC) |
The Australian project has a well developed Places project - there is no need to add cities unless you wish to change them all - https://tools.wmflabs.org/enwp10/cgi-bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=Australian_places it would be much appreciated if you give it some thought, as if you do proceed in doing that, it negates the last 5 months of my tagging process :) - any further discussion would be appreciated... JarrahTree 10:10, 3 October 2019 (UTC)
Thanks. Bundled nominations are rarely worth the trouble... plus I don't even know how to make them :) --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 06:17, 24 November 2019 (UTC)
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Damon Runyon's short story "Dancing Dan's Christmas" is a fun read if you have the time. Right from the start it extols the virtues of the hot Tom and Jerry
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"And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold,
I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord."
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