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John Lydon and Morrissey

Please stop changing the introduction to the John Lydon and Morrissey articles. Lydon and Morrissey are British born and not just "English", their ancestral origins are equally as appropriate as their birth origins. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.72.194.218 (talk) 00:26, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

Firstly, I don't edit Morrissey's article, so you have the wrong 'culprit' there. Secondly, re. Lydon, pls pay attention to edit summaries: I have no issue with discussing someone's ancestry in their article, but placing it in the lead - particularly a short lead as in Lydon's article - is undue weight, especially when it's not even cited yet. If it belongs anywhere, it's in the Early Life section, which is where I've left it. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 00:48, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

I don't believe there is any criminal activity here and therefore no attempt to find a culprit, at least on my part. Interesting that you "don't edit Morrissey's article" but you "left it" in the Early Life Section. Again, interesting. I believe both look fairly well proportioned at this time. Fair Dinkum --Mike Brady199.72.194.218 (talk) 02:16, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

If you re-read my paragraph above, you'll see it's the Lydon article I've edited and was referring to when I said I'd "left it", not the Morrissey one... Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 10:17, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Re:Air Combat Group

It has the date of "2008a" because there are two references that look quite a bit alike, and so to distinguish between the two, the dates are changed. -- Cheers mate! CYCLONICWHIRLWIND 17:48, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

What have the romans ever done for us? vs Talmud

Hi. I've put down a comment claiming a similarity between this bit in Life of Brian and a certain Talmudic debate, and you removed it. Of course I have no way of telling whether Monty Python had prior knowledge of this Talmudic passage, let alone based the dialog on it. In any case, I have not put down any such claim. I've only put a neutral statement pointing out the similarity, as it is of interest, whether accidental or intentional. My personal guess is that they indeed parodied this debate. Here's a blog entry I've found comparing the two: http://search-for-emes.blogspot.com/2006/05/and-now-for-something-completely.html. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.139.226.37 (talk) 16:55, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

G'day NewSouthWikiWelshman

...and I mean 'welshman' in the most gender neutral way, of course...and I'm aware that not all of you guys are from NSW.. and I'm aware that this hasn't been the most smoothly written note in Wiki's history, but hey ho...slaps head, persuades voices in head to pipe down, and continues.... Fancy attending a meetup? - We've got some interested Chapter stuff to chat about, no doubt there may be some tales of Arabian Nights (or at least Egyptian conferences), and it just generally felt like it was about time..... head over here if you're interested.... do feel free to wiki-edit away in the usual fashion too if you've got any other ideas! cheers all, Privatemusings (talk) 07:25, 29 July 2008 (UTC)you've been spammed in this nature because you signed up as interested in being notified about this sort of thing.. hope that's ok!

Ribbons

Discussion now at Misplaced Pages talk:WikiProject Military history/Australian military history task force#Ribbons. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 08:18, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

Victoria Cross

Hi again. I'm afraid I don't understand your edit or your edit comment.
I would not have thought there was any doubt that Ashcroft's is the most notable collection of VC's. Why is saying so "editoralising"?
Also, I don't understand what you mean in the edit comment by "space".
(Perhaps you should restrict the words in your answer to 3 syllables so I don't get confused?)
Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 15:05, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

Simple one first: citations are supposed to appear immediately after punctuation, without a space between the two - that's the space I removed. Other one: I agree about the importance of Ashcroft's collection and that sentence, in mentioning he owns one-tenth of the world's VCs, demonstrates that - which is why "most notably" is editorialising. Expressions like "notably" are also referred to as "peacock" terms, something to be avoided - see WP:Peacock, particularly Don't peacock your facts. I see the avoidance of such expressions as a way of treating our readers with respect, allowing them to decide what's notable themselves. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 15:31, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply. I agree. Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 02:21, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

A different straw poll on Talk:The Beatles

It would be easy to overlook because there are now two polls going at the same time. The newest one is here. Thanks. Ward3001 (talk) 16:44, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

Work as a copyeditor

I have worked on your side at making the ACG an FA-Class article, which is what I am still working on. I would also like to request that you help me to making AFTG. I will get the major info on it, and place it into the article, but if you could copyedit it all (not necessarily all of it) and making it look got, like per WP:MOS and WP:MOSNUM, I would be eternally grateful. Yours truthfully, CYCLONICWHIRLWIND 00:31, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

Sorry it's been a while, made a few minor changes and found a citation for the current Commander (so corrected conflicting data in infobox) but in general looks okay. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 04:09, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

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Actioned. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 10:33, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

1000km

Where does 1002 come from? The oft quoted track length is 6.213 kilometres. Multiple that by 161 and you get 1000.293. The contrast is the pre-Caltex Chase version, 6.172 km x 163 laps = 1006.036. --Falcadore (talk) 02:43, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

No prob but surprised you haven't changed it yourself to 1,000 before now in that case - if you check the history you'll see it was 1,002 for a long time so when an anon editor changed it without explanation I reverted (obviously with the pre-Caltex Chase version of a bit over 1,000km in mind - my error). Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 12:36, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

Didn't notice it until pointed out. Didn't want to trigger an edit war when explanation in either direction could defuse. --Falcadore (talk) 13:17, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

Heh, I quite understand - I must've sounded like I thought I knew what I was talking about, even though I didn't...! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 14:35, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

VC

I'm not going to loose any sleep over it. Let's go with the inaccurate data then. 86.24.116.38 (talk) 22:21, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

Please have a look at Talk:Victoria Cross#Sizes of public collections. Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 23:42, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

Re: Your comments on Zappa FAC

Thank you so much for you kind comments. You have made my day! Also, I can see that the article has been promoted to FA (not yet updated to this by bot). Thanks for your support. All the best. --HJensen, talk 08:52, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

Morotai Mutiny

Congratulations on achieving featured status on another excellent article! You've done an absolutely brilliant job on the article, and I hope to see Richard Williams (RAAF officer) up for the challenge next. Cheers, Abraham, B.S. (talk) 02:12, 27 September 2008 (UTC)

Edward Bell

Hi Ian

Thanx for redirecting Edward Bell (Artist) to Edward Bell (artist). Is there anyway we can delete the original title.. or do we just leave it? Havent dealt with a re-direct before!Pamela Gardiner (talk) 19:31, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

Sorry for such a belated reply, Pamela, but I wouldn't worry too much about that - it's probably just as well to leave it as some may well type in "Edward Bell (Artist)" when searching. If an administrator decides it should go, they'll deal with it... Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 02:37, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

Fair point. As long as they go to the same place I guess it doesnt matter! Pam. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.109.163.80 (talk) 04:20, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

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Response

Nick Dowling (talk) 12:05, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for 2001 Reversions- Extra Note

Thanks for reverting the 2001 edits. But in addition to the editorializing you mention, the user clearly didn't have the faintest idea what a "jump cut" is. Even now the bone-ship cut is technicaly a "match cut" but only informally in a lay sense a "jump cut", but the stuff the recent user described as a "jump cut" ain't a jump cut even by the loosest most stretched out definition of the word.

Regards

--WickerGuy (talk) 12:24, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

Notice

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A Sydney Meetup

G'day all - I'm dropping this note in to let you know that there's to be a Wiki Meetup the week after next, on Tuesday, 21st at 18:00 at The Paragon in Circular Quay. If you've ever thought about popping along to one of these, but haven't had the chance - now's the time! If you love the idea, but the time and / or place don't quite work for you, please do feel free to wiki edit away at the meetup page and I'm sure we can sort something out :-) Meetups are a great way to share wiki-thoughts, meet wiki-friends, and generally learn how to prefix all areas of your life with wiki- :-)

It's a very friendly bunch, and we're hoping to be able to formally collect membership fees and details for the Australian Chapter (did you know that we're the only current english speaking chapter? Join now for kudos and future bragging rights!) - as well as just generally have a good 'ol time. I look forward to seeing you there :-) best, Privatemusings (talk) 07:48, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

Re: ShadowBlindx

Re your message: I had signed off and missed the further vandalism, but Lankiveil blocked him. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 22:23, 11 October 2008 (UTC)