User talk:Gimboid13
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Ralph Hush
Hi, I forgot to include the fact that he was the first (or on eof the first, info isnt quite clear) convicts to be released from a life sentence after less than 5 years. Is this acceptable? And by the way, Family History does not interest me, I just wanted to put some convict stuff in. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Frogskin9 (talk • contribs).
- Fair enough. It looked like a family history thing to me, given the amount of family information including links for articles about other family members. I'm all for more convict stuff. As far as the early pardon goes, I'm not sure that alone counts as notable but I'm happy to leave that to others to decide. Was he granted a conditional pardon in 1824 or a ticket of leave? Gimboid13 09:57, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
Canberra suburbs
Hi, I see your writing articles on Canberra suburbs, could you please tag them with {{canberra suburb stub}} so they are easy to keep track of. Also you might want to check out Wikipedia:WikiProject Canberra. --nixie 01:58, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
- That's just been changed to {{canberra-geo-stub}}. Grutness...wha? 05:25, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
Weston Creek Infoboxes
Hi, thanks for your work rolling out suburb infoboxes to Weston Creek suburbs. If you complete all the suburbs could you please mark Weston Creek as completed at the volunteer list. --Martyman-(talk) 23:51, 9 November 2005 (UTC)
- Hey, just noticed you already did that. Oh well, you are to quick for me. --Martyman-(talk) 01:32, 10 November 2005 (UTC)
MPs
Thanks for leaving a note on my "to do" page. And keep up the good work on disambiguation, something that's as much fun to say as it is to do! Ground Zero | t 19:28, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
Rollback feature
Hi, I was just wondering if you were using a rollback button and if it has been giving you trouble of recent. If you do use the rollback button, does the URL bar have something that says &fakeaction=rollback or does it say &action=rollback? --Jay (Reply) 21:45, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
- Hi there Jay. I haven't been using the rollback feature as I don't have admin status, sadly. I'm new to vandalism reversions and have only been doing them for the last couple of weeks. If you have any suggestions or advice about how to make the process easier I'd appreciate your comments. - Gimboid13 21:59, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
- Thanks. I'll get back to you on some handy shortcuts after I've taken care of some business.--Jay (Reply) 22:06, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
Thanks
Hi there Kucing. Thanks for reverting vandalism on my userpage. My first vandal attack! I'm so proud. - Gimboid13 10:54, 31 December 2005 (UTC)
- Not a problem. And Happy New Year! --Kucing 21:36, 31 December 2005 (UTC)
Image:Edgar Davids
The revert you performed unfortunately rolled back to another version that had been vandalised - remember to check after the revert that that hasn't happened. If it does, perform a manual revert to the last clean version. Thanks. haz (user talk) 11:17, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks Haza-w. Maybe its just me but I'm noticing more and more instances when there are 2 different IP addresses vandalising the same article in succession. I've been checking but obviously missed that one. It still needed a further edit to get it back to a clean version. Gimboid13 11:29, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
dude, calm down
Hey dude, Bitburg High School is not your school and you shouldn't try to control what people say about it. The reason people adding to articles like that is just for fun. If you had ever actually been to Bitburg High School, you would know that they were just kidding. So what if what is said is "trivial" or doesn't matter. There is good content in there and it isn't like tons of people are running around trying to find information about the teachers from BHS. Plus, what they said is true and doesn't really matter anyway. Just calm down and ignore whatever happens to the BHS site, or maybe you could go there yourself so you can make an "educated" decision on what to say about BHS.
- Hi there and thanks for your comments. Information added to Wikipedia must be factual and verifiable. Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not is a good reference to what is and isn't OK. In addition there are guidelines about the level of notability required before a person should be the subject of an article (or reference in an article). See Wikipedia:Notability_(people). You're more than welcome to contribute to Wikipedia but please add only information that you'd reasonably expect to appear in an encyclopedia article.
- One more thing, please sign your posts (on talk pages, for example) by using the '~' symbol. To insert just your IP address or name, type ~~~ (3 tildes), or, to insert your IP address or name and timestamp, use ~~~~ (4 tildes). - Gimboid13 06:49, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
Do you know who's vandalising the Toyota Aurion page?
^^^^^
Alphabeta777 09:31, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
- Hi Alphabeta777. Just some anonymous vandal (203.51.169.228). I left a warning on his talk page and he seems to have gone now. Vandalism attacks are not infrequent but most are reverted within a few minutes. If it happens again you can revert it yourself. See: Wikipedia:Revert. Keep up the good work. - Gimboid13 18:26, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
My RfA
Thanks for your vote My request for adminship passed with a final result of 78/2/0. Hopefully I will live up to everyone's expectations. Please ask if I can ever help out with anything in the future.Martyman - 09:21, 20 February 2006 (UTC) |
TUNE! FM
Hi. I have been thinking about starting Neville Fletcher (who is a visiting fellow here a the ANU) and noticed your aritcle on TUNE! FM mentions him. I think his work as a scientist is notable and he deserves an article. I didn't know about his part in helping establish Armidale's youth radio station, it's amazing how much info there is on this funny little website of ours ;) --Martyman-(talk) 22:59, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
- Hi Martyman. Neville Fletcher was Professor of Physics at UNE in the 1970s. I still have some copies of his correspondence with the licencing authority and others to establish the station. Happy to contribute a small section if you get an article up. Congratulations on your recent adminship. - Gimboid13 17:43, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
Bathurst
Thanks for the pic on the Barnet page - I haven't got there yet. It is a good picture. Will you be writing an article? I have created a general article at Court houses in New South Wales Regards--A Y Arktos\talk 02:08, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
- Hi A Y Arktos. I'll add it on the Court houses in New South Wales page. I took one of the Boorowa court house too, but I see you've beaten me to it! Have added one of the war memorial to the Boorowa article though. I hope to get pictures of the Inverell and Warialda court houses some time. I believe an ancestor of mine built both of those. - Gimboid13 04:22, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
Welcome to VandalProof!
Thank you for your interest in VandalProof, Gimboid13! You have now been added to the list of authorized users, so if you haven't already, simply download and install VandalProof from our main page. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me or any other moderator, or you can post a message on the discussion page. AmiDaniel (talk) 08:35, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
You're Welcome!
Indeed, no problem at all :). And... congratulations... on the vandal counter. :). Happy Editing! Crazynas 17:51, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
Thanks!
Cheers for reverting the vandalism to my user page! --james(lets talk) 10:14, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
- You're welcome. -Gimboid13 10:16, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for reply re: revert of Aid and Rescue Committee
Thanks for explaining (and restoring :-) -- and especially that you replied both on my User Talk page and the article's discussion page.
I'm still in my first month editing here, and whenever someone's edited my changes I make an effort to understand the rationale and have yet to challenge any of it. This being the first revert of my editing, of course I paid special attention -- and enquired only because I really couldn't understand the point (but feared the worst :-o Cheers, Deborahjay 07:36, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
(Text of initial comment here:)
- I just noted that you -- with no discussion or explanation -- reverted three edits I made to the Aid and Rescue Committee article.
- int. link for Hashomer Hatzair
- + {{Jewish-hist-stub}}
- copyedit: Hansi Brand (Joel Brand's wife); for Hansi Brand, Joel Brand's wife;
- I just noted that you -- with no discussion or explanation -- reverted three edits I made to the Aid and Rescue Committee article.
- (The copyedit was intended for disambiguation as anyone missing the comma/semicolon might misread this as two different people)
- My understanding is that a revert is done to repair damage to an article. So what do you consider damaging in what I did? (crossposted to the article's Talk page) Deborahjay 06:15, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
Help
Hey. I just want to ask you to help me look out for my user page. There was a user that changed mostly a lot from my user page and like I'm gay when I'm not. The user was putting things I am not. please look out for me. thanks (SKITTLES 04:28, 11 June 2006 (UTC))
Thank you
Thanks for quickly reverting vandalism to my user page! --NMChico24 10:57, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
- You're quite welcome. - Gimboid13 11:00, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
Thankyou for all your good work
The Original Barnstar | ||
For all your good work A Y Arktos\talk 01:01, 23 June 2006 (UTC) |
Holla
Thanks for getting my back on the vandalism to my userpage. Wikiprops. Nscheffey(T/C) 10:20, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
- You're welcome. Keep up the good work on RC patrol. - Gimboid13 12:07, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
Help desk query
- According to Help: A_quick_guide_to_templates multiple templates can be used on a page. Is there a way of stacking templates so they appear one under the other in all screen sizes? The article I'm working on is Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, which has Infobox_Australian_Town and Austlocalgovtarea templates. - Gimboid13 16:00, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
Try moving the code for the lower template out and placing it beneath the top template's code. this seems to work sometimes. If you need anymore help, feel free to use my talk page. EVOCATIVEINTRIGUE TALKTOME | EMAILME | IMPROVEME 16:54, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
I'm afraid not: I saw the template somewhere the other day with two nestled infoboxes, which is annoying, but can't see it now! EVOCATIVEINTRIGUE TALKTOME | EMAILME | IMPROVEME 18:07, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
Clarkstown High School North
Hi, sorry about that, I seem to be having problems with my rollback button. I'm working on it now. Thanks. Molerat 22:13, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
I'm using User:VoA/monobook.js, which includes Lupin's filter. I'm now trying out a previous version of it, as I don't seem to remember this happening before. Molerat 22:27, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for your welcome
thanks. Are your from the ACT? Now make me admin!
regards M1 abrams 12:57, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
Re:thanks
You're welcome! :-) - Baseball,Baby! balls•strikes 15:42, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
Holy Cow...
This creep is persistent! Anyways, thanks for your help on my main/talk page. (: Kedi the tramp (talk • contribs • count) (Respond to me on my Talk.) 15:44, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
Thanks!
And now I send thanks to you, for rescuing my mainpage! Some people need hobbies and he's one of them... ;-) Baseball,Baby! balls•strikes 23:45, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
Australian International School Hong Kong
please do not delete useful information in the page "Australian International School Hong Kong", since users are trying hard to expand the article! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 218.103.136.233 (talk • contribs) .
- Thanks for your contributions to the article Australian International School Hong Kong. I removed the paragraphs about term dates and class times because I considered them to be of interest only to people with a close association with the school. The sentence about the number of terms per year is really quite sufficient.
- By the way, when posting to talk pages please sign and date your posts using four tildes (
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. If you're new to Wikipedia, please see Welcome to Wikipedia and frequently asked questions. - Gimboid13 10:12, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
- thanks, you are welcome
- by the way i just learnt i need to open a new article in the talk page for talking
- sorry — Preceding unsigned comment added by 218.102.66.63 (talk • contribs)
- No worries. I still think the term dates are unnecessary. As is the intranet link. Suggest discussing issues like this on the article's talk page though rather than continually reverting them. Gimboid13 03:48, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
Thanks
Thanks for taking care of my user page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Meshulam (talk • contribs)
- You're welcome! Gimboid13 00:47, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
Barnstar for a worthy editor
The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar | ||
Thank you so much for reverting the vandalism done to the Eric Clapton page and warning the vandal who did so. Thank you again and best of luck in the future! - Patman2648 01:15, 6 August 2006 (UTC) |
- Thanks Patman2648. Much appreciated. - Gimboid13 07:28, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
Fair use images on your user page
Hi, I've removed five images from your user page as they were uploaded to be used as fair use images. Sorry. --JD[don't talk|email] 10:24, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
Obviously!
I liked the obviously but didn't get it until you'd removed it <g> - happy hunting - regards -- Nigel (Talk) 09:38, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
Gundagai
Hi saw your addition to courthouses - we were at Gundagai on Saturday, eg Image:Gundagai Literary Institute.jpg - your court house pic is better than mine :-)--Arktos talk 22:15, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
- I was there on Sunday. Over the weekend I also bagged the courthouses at Culcairn and Holbrook which I'll add this morning. You've been busy! I like your Rusconi article. Keep up the good work! - Gimboid13 23:34, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
- Did you visit the marble masterpiece?--Arktos talk 23:46, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
- No, just a quick stop over on the way through. Saw it a couple of years ago though. Rusconi must have had a lot of patience! - Gimboid13 00:41, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
- Did you visit the marble masterpiece?--Arktos talk 23:46, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
Charles Sturt University
I appoligise for my erroneous change to this article. I missunderstood a statement in an earlier version. matturn 07:21, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
A poem
I have left you a personal poem on your user page. There is no need to pay me for this service. The Mekon 22:20, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
A poem
Gimboid13 was appointed by the Queen,
to look over the production of Australia's ice cream.
Had a fight with Ben and Jerry and so moved to Londonderry,
where he is quarterback for the Irish football team.
- The Mekon 22:20, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
Re:Thanks
Hey, no problem. You're not the only one thats fallen victim to those dumb comments that I have reverted.
It's strange, Plebmonk seems to have some history of good edits, and all of a sudden today, he has made numerous comments like the one I reverted from your page... -- Reaper X 02:07, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
Bathurst Courthouse
Hi Gimboid13,
I have uploaded a couple of new pics of the Bathurst Courthouse. Was wondering if you would mind if I replaced your image in the Bathurst article, as I think mine might be better since they're panoramic views of the full building. Could you also give a suggestion on which of mine you think is better?
Since yours is pretty good already, was just wanting to ask you first (I'm not sure that the article needs more than one pic of the courthouse, though we could make a gallery).
Thanks, --jjron 13:19, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
- No problem. Thanks for asking. Gimboid13 18:25, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
Dickhead List
Rightio - I see your point...no personal attacks. I'll be a good boy. But it still fucking annoys the shit out of me! K42
Yass article
Gimboid 13,
A gentle warning: Deleting work on a page without clear explanation is (according to me and several other Yass Wikipedians) Unquestionably uneeded.
Deleting the External Links on the Yass article must be looked in to and discussed with its creator (myself). Nathan Furry. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.167.54.242 (talk • contribs)
- Are you referring to this edit? If so, please refer to the edit summary. As I mentioned, Wikipedia is not a link repository. Please see the Wikipedia style manual entry for External links. Gimboid13 09:34, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
- According to these rules, it would have to be determined by an admin whether or not the links are considered as link repositories. Some of these pages however did look into more of Yass History. In this case, It should be highly noted that deletion may not of been neccessary for some links.59.167.54.242 09:54, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
- If you consider they meet the criteria in the style manual then, by all means, add them back in. Admin intervention is unnecessary. Anyone can add or delete content. That's how Wikipedia works. Of course there are some general rules, like the style manual, but as long as your work broadly adheres to those it stands a good chance of being retained. Gimboid13 10:06, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
Your edit to Potato
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useless categorization
Hi Gimboid13, I noticed List of films: E-I (and 3 more of the old series) got tagged as missing category and you restored the old. The thing is that they are just disambiguation pages in the place of the split new lists. Can we give it another cat that doesn't bring it under Category:Films? Hoverfish Talk 21:50, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
- Hi Hoverfish. Sorry about the slow reply. Family Christmas stuff to attend to. I see you've recategorised the film list pages as disambiguation pages. Seems reasonable enough to me. Gimboid13 06:24, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
categories
Sorry about the clash, I didn't realise there was anybody else there. I will move to a diferent list. Malcolma 16:29, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
Niddrie Secondary College
Excuse me but why did you change the Niddrie Secondary College wikipedia page? The previous page was much more detailed and better. why did you change it??? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jane 01 (talk • contribs)
- According to discussion on Wikipedia:WikiProject Schools (now at Archive 2) the convention for inclusion of information about school staff is much the same as that for notable alumni. Administration (headmaster/principal) type staff can be named, but otherwise, they should only be included if they have their own article or if they meet WP:BIO requirements.
- Street addresses, phone numbers and email addresses are unnecessary. It's an encyclopedia, not a directory. Gimboid13 09:58, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
- I feel that the contact details is necessary information if people need to contact the school. I also feel that if people have a specific enquiry they should know who to contact! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jane 01 (talk • contribs) 00:34, 3 January 2007 (UTC).
- The link to the college website provides sufficient contact details. Gimboid13 11:00, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
A request for assistance
Would you support the concept of moving the Earhart "myths" to a separate page or article? The reason for my suggesting this is that the main article should be an accurate and scholarly work while the speculation and conspiracy theories surrounding the disappearance of Amelia Earhart are interesting, they belong in a unique section. Most researchers, as you know, discount the many theories and speculation that has arisen in the years following her last flight. Go onto the Earhart discussion page and register your vote/comments...and a Happy New Year to you as well. Bzuk 05:02 3 January 2007 (UTC).
Dubbo page
have a look at the discussion at the talk page for the dubbo entry and see what you think. Thanks Wayne Connor
- Hello Wayne. Take a look at Wikipedia:External_links, particularly the sections Links normally to be avoided and Advertising and conflicts of interest. Does anything there apply to http://www.dubbo.org? Gimboid13 09:19, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
- Yes Gimbold, I checked this out and It *IS* a conflict of interest. I did place a link to my own site, (12 months ago) I didn't realise there was policy not to do this. Thanks, it could have been a bit embarrassing if I continued down that line.
- Anyway, I just put an apology on the talk page. And a note:
- I will leave the link off this site if, but I do think it provides unique information on Dubbo. I'll leave it for someone else to put the dubbo.org link on under links if they think it adds to the Dubbo page.
- Someone is editing the talk page and they removing my above comments from there. I reverted these.
- Thanks for the help. Wayne Connor 21:40, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
Niddrie Secondary College
Could you please have some consideration for the people who spend time editing and adding to articles and then you come up and change what they have edited. Please STOP chnaging articles that do not concern you. I added a number of additonal information to an article and you deleted half of it and changed a significant portion of the rest. Please stop doing that. That would be appreciated. Thank You in advance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bradles 01 (talk • contribs)
- Hello Bradles. Please see Wikipedia:WikiProject Schools for some tips about the recommended content and structure of schools articles. According to discussion on WikiProject Schools, now at Archive 2, the convention for inclusion of information about school staff is much the same as that for notable alumni. Administration (headmaster/principal) type staff can be named, but otherwise, they should only be included if they have their own article or if they meet the requirements of WP:BIO.
- Street addresses, phone numbers and email addresses are unnecessary. It's an encyclopedia, not a directory. The link to the college website provides sufficient contact details. Gimboid13 09:32, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
Regatta Hotel
Mate, your idea to merge is crap! Live with it! Please refrain from vandalising my talk page! 58.163.137.138 08:42, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
Niddrie Secondary College
I thought that the idea of wikipedia was to inform and educate! You have changed the article so much that there is little information on it at all. The information i added (about the chnaged occuring by 2008) was information that is necessary and informs the reader more about the school, why do you continue to delete it? Contact details are necessary and have been included in English High School of Boston article. (Jane 01 04:16, 4 February 2007 (UTC))
- Thanks for replying Jane. I hope we can sort this out without resorting to edit wars.
- Do you mean English High School of Boston? I can see nothing I'd call contact details there. In any case, an isolated example does not define the policy which, as I've already explained, is spelt out at What Wikipedia is not. In short, Wikipedia is not a directory. Wikipedia is not the white pages. Wikipedia is not the yellow pages. Street addresses and phone numbers should not be included. The external link provides more than adequate contact information.
- Do you really think I've changed the article so much that there's little left? I've removed some statements of the obvious, like 'it offers a range of subjects' and some trivial information that might be worth mentioning in a school newsletter, but not an encyclopedia article. Have you read WikiProject Schools which lists recommended content for schools articles? Gimboid13 11:36, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
- Information such as: "Since then it has undergone many transformations; such as name and uniform changes" is the history of the school, which should be included, and i'm sure that would not be found in a newsletter!
- Also general information about the school needs to be included, any good article would have the history of the school, the current way the school is, and future changes that are to be made such as: the 2008 changes at NSC.
- You wrote "Niddrie Secondary College Niddrie, Victoria, Australia" at the start, how is that not contact details, it clearly says where the school is located. In fact i could even go as far as saying that the above is insufficient information, and that more accurate contact details need to be placed in, people reading an article need to know where and how they can contact the school and by adding that in the article means not only that wikipedia contains more information but that they do not need to access the school's website to contact them.
- I am asking that you allow me to write an accurate and detailed article about niddrie sc, i will include information that i feel is required, is it OK if i write it and replace the current article with it and can you leave it there long enough so wikipedians can see how much improved my version of the article is?
- Kind Regards, (Jane 01 09:03, 6 February 2007 (UTC))
- Hi Jane. I agree that the history of the school, including name changes, is relevant but the number of lockers and uniform changes are really a bit too trivial for an encyclopedia article. Most school articles have the town or suburb in which the school is located. By contact information I mean street addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, etc. If you were wanting to contact the school you'd go to the phone book or other directory, not an encyclopedia. The article should be written for a worldwide audience, not just people wanting to ring them up or drop in. It needs to describe what makes the school notable, like the sort of information at WikiProject Schools. That said, I'm happy enough to leave the article alone for a couple of weeks. Gimboid13 09:36, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
Attention
I am starting to get really sick of this crap. You and other uses have been bullying me and my account. Regardless of whether i am bradles_01, all i have wanted to do is to write a Sports Trainer article, and for no reason it was deleted and now when i try to put it back on, you have to come and try to attack me, how dare you! Leave me alone! and let me edit my Sports Trainer page in peace! (Bradles 02 03:27, 16 February 2007 (UTC))
- Sorry Bradles, block evasion using sock puppets is not allowed. I've reported the case on Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents. Gimboid13 05:36, 16 February 2007 (UTC)