Talk:City of Wagga Wagga

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Floral emblem reference

Does anyone know what the problem is with the formatting of the 3rd reference in the list? I've poked and prodded and it won't format properly. Looks like some internal wikiformatting problem. Any ideas? Bleakcomb (talk) 01:07, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Yer I've done the same but I have a feeling it's something to do with the citie template. Bidgee (talk) 01:11, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Edits made in good faith re 2012 LGA elections and minor formatting changes

I noticed you removed the addition of the 2012 election results with the edit summary of "stupid". Was this intentional? The Drover's Wife (talk) 11:36, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

Hi. I also noticed that you removed the addition of the 2012 election results and other minor formatting changes without an appropriate edit summary. Whilst you may be protective of the changes made to the Wagga LGA page, all I was doing is was trying to bring all NSW LGA pages into consistent formatting and also updating each LGA across NSW following the election. The next step in the process is updating data following the publication of 2011 Census results, The way the Wagga page looks following your recent revision is, in my humble opinion, somewhat awkward. It also removes some pretty clear logic on how the Council is elected (as I'm sure you're aware that not all Council's are elected in the same manner). As to the importance of the GM being in the lead; well I don't think it's worthy of that much attention, and also what the former GM is doing now. As to "why the city got a new GM", I could see not reference to the reason in the original edit or to your edit. Is there something that is noteworthy of inclusion? I sincerely hope that you have the foresight to see that the edits made to this, and other LGA pages, are made in good faith. I bear no malice. However, I do suggest that the changes be reverted. Prior to making any changes, I am giving you the opportunity to comment. I am also copying this edit from the User talk:Bidgee to the Wagga talk page, as it's probably more appropriate there. Rangasyd (talk) 13:43, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

I'm not sure what your concern is with Rangasyd's edits, Bidgee. It looks to me to be just the same as the other local councils in NSW, and with your undoing of his edit, it's now outdated. The Drover's Wife (talk) 14:08, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

Do not copy comments from another location without the permission of the author!

How is it outdated? I've already added the new council and the population. Just because Rangasyd's changes to all council pages are to one standard doesn't mean that it should be done that way, in fact there has been no discussion on a standard. Lyn Russell's time as a GM on council was a rocky one (with council and the local community), she quit as GM while on a five year contract.

With the elected council (current) 10 of the 11 are Independent, none of them were Unaligned (No idea why the NSW Electoral Commission doesn't list them as IND). I also listed them in alphabetical order (by last name), postion eleceted is irrelevant as it has no bearing on the council. Bidgee (talk) 00:25, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

The Electoral Commission doesn't list people as Independent when they don't do so on their nomination forms - i.e., they left the "party" field blank rather than putting in "Independent". At federal and state level this usually implies that they're running for an unregistered party. At local level the distinction is less important but there's no harm in maintaining it. There was a brief discussion on the way these would be organised here, but this could be continued further at the appropriate forum if people aren't happy with it. One standard is probably desirable, though, and I see no real problem with listing them in order of election, when that provides a little extra information. Frickeg (talk) 02:09, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

I don't see a proglem with mentioning the General Manager issues at some point in the article (though putting a two-year old dispute over governance above the towns that are actually in the shire seems a bit much). I think it's important both to note that it's an entirely independent council and to not make stuff up (i.e. that one of them was technically unaligned) - it also means that one can see, visually and very clearly, what the makeup of the council is in comparison to other areas. I also think that sorting by position elected provides a bit more information - if I'm reading through, telling me, in a very quick and easy way, who was elected in what order is more useful than just listing them alphabetically. If there's any issues beyond that, you haven't stated what they are. The Drover's Wife (talk) 02:20, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for your feedback and comments. The link to the archive article was good. Thanks; as it gives some perspective over time and some personal validation that the update I'm doing at present is in line with generally agreed discussion from a few years ago. On the basis of supporting comments from both The Drover's Wife and Frickeg, is it now appropriate to revert to my edits? I am happy to concede on the GM issue and cover the reason why she resigned, which is significantly less important than if her contract was terminated. I guess I'm just trying to place this minor recent event in the context of the long history of local government administration in Wagga Wagga. Rangasyd (talk) 09:01, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

I think so. The Drover's Wife (talk) 10:03, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

I'm not understanding Bidgee's attitude and constant reversions of changes which have been uncontroversial on every other local council in New South Wales. The infobox is there to summarise information, one aspect of which is the mayor, and the mayor's political affiliation, which is why this tends to be listed in infoboxes not only in NSW but in most local government area equivalent articles. The Drover's Wife (talk) 15:34, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

Sigh! I'm not the only one doing it! Bidgee (talk) 15:37, 3 October 2012 (UTC)