User talk:Alan Isherwood/Archives/2009/August

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Page moves for Australian Banknotes

Hey,

I noticed you moved all the Australian banknotes to new locations (eg. Five dollar note (Australian) to $5 note (Australian)). I was wondering if you had a particular reason in mind when you did it? Personally I feel it is more clearer in the old way, minus the special characters (ie "$") --DWZ (talk • email • contribs) 10:24, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

• Hi there. The reason I created a new Australian banknotes page, was to allow for more detail, and content on Australian banknotes, so that people can add more to the topic in general. I feel this is an important link to the pages about the individual notes (see below). Plus there had been comments on the Australian dollar talk pages, requesting that this topic should be opened up in a new page (for the same reasons).
  • The reason I move articles, in general, is because it is almost impossible to find a very specific article (if you're just unfamiliar, or accessing an article for the first time). So if you typed '$5' or '$5 note', you might get taken to a search screen which contains links like Fifty dollar Canadian bill etc. I believe articles should be named in a way which allows for ease of access, is easier to remember, or just guess.
    • I have taken a bit of care to ensure that previous article names, and redirects all match up properly. Thus the 'flow' of documents, and links shouldn't be interrupted. I have also made links from articles such as $1, $2, $5 etc.
      • As far as 'funny characters are concerned, well, I don't feel this is particularly important. I realise that the Wiki style guide intends for articles to be properly named, and classified. However, this often means that when brackets are appended onto an article name, it makes them difficult to find (as I mentioned before). And in any case, brackets are also 'funny characters'. Furthermore, the 'new' article names are exactly the same as the old ones, just in a more accessible format. (Extra3 13:33, 3 February 2007 (UTC))

Forgiven

You are forgiven. Seriously, I wouldn't worry about it. It is a sad fact that it is impossible to see glaring errors in preview mode, yet they are obvious once you've hit the save button. And some editors prefer to save incrementally. Hesperian 11:54, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Adoption

Hello, Alan Isherwood/Archives/2009! I see that you have expressed an interest in being adopted by an experienced editor. I accept your request, being an experienced editor myself. Whether you want to learn about wiki markup, find something to do, or just talk to somebody, I'm the one you can talk to - just leave a message on my talk page. Good luck with Wikipedia! --Maelwys 13:32, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

yay :) Thank You! --DWZ (talk • email • contribs) 22:48, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

How's it going?

Hey DWZ. I've just been checking out some of your recent edits, and it looks like you're doing a great job so far, and making lots of good contributions. Don't worry too much about the image copyright problems, everybody hates those and they're always a bit of a pain! Anyway, if you have any issues or questions that you need help with, just let me know! --Maelwys 13:47, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

hehe, thanks :) I felt a little stupid over the entire image copyright thing - I spent like 10 minutes before I uploaded it trying to make sure I did it right, and still managed to stuffed it up. Ahh well, at least I will know for next time. But I've been having fun with it all, so it's all good. Anyway, thanks for checking up on me - I'm sure I'll have questions in the future :) --DWZ (talk • email • contribs) 19:40, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Re: My first question

Hey DWZ. Good question about that article, it does indeed look suspect. There's a couple things that you could try. The CSD A7 would indeed be appropriate in this case, since there's very little information listed about it to show it's notability. But since it was just created last night, it could also be that they simply haven't yet had time to add anything to it. So if you want to give them the benefit of the doubt that they'll continue adding to the article over the next few days, instead you could put a prod tag on the article, so that if they don't continue working on it in the next few days it'll get deleted then. It's quicker and easier than creating a whole AfD process, but gives them more time to respond with improvements than a speedy deletion does, in cases where actual improvements could make the article worthwhile to have around. Any other questions, just let me know. --Maelwys 12:36, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

Ah, interesting, I hadn't seen prod before. I guess I'll give that a go and see what happens. On another note, when having a conversation with someone on Wikipedia through talk pages (like this one), is it customary to do replies on the other person's talk page? Like, this reply I'm typing now, would you suggest I should keep it on my talk page, or would it generally be considered better if I leave it on yours under my original question? Thanks again for your help :) --DWZ (talk • email • contribs) 03:35, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

test

this is a test (and yes, there is a reason why I'm not using the sandbox) --DWZ (talk • email • contribs) 13:03, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Donnie Davies

Hello. Thanks for contributing to the Donnie Davies (3rd nomination), but I just recently posted new evidence and sources for the reversal of the deletion that perhaps you were unaware of before including a variety of sources. The sources discuss the significance of him as a fictional persona and the controversy that revolves around the use of that and the magnitude of his reach. If the Wikipedia Amnesia Test was applied, the article would hardly be biographical, but more along the lines of something address an urban myth/spoof. Please review my new evidence in light of the timing. Again, thanks for your consideration. --SquatGoblin 14:08, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

One Dollar

Hi DWZ, sorry for deleting the article. I supposed it would not be fixed as Wikipedian27 stated. But I tried after your message and this redirect works this way. Sorry for bothering you. Now it has been redirected to $1. Regards, Shyam ^(T/C) 00:13, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

No problem, thanks for getting back to me so quickly. DWZ (talk • email • contribs) 00:21, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Currency Question

Hey DWZ, It's a good question that you had. I've taken a look around, and unfortunately it's one that's not really addressed anywhere directly. For some information on related questions (that unfortunately doesn't seem to directly address yours) you can see Wikipedia:WikiProject Numismatics/Style#Article titles and Wikipedia:Manual of Style (dates and numbers)#Currency. Unfortunately Wikipedia:Naming conventions (numbers and dates) doesn't have anything in it at all. But, judging by the related references on the above pages, and what seems to be the current standard, I'd say that your suggestion of leaving them spelled out, with the short form pages redirected to the long versions makes the most sense. Probably the best way to get it done without getting into an edit war or anything would be to follow the instructions to list it on Wikipedia:Requested moves (not as an Uncontroversial move obviously, since there's apparantly a disagreement on it). You can specifically make sure you read the section on Multiple Page Moves and list all the affected pages on a single entry, since they should be all kept the same and no point having the discussion in more than one place. Good luck with filling out the move request form, and if you need anymore specific information on how to do that, just let me know. --Maelwys 16:52, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Dilpurra, New South Wales

Hi I noticed you fixed the coordinates on this page - thank you. You may have just stumbled on the article but I was wondering if you lived in the area because if you do (or even if you don't) then please accept an invitation to join up to Wikipedia:WikiProject Riverina. There are only a few of us but we are very dedicated and we have managed to catalogue almost every city/town/location at Template:Riverina. Anyway we'd be very pleased to have you come on board and help. Let me know?--VS ^talk 22:15, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

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Ah, 'twas I.

Thanks for the welcome over at User talk:70.104.7.249. I was working both here and at Commons and when I signed off at Commons, it must have signed me off here. It's a great feeling to see folks like you on new user patrol leaving that wonderful welcome. I still remember mine.  :) Regards, --PMDrive1061 (talk) 19:01, 28 August 2009 (UTC)