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Welcome!

Hello, Carlsmith, Welcome to Wikipedia!

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Happy editing!

Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 15:03, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)

HKWNB, HKCOTW, Current events

Hi. I noticed you have edited some Hong Kong-related articles. You might be interested to take a look at HK wikipedians' notice board, HK Collaboration of the Week and Current events in Hong Kong and Macao. Happy editing! — Instantnood 17:20, Apr 12, 2005 (UTC)

Ne reverting

Please no more reverting of the entry (i.e. HKALE) for the following reasons:

• Raison detre has become a commonly used vocabulary in the English language (see Oxford Advanced Learner's English-Chinese Dictionary, Extended Fourth Edition). In the entry entirely written English, "raison detre" should be regarded as English which must go along with the article "the", intead of the Franch article "la".

• Certain part of the article about the CLC exmaination comprehension test is meaningless. The grammar used in the article is not satisfactory, and the concept is rather confusion (e.g. what do you mean by "pouring of saliva").

--Mcy jerry 09:01, 14 May 2005 (UTC)

Hello Mcy_jerry, Please read your talk page for your feedback.

--Carlsmith 04:54, 16 May 2005 (UTC)

Reply

First I would like to apologise for my unintented deletion of your work ([[HKALE]) without appropriate notifications. I don't mean it, to be frank, and don't realise it could be regarded as an act of vandalism in your book. Hope you can accept my apology with my deepest regrets.

Certain arguments were made as you wish. Please feel at ease to consider them, and, if neccessary, drop me a line so as to have further collaboration on editing. Not a single man wants to have nonsense debate and ridiculous attack, and I deeply believe that both of us have enough intelligence to avoid this.

Have a nice day. =)--Mcy jerry 09:07, 16 May 2005 (UTC)

Cheers

So pleased to see that you have been so dedicted in further improvement. I must say that the controversy is "legally dead" to me! You may remove the dispute template next time, Carl. Again, please applause to our laborious contributor.

PS I did further edit your materials. Some footnotes were added, but yet in a mess somehow. Do you mind cleaning up that stuff for me? =) --Jerry Crimson Mann 15:11, 19 May 2005 (UTC)

Hi

Hi there again. Busy with certain new articles, or revieing some old stubs? Tell me if you wish.

Hi

Hi there again. Busy with certain new articles, or reviewing some old stubs? Tell me if you wish.--Jerry Crimson Mann 15:26, 20 May 2005 (UTC)

Author data box format

I've seen that you've changed the author data box of Christopher Woo's. In fact, I made the box following the format of that implemented in Jinyong's page. Recently, I've been trying to increase the number and unify the format of the data pages of Hong Kong writers, as Xi Xi's page has clearly exemplified. So if you determine to change the box format, please don't hesitate to alter the formats of all others data boxes; otherwise it's appropriate for you to retrieve the orginal format. Jerry Crimson Mann 14:28, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Need your help

I don't know the Cantonese pronunciation of Wan Chai. Can you please do it for me in the page? =) --Jerry Crimson Mann 07:41, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Eh.. seems like I did it while Jerry was seeking your help. :-D — Instantnood 05:36, Jun 10, 2005 (UTC)

Templates for the colours of MTR and KCR lines

I guess it would be nice to have templates for the colours of the lines. What's your opinion? — Instantnood 05:36, Jun 10, 2005 (UTC)

In fact, I'm highly aprreciated the way you combine the station names and their coresponding livery. Bravo! =D -- Jerry Crimson Mann 06:01, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

• Replied

A template for tables may be difficult, as they're rather complicated, with some cells spanning across a few rows. But templates for colours of the lines would definitely be helpful, relieving much of the trouble to type the long string like [[KCR East Rail|'''<font color=blue>KCR East Rail''']]. — Instantnood 06:55, Jun 10, 2005 (UTC)

Re: Name issue for KCRC Rail lines

The KCRC brands its systems as "KCR East Rail", "KCR Ma On Shan Rail" and so on. In fact it was part of an earlier discussion with Mailer diablo and Juntung (well, quite long ago, gotta find out where it was done) to change the titles according to how they're branded by the company. The KCR and Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation was also split accordingly.

I used both KCR West Rail and KCR West Rail, depends on whether a link to KCR is necessary.

For the titles of the articles on stations, there was an earlier discussion at the talk page of WP:HKWNB. — Instantnood 06:55, Jun 10, 2005 (UTC)

MTR naming conventions

I guess you'd be interested to join a discussion on MTR naming conventions. :-D — Instantnood 09:11, Jun 10, 2005 (UTC)

Re: Miriam Yeung

Probably rewriting would be more appropriate, instead of translation. :-) — Instantnood 06:55, Jun 10, 2005 (UTC)

Re: Pictures

Thanks for telling. :D --Jerry Crimson Mann 16:34, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Pictures

So appreciated that you've devoted to taking photos of MTR stations as well. :) Btw, the dimension of your photos are rather strange; the ratio of width to height is much smaller than normal. Why? -- Jerry Crimson Mann [17:08, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)]

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HKD

I think we should rearrange this impoartant article of Hong Kong. I see the USD page would be a good example to follow; there're some points which are highly appreciated, particularly those shipshape tables -- spic-and-span. I see you're an endeavourous HK wikipedian, and I hope you can help with the article of much significance! :-D -- Jerry Crimson Mann 06:58, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Sheung Wan MTR

I love your wonderful pic and the Rumsey contents. Nice job!~ :) -- Jerry Crimson Mann 29 June 2005 11:52 (UTC)

Your Help is Needed!

Hi Carl Smith!

So happy that we have our Hong Kong article promoted to be an WP:FAC, gaining an overwhelming popularity. I think it's not the time to cool down our ambition. The page flag of Hong Kong is now asking for your helping hand! I have greatly modelled it on flag of South Africa and flag of India, plus some brand-new illustrations added which is drawn by me with Flash, and the standard of the article has been greatly boosted, and, nearly, lived up to the feature article's standard. Still, some crucial information is absent, and that's whay your help is urgently needed!

What you can help

The following information are still missing:

• Symbolism, e.g. the meaning of the design, the bauhinia flower, the red-coloured background, etc.
• History
• Photos, e.g. Flag raising ceremony at Golden Bauhinia Square, Flags in parade, desecration cases (I think Long Hair have tried that before ;-P), etc.

Being an active and endeavourous wikipedian, you are now asked to collaborate on this project at full stretch — and to show your pride of being a HK wikipedian!

Yours sincerely, Jerry Crimson Mann 6 July 2005 15:21 (UTC)

Re:Siu Sai Wan

Fine. I'll take a look on it later. :-D PS Yeah...I'm an HKAL candidate of 2005, and just have had got my results...how's yours? What's your first choice after all? :) -- Jerry Crimson Mann 8 July 2005 09:53 (UTC)

Anyway, take care. :-)

PS My results...ok la...overall, I've got 2 distinctions and 2 credits. I hope it can make my first choice come true. -- Jerry Crimson Mann 8 July 2005 10:19 (UTC)

Meetup

I hope you can join the meetup later~ =) -- Jerry Crimson Mann 15:54, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

Avoid auto-reverts

Please try to show more respect to fellow editors than auto-reverting when there has been no previous discussion. Contesting the lead title is one thing, but simply reverting the entire edit smacks of reflex nay-saying, not reasonable doubt. This goes for both Hong Kong and pronunciation of Hong Kong. You need to show that you've actually read and understood the discussion and objections before upholding the status quo by claiming there is no consensus.

Peter ^Isotalo 17:24, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

Replied Carlsmith 17:42, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

Re: Need your help

Pleasure. :-D In fact I've been watching for a while... it's not easy to convince each other.. — Instantnood 07:03, September 8, 2005 (UTC)

Seems like it's now settled. :-) — Instantnood 21:03, September 9, 2005 (UTC)

Hi Carl Peter Isolato got a message for you at my my talk page. :-) — Instantnood 07:24, September 12, 2005 (UTC)

What had happened? — Instantnood 08:51, 16 September 2005 (UTC)

Panoramic view

Hello Carlsmith may I know how to take these pictures? :-) — Instantnood 08:04, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

I see. Sounds too technical for me.. :-P Thanks. — Instantnood 15:42, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

2005 Kashmir earthquake

Thank you for your contribution at 2005 Kashmir earthquake. Please keep it up!!!Pradeepsomani (talk)

Copyedit on Siu Sai Wan

Please check my copyedit on Siu Sai Wan. I've been to HK a few times so I know a bit about it, but you might want to check the factual details, especially in the transport section, because the grammar was a little bit unclear and I had to guess what you were implying : ).  freshgavin TALK   07:28, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

Re: {{HKCrownCopyright}}

I've voted against its deletion. Do you think we've to request for its undeletion on Chinese Wikipedia as well? — Instantnood 10:37, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

Wikipedia Project

Hi, my name is Federico (alias Pain) and I am creating a section for nominating th best user page, I was wondering if you were interested in joining the project.

The project has just started, and we need help to spread the word and ameliorate it.

Best regards, Federico Pistono ✆ ✍ 14:27, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

Re: Meetup Summer 2006

Have fun. :-) — Instantnood 12:29, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

I like the diaoyutai flag image, thanks

--Yeahsoo 01:41, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

Kennedy Town Station

A proposed deletion template has been added to the article Kennedy Town Station, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice should explain why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page. Also, please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. If you agree with the deletion of the article, and you are the only person who has made substantial edits to the page, please add {{db-author}} to the top of Kennedy Town Station. BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 21:00, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Membership application for Wikimedia Hong Kong is now open

15:24, 8 April 2008 (UTC) Dear wikipedian: I am glad to tell you that, out local chapter, Wikimedia Hong Kong is now open for membership applications. The Chapter will hold several Recruitment days in different locations in the territory. Please check out the time, date and location of the recruitment days here, and please hand in your application in person in the one that is convenient to you. Please follow the instruction on that page, and better prepare all the documents needed before the recruitment day. Please feel free to contact us via this email, whether you can or cannot attend recruitment days, for further details or special assistances. Regards, Sith lord darth vader (talk)

First Anniversary Celebrations of Wikimedia Hong Kong

Dear Carlsmith: Celebrating the First Anniversary of Wikimedia Hong Kong, the Chapter will have a first anniversary conference discussing how to promote Wikimedia and her web 2.0 endeavors in education sector in this conference, as well as a better promotion for the free culture in Hong Kong. The details of the Conference are as shown below: Date: Saturday, July 12, 2008 Time: 1:00 - 3:00pm Venue: Rm 201, HKCSS Duke of Windsor Social Service Building 15 Hennessy Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong For further information, please refer to This page。If you want to come and join us in the conference, or your have any inquiries about the celebrations, please contact us via the email of our chapter: wikimedia.hong.kong@gmail.com Regards, Wikimedia Hong Kong

Invitied by Sith lord darth vader (talk), 15:29, 5 July 2008 (UTC)