User talk:Adam Carr

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A typical winter's day here in beautiful Melbourne

• I am not an Administrator and don't wish to be one.
• I do not respond to anonymous comments.
• I do not (often) edit articles on currently serving Australian politicians.
• All photos taken by me are tagged accordingly. Any images uploaded by me in the past and not tagged as having been created by me may be deleted without further consultation.

A response I use frequently and recommend to others

"When you become a registered Wikipedian I will be happy to discuss this matter with you"

Back to Voss-strasse, Berlin

I've expanded your article on it (hopefully without losing the spirit of your original work). If I wrote an article about a subject that I was genuinely fascinated with, maybe did it as a labour of love, wanted to share that knowledge with others, and then got embroiled in weeks of codswallop on how to spell the name of a street, when mine was one of several quite acceptable versions in the first place, and stuff about whether the article should remain on Wikipedia at all, then I'd start to wonder a. just what do people want from Wikipedia and b. was it all worth my while right from the start? We have to be prepared to see our work changed by others, but if a better article emerges at the end of the process then so be it. But when some people get carried away by small matters where it's not even the actual information content of the article that's being questioned, it's enough to make you lose heart. Keep up the good work. As someone who regards Berlin as the most fascinating city on the planet, and Voss-strasse (however it's spelt), one of its defining locations, I believe your work has an important place here. In my additions I've spelt the name the same as elsewhere in the article, to maintain consistency.

Treaty of Sevres

Thanks for the map work! Well done, too.

Super Jedi Droid 23:02, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Ebertstrasse

Have a look at this article now (it now contains another of my aerial photos).

Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Margana

Just to let you know i've filed an RfC. PMA 13:44, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

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Me with 100,000 other people protesting about the Australian Government's industrial relations policy, 28 June 2006)

Thai Royals Poster

• The text is the full ceremonial name of each individual, e.g., พระบาทสมเด็จพระปรมินทรมหาภูมิพลอดุลยเดช (Phrabat Somdej Phra Paramindra Maha Bhumibol Adulyadej).
• I'm not sure about the copyright status. What I suspect is that some publishing house used copyrighted material (without obtaining a proper license) and photoshopped it together. That being said, the concept of automatic copyright probably holds - somebody owns the copyright to either that poster and/or the images used in it. It is not public domain. Of course, copyright laws in Thailand exist, but aren't very well enforced, except for some very high profile cases. Even the policies of the Thai Wikipedia are very loose. Patiwat 18:01, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Image

I moved the image to Wikimedia Commons. You want me to make sure that the file name stays the same? Jkelly 03:54, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

I've renamed the filename at Commons so that it matches your original filename. Jkelly 04:01, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Incredibly stupid

You've called me stupid in the past, so I'm not surprised by you doing so this time. But I'm interested in why my comment was stupid.

It's one thing to lie about your terrorist group not doing a certain act (like Bin Laden in the immediate aftermath of September 11, though he changed his tune), as he had good reason to (that it caused the wrong reaction). But simply not knowing that a certain act was done by your group? What'd be the point of running a terrorist group if you do that? Andjam 13:31, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Spare me. Adam 13:35, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

It seems to me that you have acted in an uncivil manner on Talk:2002 Bali bombing. It is important to keep a cool head, despite any comments against you. Personal attacks and disruptive comments only escalate a situation; please keep calm and action can be taken against the other parties if necessary. Your involvement in attacking back can only satisfy trolls or anger contributors, and lead to general bad feeling. Please try to remain civil with your comments. Thanks! Andjam 13:53, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

If you weren't so stupid, you would have noticed that I did not say you were stupid at the page in question: in fact I specifically said I assumed you were being ironical in order not to have to come to the otherwise irresistable conclusion that you were stupid. It seems I can't win - even when I bend over backwards to be civil, I am still being uncivil. I guess I'll just have to kill myself. Adam 14:07, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

I've blocked you for 24 hours for personal attacks. I've noticed that you don't "bend over backwards to be civil". There have been at least five people posting on this Talk page asking you to avoid personal attacks this year alone. — Matt Crypto

You've been unblocked. That hardly warranted a block. Rebecca 00:04, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

I don't think you're the most uninvolved person to handle this, Rebecca. Andjam 09:54, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

This is for [1]

It seems to me that you are acting in an uncivil manner. Please remain civil and don't resort to making personal attacks or instigate edit wars. Andjam 09:54, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

I shall add it to my collection. Adam 09:56, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

British Embassy in Berlin

Perhaps you might discuss any further changes to this article with me on it's talk page - I'd appreciate the courteousy before you wade in swinging your sythe about. Many thanks. --Mcginnly | Natter 15:37, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Oh course I know that you can't leave untranslated german on the english wikipedia. When I finish a translation I delete it - amazingly without your help! Anyway thanks for your constructive edits, I'll translate the thing in my sandbox and post it up later. regards --Mcginnly | Natter 15:46, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Mcginnly has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Smile to others by adding {{subst:smile}}, {{subst:smile2}} or {{subst:smile3}} to their talk page with a friendly message. Happy editing!

Hi Adam,

I saw your piece about WP on 172's page. I could not agree more. I've a classic example for you: a "vote" (i.e., 3 constitutional illiterates) moved Prime Minister to the ridiculous Prime minister (half upper case, half lower). The mind boggles. It just embodies what you were observing.

A new Requested Move is taking place here. you might want to contribute.

To be honest, How any credible encyclopaedia could make such an elementary mistake is beyond me. I would have to seriously consider my position on WP if such an ignorant renaming remained on WP. I would be ashamed to be associated with with something purporting to be an encyclopaedia displaying such ignorance.

FearÉIREANN\^(caint) 03:30, 2 September 2006 (UTC)