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220 of Borg is , after being stuck in the process of moving residence since late January 2016, now at their final destination in real life and may not respond swiftly to queries.

220 is still not entirely happy about it!

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Stale userspace draft

Hi, I'm CoolSkittle. I noticed you created a userspace draft some time ago at User:220 of Borg/Engelandvaarder, which seems to be abandoned. Do you plan to develop this? CoolSkittle (talk) 19:50, 16 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hello @CoolSkittle: Apologies for slow response, my WP editing has been distressingly infrequent the last year or so.

That page is IIRC a Google translation of a page from the Dutch Wikipedia. ~~I don't think I am interested in working on it further. If you think it's worthy of 'publishing' and wish to bring it up to scratch first feel free to do so, or~~
If you think it should be deleted it's OK with me.

I have just seen that there is already the shorter Engelandvaarder page on En-WP! I can't remember but that is probably why I didn't continue working on 'my' draft.
Regards, 220 of ^Borg 04:57, 22 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I have redirected your draft to Engelandvaarder per WP:WikiProject Abandoned Drafts#Stale userspace drafts. CoolSkittle (talk) 20:37, 22 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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not a very stable place then

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedians_in_the_Southern_Tablelands

trust you are elsewhere JarrahTree 03:09, 4 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

My geography isn't too hot, where am I? 🙄 220 of ^Borg 03:16, 4 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
It has been rather smokey the last 3 or so weeks. 😷 220 of ^Borg 03:19, 4 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Frank Baxter

Re my Mount Penang Juvenile Justice Centre edit

Gidday 'Mrs Drover', (Am I still allowed to say that? 🙄)

Could you check my edit here please?
I may well have got the various 'Juvenile Justice places' confused as the one I set to "was" (Frank Baxter Juvenile Justice Centre) seems to be open still? 🤔
Regards, 220 of ^Borg 05:00, 23 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Oooh, good catch. The entries based on the NSWSHR are sometimes not the best on very recent events because the register content is sometimes dated, and often if they've got good recent coverage it's because I wrote it independently. I can only assume that the closure of the remaining detention centre (the source actually cited says that it "will close", not that it has) either didn't actually take place, or me and someone else got the wrong end of the stick and the Kariong Juvenile Correctional Centre wasn't the same thing as the Frank Baxter one (this seems to be a particularly confusing site in general because of ill-documented overlapping notable places). The former Mount Penang centre site seems to be very large and the subject of a large redevelopment, and the Frank Baxter site seems to be a subsection of that, so I think it'd be really helpful to actually have an article on the Frank Baxter one, not least because from a Google search it seems like some stuff has gone down in relation to that. It'd also clarify what, if anything, happened to the planned or otherwise closure in 2015. Don't suppose you've got the energy to give writing it a shot? [[User:The Drover's Wife|]] (talk) 09:56, 23 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@The Drover's Wife: I wasn't sure if I altered the right place? From google here it appears 'Kariong' and 'Frank Baxter' (who??) are different establishments nearby each other in Gosford.
There is a list on the Corrective Services (I assume) website that details all the 'correctional' centers. I'll try to find it again.

Some things I quickly found re 'Frank Baxter' & Kariong

Not so into writing at the moment, esp. in areas I'm not familiar with. (jails! 🙄)

This particular 'Frank Baxter' should be notable enough for a BLP (or section on the Centre's page) if he has a prison named after him?
Unless he was a notable criminal? 'Squizzy Taylor Correctional Centre'? 'Chopper' Read Juvenile Justice Centre'? Probably not!
Regards, 220 of ^Borg 05:55, 24 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

A kitten for you!

You are most welcome.

Fylindfotberserk (talk) 07:16, 17 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Why thank you good sir User:Fylindfotberserk. I've been meaning to get a cat for a few years now. 😁 220 of ^Borg 07:30, 17 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Why not sir? You've been doing an awesome job copy editing and removing POV in those articles. And I love cats. I have one, he is awesome. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 07:46, 17 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Editing takes my mind off the impending end of civilization as I know it from the COVID-19 outbreak. 😷🤧☹️🤷🏻☣️👎. If I had a cat, and had to isolate myself, at least I'd have something to talk to. 🐱🐈 220 of ^Borg 08:02, 17 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not that worried actually. That was long overdue, considering how much reckless we are. Humanity is overrated anyway, but I'd have preferred a zombie apocalypse. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 08:15, 17 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) So long as the 'dead' don't start walking around mumbling "Brains, .... brains ...."

卍 Fylfot, not the most popular symbol around. 🤔 220 of ^Borg 08:23, 17 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"Train's in the station!"

. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 17:24, 17 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

As per: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BApRnhL-kjI ? -- 220 of ^Borg 05:35, 18 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Yup, that's right. That film was scary-awesome. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 08:38, 18 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Here at least its more likely to be dead-looking people mumbling "Toilet paper, toilet paper". 220 of ^Borg 09:13, 18 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Toilet paper epidemic

- Fylindfotberserk (talk) 06:09, 20 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It's getting beyond potty jokes. A local council had the toilet paper in all its council buildings, pools, sports centres etc stolen! (Clarification: Their weekly usage went from 1,200 to 1,600 rolls, so about 400 rolls went 'missing' in a week.) There are reports of organised gangs going from supermarket to supermarket buying up all the toilet paper, paper towels and serviettes! People are being assaulted and robbed for their toilet paper. 220 of ^Borg 06:24, 20 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I hope they don't replay Orson Welles' "War of the Worlds" radio broadcast. 👽 🤖 🙉 220 of ^Borg 06:32, 20 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Dear 220 of Borg,

I hope this is the correct place to reply to the message you sent me. Before participating as an editor I wanted to do a little research about possible political bias at Wikipedia, so I posted small edits on the most controversial topic I could find, with some of my edits favoring a Democrat point of view and others the Republican. I am pleased that these edits have been removed, although there is a hint of bias remaining in the sentence that currently reads: "The outbreak may have a negative impact on Donald Trump's chances of re-election in the 2020 presidential election.[624]" since a version of this sentence that I tested, i.e.: "The outbreak may not have a negative impact...etc." was edited back to the current one.

Following Wikipedia's published editorial standards, I think either version is unacceptable, because either version is speculative and not in accordance with Wikipedia's admonishment to use past tense only.

Sincerely, David LeightonPolskiwielbiciel (talk) 13:18, 22 March 2020 (UTC)Polskiwielbiciel[reply]

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