User talk:SmithBlue

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WIki-life is very reduced at preent - hopwe to have time again in near-medium term. Please feel free to leave a message - I'll get round to it eventually. SmithBlue (talk) 04:27, 14 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Central Jersey

I'm done with trying to deal with the belligerent editor haunting Central Jersey. Let me know when the rule of law returns. --Pat (talk) 02:48, 9 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry. I thought you were the replacement Wiki editor in dispute resolution. I already filed the required report and summoned an impartial editor. That editor got nowhere, left with his apologies, and then you showed up talking about collaboration, etc. I understand that you were just passing through. I've fought the battle for months, even invoked Wiki help, but it is time to give it a rest.--Pat (talk) 01:27, 12 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

'Gatto' Recommendation

I read The Underground History of American Education (Fortunately it was available online, as I couldn't find a print copy)during my 3rd period class, where I was a T.A. for a class of 11th and 12th graders who had failed the math portion of the WASL at least twice. Needless to say, I saw parallels. Eerie, eerie parallels. Thanks-I always knew that my mother's explanations that school prepared me for work by teaching us to follow directions while numbing our minds with dull worksheets didn't quite gel.LeeRamsey (talk) 05:34, 12 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Terry Hicks on David Hicks

Thanks for the note but I think that you will find I noticed that within seconds of making the error and promptly righted it. Paste (talk) 16:26, 14 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Australian English

Hi SB. You changed "authorise" to "authorize" in the Hicks article, ostensibly to reflect Australian English, but "authorise" (and recognise, and so on) is Australian usage. Sources[1][2] note -ise as a principally British variant, with American sources using -ize[3]. See also, for example, the following Australian Competition & Consumer Commission article using -ise: ACCC proposes to authorise recruitment industry code. --Brendan [ contribs ] 00:58, 21 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]