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the 80's

is severely under-reported anywhere - some have died and some are living and the journalism at the time was very colourful along with the heroes/villains of the time. Have just moved house and in amongst the stuff not ditched have found some amazing ephemera from that era - tis a pity the copyright act precludes being able to use any of it as images... freshed faced pics of the heroes/villains looking young and hope$$ful... I suspect that the way 1979 who's who book that I have (somewhere) is the closest to a reliable source for some of the more colourful characters... cheers for the mo SatuSuro 03:59, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

Please keep all that stuff! I, too, have a vast unexplored archive of press clips, etc, which will be worked on. The WAY79 book is crazily unrepresentative in terms of people covered, but it has to be pretty reliable as a source of basic facts (birthdates, etc) because the monographs were mostly written by their subjects! As for pics, we're still in business with the one at John Curtin Foundation which has been expunged from one of its sources, The Australian. Bjenks (talk) 04:26, 3 January 2013 (UTC)
You know the way79 whos who as well? it is one of the worst books of its sort ever published - the 1890 and 1910 era books of wa of its sort are more even handed than it is. I dream of meeting a aged/retired photographer of public events of the 70s and 80s (who hasnt donated images to any institution that would require its pound of flesh) who would like to see their images on commons. Unfortunately I was always sparing with my snapping from the era, and highly selective in events that I took my camera to. Also the last 2 house shifts have seen parts of my ephemera collection go due to various issues. SatuSuro 10:02, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

When you edited Alex Kelly (filmmaker), you added links pointing to the disambiguation pages Darwin and Media..DPL bot (talk) 11:12, 17 January 2013 (UTC) —— Thanks, now fixed. Bjenks (talk) 14:50, 17 January 2013 (UTC)

William Wilson (engineer)

No worries, Bjenks. Thanks for prompting me! --Bermicourt (talk) 12:21, 17 January 2013 (UTC)

Coniston massacre—[you] added a link pointing to Aborigine; Frederick Broome—added a link pointing to CMG—DPL bot (talk) 11:10, 24 January 2013 (UTC)—Thanks, both are now fixed. Bjenks (talk) 01:52, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

Re: What?!!!

Oops, my bad. That was a mistake that I caught right after I'd made it. I thought I'd changed it, but my internet's been a little blinky, so I guess I accidentally left it as was. Sorry about that! ~ Iamthecheese44 (talk) 03:06, 9 February 2013 (UTC)

...when you edited Prisoner X, you added links pointing to the disambiguation pages Robert McClelland and ASIO. DPL bot (talk) 12:14, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

Thanks—these are now fixed. Bjenks (talk) 15:59, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

Dummy spit

[1] Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 13:45, 13 March 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for your support in this tiresome contest. Let's see if something more sensible is posted on the talk page. Cheers, Bjenks (talk) 14:56, 13 March 2013 (UTC)
Uh huh. I do hope you are not holding your breath whilst waiting ... Pdfpdf (talk) 12:16, 14 March 2013 (UTC)
P.S. Thank you for your support! Pdfpdf (talk) 12:18, 14 March 2013 (UTC)

Tregaron

It appears that the person writing the Tregaron (estate) article lifted their knowledge directly from here. As far as I can tell the village of Tregaron as stated by Reverend Thomas' 1887 work is named after the local church 'dedicated to Bishop Caron'. Also the word well in my own limited understanding of the Welsh language, as 'a place to draw water', was ffynon, as in Taff's Well. Personally I would challenge the American article. Cheers FruitMonkey (talk) 10:23, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

Diolch, just as I guessed. I'll follow up soon! Cheers, Bjenks (talk) 15:21, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
I've now made that change. You might like to note that I found a more easily readable part of the site for the Welsh place-names book. (The little sliding pointer at the foot lets you move speedily between the contents page and the relevant county.) Cheers, Bjenks (talk) 07:08, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

Albert Jacob

I don't think this should have been removed. It's from a serious academic article.Zigzig20s (talk) 05:37, 27 March 2013 (UTC)

. . .when you edited Fort Denison, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page The Argus. DPL bot (talk) 19:19, 31 March 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, that's now fixed. Bjenks (talk) 06:44, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

Please edit

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Perth/9 - if anything needs editing :) - very good to have met up - cheers sats 08:26, 6 April 2013 (UTC)

At Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene...you added a link pointing to David Lodge; and at Mount Rennie rape case you added a link pointing to Executive Council. DPL bot (talk) 14:14, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, these are now disambiguated. Bjenks (talk) 16:20, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

retrieved

from a special rubbish bin today - a photo of brian b and julian g in the front of the australind some years ago... very special, due to copyright issues - unuseable on wp - but nevertheless, priceless in its own right sats 08:08, 23 April 2013 (UTC)  Done - sent to your email sats 08:25, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

...At Joe Maddison's War, you added links to Home Guard, James Baxter and Charlie Richmond —DPL bot (talk) 11:53, 23 April 2013 (UTC).

OK, thanks. These are now disambiguated. Bjenks (talk) 14:48, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

RfC:Infobox Road proposal

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May 2013

(Trivial notices removed) Thanks again, in advance, BracketBot!! Bjenks (talk) 05:51, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

Correction of text

Hey, I saw your edits on Battle of Warsaw (1705) a while ago and thought it was really good English. Most articles in the Great Northern War are written with poor English sadly.. I just wondered, if you would like to correct some grammar mistakes in the Battle of Lesnaya article which I recently added some information to. However, I'm very bad at English and would like the article to be written in professional English, as yours. I don't assume you would like to do this, only thought it would be worth asking. Greetings. Imonoz (talk) 19:30, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

I'm happy to do this and will have a look soon. Cheers, Bjenks (talk) 15:43, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
Now I'm progressively trying my hand at this, but am finding it very difficult owing to the lack of accessible sources, plus my total ignorance of the geography of the battle zone. All I can hope to do is make the text a little more intelligible to English readers, at the risk of making errors, which others will have to manage. Cheers, Bjenks (talk) 16:16, 23 May 2013 (UTC)
I got to say, I'm surprised over the results you managed to do with so few to non available sources on the geography of the map, straight out said, amazing. Some things even makes more sense to me now with your correction of a great part of the text. However it's all a bit tricky, I've tried to contact the makers of a very good map of the battle, to get access to put it out on Wikipedia, however with no success. Here's the map. Both Peter and Mesnjikovs divisions regrouped after the initial fight with Freijbourg and his 900 men and together beat back Stackelbergs five battalions marching from Lesnaya to aid Freijbourg. After Stackelbergs withdrawal the Russians marched through the southern forest fringe to Lesnaya where the battle continued.
The names "Middlefield (Swedish: Mellanfältet)" and "Crossroads (Swedish: Vägskälet)" are just simply translations done with Google. It's really hard to, in a good way, inform the viewers of the map with only words, more so when you do not have enough English skills. Something you managed to do really good sense with. I will later try to (without destroying much of your corrections) fix the remaining question-marks. Another concern is that, as I'm Swedish, I'm afraid I might have put in a more Swedish biased side in the battle, although I tried to avoid that. Maybe (if you would like to continue with the article, as it really helps) you could watch out for those 'nationalistic' parts I might have added.
Also, I would like to know if there's anything I can do to thank you for your recent edits? Greetings Imonoz (talk) 15:27, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
The Copyeditor's Barnstar
I reward you with the The Copyeditor's Barnstar for your recent – professional – edits on Great Northern War related articles. Much appreciated and well done. Imonoz (talk) 15:53, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

Well! Thank you for this acknowledgement. I normally regard copyediting as a normal service to fellow humans, but it's at least partly a selfish habit—born of a lifetime love of good expression. Whenever I read a book, I make a list of printer's errata, though I don't often send them to the publishers these days! Yours is only the second such compliment I've received in almost seven years of toil for Wikipedia. So, as we say in Australia, "Good on you, cobber!" And—many thanks for the map, which has printed out well. It's very clear, even though I have minimal knowledge of Swedish. Cheers, Bjenks (talk) 06:28, 26 May 2013 (UTC)

To be quite frank, I find people being this friendly to others (who they completely don't know) over Wikipedia, unusual. I've found several guys in the past who shares the same interest as me (Swedish-Polish wars for example) and we're giving services to each other (handing out information of books, articles, notes, archives etc). What surprised me is that you offered your hand to a completely random request, which I didn't except anyone would, at all. I'm suffering at grammars in both Swedish and English. Yet I can still notice when someone uses really good type of format and expressions. Oh well, I got lost in my own story.. what I'm trying to say is that I'm really great full!
I'm glad you liked the map, I also like the idea of a remake. I will look into this. Greetings Imonoz (talk) 15:27, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

Hot summer days passing by here in Sweden and the article of Lesnaya have been greatly improved during the course of the last month, even to the degree where I would dare to say it's the 'best' battle-article in the whole list of battles during the Great Northern War, by far (mostly cause of the grammars). You did a fine work, sir. And I would last ask you, if there's anything further I can improve in the future, during my stay here at WP. Not only to add the small missing parts of the Lesnaya article (as the map) but also suggestions I can use in other work I have plans for. I appreciate the 'citation' suggestion you gave me. And if there would be anything I could do to your work on WP, just ask me. Have a great day! Imonoz (talk) 16:07, 12 June 2013 (UTC)

...At List of newspapers in Australia you added links pointing to The Echo, The Westerner, The Reporter and The Sunday Sun DPL bot (talk) 11:07, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

OK, thanks, these are now fixed. Bjenks (talk) 16:01, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

US spelling

Hi, thanks for your message. I am aware, yes, of the Oxford spelling of 'fictionalized' etc. The Wikipedia custom is to uses the 's' for of these words for UK related articles and the 'z' form for the US related. This probably helps to avoid squabbling over variations of English, which, for an international encyclopedia, could cause a lot of problems and waste a great deal of time. Generally speaking, it doesn't come up as an issue of debate much. WP:ENGVAR has more details on this. Span (talk) 09:24, 22 June 2013 (UTC)

...At The Last Days of Dolwyn, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Sunday Mail... DPL bot (talk) 11:16, 1 July 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, that's now fixed. Bjenks (talk) 18:56, 1 July 2013 (UTC)

Oz reality TV shows

Hi, JB. I realise that Dumb, Drunk and Racist and Shitsville Express (which I have not seen) are probably very interesting TV shows, but they are only remotely relevant, if at all, to the matter of Go Back To Where You Came From, so I've reverted your inclusion of them under "See also". I note, too, that you yourself have only recently created stubs for these two subjects. I would agree that some of the Oz participants in GBTWYCF exhibited specious and boorish attitudes, but that does not justify referencing the WP article to a list of items about ugly Aussies, a list which could conceivably be made much longer and more colourful, while adding nothing of substance to the original article. Cheers, Bjenks (talk) 03:23, 6 July 2013 (UTC)

The premise of Dumb, Drunk and Racist and Shitsville Express is extremely similar to Go Back To Where You Came From. In fact, all three programs have been produced by the same production company which has basically used the same initial concept to tackle the other issues in society. If you do watch the other programs you will see the similarities in concepts. It's up to you but I no longer get stressed by editors who revert my considered contributions. Whatever. J Bar (talk) 11:39, 6 July 2013 (UTC)

...when you edited The Time of Our Lives (TV series), you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page AAP...DPL bot (talk) 10:47, 8 July 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, that's now fixed.Bjenks (talk) 00:05, 9 July 2013 (UTC)

. . .when you edited Western Mail (Western Australia), you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page The Western Mail...DPL bot (talk) 11:12, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, that's now fixed.Bjenks (talk) 17:38, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

...when you edited Allan Aynesworth, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page The Dover Road —DPL bot (talk) 10:35, 8 August 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, that's now fixed. Bjenks (talk) 14:46, 8 August 2013 (UTC)

...when you edited SS Great Britain, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page The Argus...DPL bot (talk) 10:56, 15 August 2013 (UTC)
Thanks, this is now fixed. Bjenks (talk) 18:23, 15 August 2013 (UTC)

...when you edited Julia McKenzie, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page The Telegraph DPL bot (talk) 11:04, 22 August 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, now fixed. Bjenks (talk) 14:53, 23 August 2013 (UTC)

...when you edited The Illustrated Australian News, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Victoria.. DPL bot (talk) 11:02, 29 August 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, bot—it's now fixed. Bjenks (talk) 16:19, 29 August 2013 (UTC)

Maoist-Leninist

If you have better knowledge than I do, feel free to change it back to Maoist-Leninist. I couldn't find any references to Communist Party of Australia (Maoist-Leninist) with a quick Google search. Before I added the ref to the page, the (unreferenced) content said Langer was a supporter of the CPA (Marxist-Leninist).[2] --Surturz (talk) 07:23, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

Excessive promotional links?

I'm being outgunned in this discussion and am unwilling to take action against a perceived consensus. Yet surely we don't need a gallery of a dozen commercials to educate us about these admittedly very interesting horses. Help, please! Bjenks (talk) 08:35, 5 September 2013 (UTC) (Pasted from incident board)

 Done — The links to which you are referring were always in violation of WP:COPYLINK, as they are copyrighted material of Budweiser (and/or its umbrella companies). To that end, I've removed the lot. DKqwerty (talk) 08:47, 5 September 2013 (UTC)

Not pleased to discover this. Courtesy notification that this was at ANI, at least on the article talk page, would be proper wikiquette. Your sledehammer approach made you look like a troll. A failure to assume good faith and to cite to specific points of where WP:EL (which is what I was following) collided with WP:COPYLINK caused a lot of grief. I am very disappointed with your approach. Very rude. Montanabw(talk) 03:32, 7 September 2013 (UTC)

I merely sought admin support for a perceived legitimate view sounded *cautiously* only on a talk page. I made no edits at all to the article itself. I don't do trolling, but am always open to suggested improvements in Wikiquette and general goodwill. It is excellent Wikiquette to ask for others' views before making any drastic change. I made no adverse imputation against you or any other respondent. Indeed, expressions like "Well duh!', "Get a grip, please", "Drop the stick", "argument is hogwash", etc, were not used by me and more closely resemble trolling and poor Wikiquette than any contribution of mine to the discussion. You could look for an alternative repository for that collection of educational exhibits, since the purpose does not seem to conform to relevant Wikipedia standards. Bjenks (talk) 04:27, 7 September 2013 (UTC)

You failed to notify on the article's talk page that you went off to ANI. Your actions caused a dogpile on the article of users previously (for the most part) unknown to me and one immediately resorted to shouting in all caps in an edit summary. Ive been tag-teamed by meatpuppets before and the inexplicable appearence of all these people (because you didn't say you went to the drama boards) was not the way to deescalate a situation. Had you posted that you were kicking it up the food chain, it would have been a decent courtesy. And ahem, yes you DID edit the article, and with an edit summary that was the trigger for my "no duh" comment. here. That the other user raised a different issue from yours is beside the point... you hadn't read WP:EL to understand my good faith reason they were there in the first place. Montanabw(talk) 00:03, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

...when you edited Bowral, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page John Fahey... Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 11:29, 5 September 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, bot—it's now fixed. Bjenks (talk) 15:32, 5 September 2013 (UTC)

...when you edited Bayswater Synagogue, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Westway... DPL bot (talk) 10:53, 13 September 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, that's now fixed.

...when you edited Western Australia Police, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Aboriginal ...DPL bot (talk) 11:46, 27 September 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, that's now fixed.Bjenks (talk) 13:45, 27 September 2013 (UTC)

NLA Trove

With this edit you alerted me that NLA Trove now has digitized images of The Canberra Times up to 1995. That is a great leap forward for Trove, and a real boon for Wikipedians like me who use Trove wherever possible. I can now insert in-line citations of The Canberra Times in two other air-crash articles I created: Ansett-ANA Flight 325 and Ansett-ANA Flight 149 referring to crashes in 1961 and 1966 respectively. I will also find extra suitable articles to cite in MacRobertson Miller Airlines Flight 1750. Many thanks! Dolphin (t) 11:48, 6 October 2013 (UTC)

So glad to be in good company in these matters! Your MMA1750 article is excellent though heavily sourced to the official inquiry report dated 21 Sep 1969—and could be greatly improved by increased diversity of information. This stuff is not my regular fare--I just happened in. Go to it! Cheers, Bjenks (talk) 16:03, 6 October 2013 (UTC)

...when you edited Elan Valley Reservoirs, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page MW. DPL bot (talk) 10:46, 12 October 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, that's now fixed. Bjenks (talk) 14:08, 12 October 2013 (UTC)

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...when you edited Studebaker, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Harness ... DPL bot (talk) 08:59, 6 November 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, that's now fixed. Bjenks (talk)

...when you edited Brookfield Place (skyscraper), you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Multiplex... DPL bot (talk) 08:57, 23 November 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, that's now fixed.Bjenks (talk) 01:55, 24 November 2013 (UTC)

double 11

love what the argentinians do with double lls, they turn it into a sh sound... satusuro 00:55, 28 November 2013 (UTC)

Welsh emigrants to Patagonia took the bilateral fricative over there. At one time, when Welsh was outlawed in Wales by the Poms, Argentina was the country with the greatest number of Welsh speakers! Cymru am byth! Bjenks (talk) 01:22, 28 November 2013 (UTC)

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