User talk:Schwede66/Archive 3

John B Munro

Please note your article on JB Munro contains an incorrect statement. JB Munro is not the son of Burt Munro but an adopted brother. HJ (Herbert John) Munro is the son of Burt Munro (b 11/6/34) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sicamore (talk • contribs) 03:19, 26 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the heads up. This has been further discussed on the article's talk page. Schwede 66 00:37, 8 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

AWB

I notice you use AWB. Do you find it helpful? What sort of tasks can it be used for? Adabow (talk) 10:26, 4 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It's very useful for my purposes. You specify a category and it opens all the pages in that category (alternatively, you specify a page and it opens the links on that page), and you can undertake maintenance tasks. It gives you lots of suggestions stemming from the Manual of Styles. One of the tasks I use it for is to add politics parameters to WPNZ. I haven't really explored what it can do and it's probably much more powerful than that. Schwede 66 18:53, 4 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

List of New Zealand Ministries

See my sandbox for a list of Ministries from Wilson page 59-98. It uses the titles from Wilson eg Fox Ministry, 1856 rather than Fox Ministry or First Fox Ministry, as I wish to finish the list anf make into a Wikipedia article before the book is due back at the library Hugo999 (talk) 05:52, 8 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Alfred Richard Barclay

ONCE AGAIN Schwede 66 edits articles without doing any RESEARCH. DON'T make changes on Wikipedia if you know nothing about the subject. It is annoying to have to continually correct articles that you have altered. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.58.246.23 (talk) 09:34, 7 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The policies of civility and no personal attack have been brought to the attention of this editor. And with respect to having to "continually correct articles", this particular IP address has a total edit count of eleven (and some of those edits are related to personal attacks, rather than creating or correcting content). Schwede 66 00:52, 8 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK nomination of William Downie Stewart (1842–1898)

Hello! Your submission of William Downie Stewart (1842–1898) at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Voceditenore (talk) 09:38, 7 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

William Stewart

Schwede. FIND SOMETHING ELSE TO DO!!! Your copy and pasting of information from articles written a 100 years ago (now available online). JUST READS AND SOUNDS WRONG! We learn from you, amongst other weird comments, that a child of William Stewart "died as a sibling". GIVE US A BREAK...for goodness sake!?! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.58.246.23 (talk) 19:13, 7 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The policies of civility and no personal attack have been brought to the attention of this editor. More accusations from this editor, also directed at other WPNZ members, can be found on Gadfium's talk page. Schwede 66 00:54, 8 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Tagging for NZ politics

Take a look at this discussion; XLerate's bot will use AWB to tag talk pages of articles in Category:Politics of New Zealand (excluding Category:Foreign relations of New Zealand) with WPNZ politics. Adabow (talk) 01:34, 11 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I've replied on my talk page, I'm not sure about everything under Category:Subdivisions of New Zealand. XLerate (talk) 03:57, 11 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It's finished, thanks for your input. XLerate (talk) 03:09, 12 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You are a star! Schwede 66 03:16, 12 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Hi Schwede66, thanks very much for your offer. I would be grateful for any help.Rick570 (talk) 20:36, 12 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Taskforce

Thank you for the invitation to join the New Zealand politics taskforce; however, I am not sure I want to join yet, as I do not know much about what joining would involve, or what the requirements are. Linbit (talk) 03:29, 18 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Linbit, thanks for the response. No pressure, but since you ask a couple of questions, I thought I'd give some context. The requirements are to have an interest in the subject. What's involved? Nothing, really. You just join a bunch of like-minded people, there's a project where some issues get discussed from time to time, and there's a huge long list of things that one can do. It's all there on the project page and its talk page. Of course, you could simply watchlist those pages, chip in whenever you feel like it, or go there and ask questions. Or do all those things, and stick the taskforce box onto your user page, thus formally joining. That's all there is to it really. I guess the biggest advantage for you is to be able to ask questions (e.g. how do I do succession boxes) - put it onto the talk page and you'd expect an answer pretty swiftly. Then again, you'd get the answers whether or not you formally join. It's all one big happy family :) Schwede 66 03:50, 18 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Schwede66, I have decided to join the project. I am concerned that the articles about New Zealand general elections are not written in a consistent way - if you compare the articles on elections from 1990 onwards to those for 1987 and before, you will see what I mean. I would like to rewrite them all so that they are consistent, but unfortunately my changes at one article (for the 2005 election) have been reverted. So, I think there is a need for a discussion about how these articles should be rewritten, to prevent future disputes. Linbit (talk) 07:35, 25 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

That's great news that you'd like to join - a warm welcome! It seems you are feeling annoyed about New Zealand general election, 2005 and I can understand that. I suggest that you post something about your proposal on the taskforce talk page (given that it will affect not just one article, but eventually a whole lot of them) and I will comment on it there, as that's the right place to have the discussion. I suggest that you leave a short note on the election page's talk page that the discussion is happening somewhere else, and I would specifically invite Moriori to participate. Schwede 66 08:15, 25 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I realize that there is a need to discuss things with other editors, and that other people's views need to be considered. Moriori has just reverted me again at the 2005 election article, this time without any explanation. It doesn't come across as very friendly. I have tried to make several different changes to the lead, but Moriori has reverted most of them in one edit, simply because he objects to one particular change. Linbit (talk) 08:19, 25 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Well Mr Linbit, you have now irreversibly alienated me. We were communicating as the edit histories show. Now you slink away to complain elsewhere, and make an inaccurate accusation. Moriori (talk) 08:45, 25 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Moriori, I have tried to make several changes to the lead of the article. You reverted them all. You only gave a reason for objecting to one of the changes I made. All the other changes got reverted without explanation, and you have still given no explanation for undoing them. I find that to be a very unhelpful approach. Linbit (talk) 08:49, 25 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Moriori, I don't think that Linbit came to my talk page to 'complain'. I think he sought some guidance, and I get the impression that he felt uneasy about the way you had interacted with him. It's perfectly ok in my book to seek counsel somewhere and I for one did not perceive this as a complaint.

I would like to give you some feedback, Moriori, and it's intended as constructive criticism with the intention that you can give this some reflection, and are ultimately perceived in a better light. Your editing style is somewhat bold and there's nothing necessarily wrong with being bold when editing articles, but the same behaviour can have an abrasive feel to it when it is employed while interacting with other editors. This would especially be so when interacting with new editors and WP:BITE gives some useful guidance on what should and shouldn't be done. As I say, this is intended as some constructive feedback, as I assume that you are not aware that you come across in a way that's not as welcoming and inclusive as should be expected, so that you have a chance to reflect on this and bring about an improvement.

The reason that I've invited Linbit to participate in the politics taskforce is that I detect a keen editor with a strong interest in politics who, with still under 100 edits, has made some very valuable contributions. My preference would be that you join me in giving him some positive encouragement, as he could be a real asset to have.

I hope you value this feedback - it's well intentioned. I value your ability to write in a very concise way and would be delighted to see you interacting with others in a way that demonstrates that you value them for their strength. To that end, I would like to invite you to also join the NZ politics taskforce. Schwede 66 20:19, 25 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

That's what I mean. :-( Schwede 66 02:42, 26 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Huia

Thanks for your input on Huia, it's really helpful. We're a bit start/stop on it, hence the delay in thanking you. Kahuroa (talk) 04:52, 21 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It's been my pleasure. I hope the review goes well. The article's in good shape, and it's an interesting bird with lots of history. Schwede 66 05:46, 21 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Libertarianz

I do not understand what the problem with "only" is or why it is not "NPOV". To me it seems helpful. Linbit (talk) 03:04, 23 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Linbit, good to hear from you. Are you in the habit of looking at the history page of articles, checking out the edit summaries? There, you'll see that two previous editors have commented that the word 'only' is not neutral. And yes, it's a qualifier. If you are a fan of that party, then you might take offence ("No, it's not 'only' 1050 votes - we really worked hard for it, expected to get 500, but received twice as many votes" is what they might say). So if it's left out, then the reader still gets the fact without there being a qualifier. You might still think that the word is helpful to the reader, but WP is a collaborative process, and if there's a few others who disagree, then one has to go with the flow. Does that help?

Related to this, you should fill out an edit summary yourself whenever you edit something in mainspace. It helps those who watchlist those articles, and it's obviously good when one wants to understand issues like we've got here. Providing an edit summary is part of the WP etiquette. Schwede 66 03:26, 23 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Great to see that you've taken the above advice on board, Linbit. Top marks! You are producing very nice and detailed edit summaries - textbook material. Schwede 66 08:17, 25 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Dunedin architect

Hi Schwede - it looks like a good start... I don't know that much about him myself, although I do have an interest in Dunedin history and work as an art critic, so architectures somewhat peripheral to that. For what it's worth, by the way, Mason & Wales is still one of Dunedin's main architecture firms. The Wikipedian who'd probably best be able ton extend the article is User:Peter Entwisle (talk), who is an expert in the field (literally - he has written numerous books on Dunedin history and architecture, and has his own article in Wikipedia). His wiki editing skills aren't brilliant, so it would need tidying up afterwards, but I'm sure he'd get a huge amount of information into the article. He'd also know what the best title for the article would be. Grutness...wha? 02:44, 27 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, never mind - I see you've already contacted him! Grutness...wha? 02:45, 27 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, sorry - should have pointed that out to you (and intended to, but saved the message before I remembered). Schwede 66 03:45, 27 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Franklin etc

Names of May, Lusk & Hobbs added to Franklin electorate, but it looks as though Richard Hobbs was elected in a by-election (1878) as he was the MP for 1878-79 only. And Hobbs added to Bay of Islands electorate also. See also MyTalk re second ballots at by-elections Hugo999 (talk) 13:26, 27 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

A message from Zictor23

Dear Schwede66,

I hope that life is treating you well. I’m sorry that it’s taken me so long to reply to your message. I’m so happy that you like the information I added on Wikipedia. I hope that you and many people have found it useful. There is still a lot more that I would like to add to the sections on the reforms carried out by the Liberal and Labour governments over the course of the Twentieth Century, as well as Willy Brandt’s achievements as chancellor.

After next week, I’m going to take a break from contributing to Wikipedia for a while as I’m going to be very busy in my personal life, but I will add some more information (and references) later in the year. I’ll also check out that talk page you told me about in a previous message.

About using cite tools, I might consider using them at some point. Perhaps you could send me an outline as to how to use them, but there’s no hurry. Kindest regards, Zictor23. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zictor23 (talk • contribs) 17:52, 2 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Huia feedback

Hey man, thanks for your constructive feedback on the article back in June, I just fixed that issue with the 3 mentions of the bill in the lead and also, the lead has now been expanded in terms of length. Kahuroa, Casliber and I have together now got 3 new visual elements up and added to the article: a distribution map, 2 century old photographs of lowland deforestation in the North Island and a Callaeidae template. Both your other 2 suggestions are excellent and I would like to implement both before we go for FA review - with the references one, yeah it will take a few hours to sort out but I think it will be worth it and where a single source is used many times for an article, using this template seems to be standard practice in FAs across most subject areas R.E.M. for ex. I want to make a few last tweaks and additions, then we will chuck it in the snake pit. Looking forward to bagging my first FA! Thanks again, Kotare (talk) 10:44, 26 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm glad that my feedback was useful. I've had a quick look at lead - great! Schwede 66 18:28, 26 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Roger Douglas

Hello Schwede66 and thank you. I'm new. I've collected a lot of material, on Labour politics particularly, and am adding it as time allows. Hudcorp (talk) 08:41, 2 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK nomination for Walter Pilliet

Hello, your nomination of Walter Pilliet at DYK was reviewed and comments provided. --NortyNort (Holla) 03:13, 5 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Avon River

I have been to CHCH, and have had a geology course or two ... and although it seems reasonably obvious that the Avon River is in geological terms quite young, finding the NZ geology source that mentions the estimated age of the river (on the internet) is not easy.

I have cleaned up the text, but hope that you can find the source for this. The river's age is important in the context of the 2010 earthquake.

The article is 10,500 edits from being fully useful -- and the water table interconnections to the glaciers is still unclear to me. Eyreland (talk) 07:56, 11 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The Canterbury Museum probably has had a display on the region's river systems -- and indicated the age of all of them. Te Papa might have done the same too.

There is a NZ specific textbook on landforms and surface geology, but I don't believe it covered rivers by age.

Almost no NZ river is older than 10m years, as NZ was mostly 'drink' that long ago. The Nile and Amazon are at least 50m years old or something like that... Eyreland (talk) 08:51, 11 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar

		The New Zealand Barnstar of National Merit
		for your efforts with the New Zealand Politics task force and all-round hard work.
		_{this WikiAward was given to Schwede66 by dramatic (talk) on 09:21, 13 September 2010 (UTC)}[reply]

Recognition is always appreciated - thank you. That reminds me that I wanted to award a Barnstar myself, so I should get onto that. Schwede 66 09:38, 13 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Feel free to move the barnstar to your user page.dramatic (talk) 00:21, 14 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Māori taskforce

Yeah it's a good idea. Am a bit preoccupied with the FA for Huia at the mo tho - the nominator seems unable to help much with it so i seem to be it. And the other contributor has got to go to the uk suddenly lol. Um i guess we could post on nz proj notice board. Also grutness, liveste, maybe moriori might be interested. Must be others i can't think of Kahuroa (talk) 04:35, 15 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I've had a look at Huia and done what I could. There's an offer to do more - have a look at the sfn suggestion. Schwede 66 09:08, 15 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Nice work, and yes that would be neat. I have made a kaka eating huhu pic, see the FA page for the link. And I hope I might score one from Flickr... Kahuroa (talk) 10:10, 15 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Tena koe Schwede66, did I miss a message from you somehow? I found something in my history but cannot find it anywhere else, sorry if I did, I'm still not familiar with the talk aspect: (SillyQuestionTime) when I reply your message on my talkpage are you notified?, or do I go to your talkpage to reply? I see Kahuroa has let you know I am interested in helping out with the MaoriTF in the WP fields that I currently work and have done research in, which is Maori musical instruments. Peace. Tohunga puoro (talk) 12:40, 6 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Tohunga puoro, I shall reply on your talk page, as you are asking for some advice that you may wish to have a record of. Schwede 66 07:42, 7 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Mayors

With the elections less than a month away, what is ready for the DYK nom, what is nearly ready, and what would you like me to do to help? Adabow (talk · contribs) 02:38, 18 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the enquiry. You may have noticed that I've recently worked on other things (3rd and 4th Parliament, tidying up electorate articles, working my way through unassessed politics articles (only 500 to go), and First Maori elections have all been rather time consuming). I'm still going to pull the mass-DYK off, but it won't happen by 9 October.

An overview page gives the status of what is ready. The talk page lists a few tasks. What I've been doing lately is to find the exact election date, and I've got as far as 1905 (John Hall) - something odd happened there (he was appointed, not elected), but I have still got to find a source for it. If you want to chip in, I'd say finding an obituary for each one would be the next logical step. Start with Henry Sawtell and work down the list.

If we both want to work on this, I'd say we should organise the talk page better, outlining (in a table?) what's been done and what is to do for each article. If you have other thoughts, please discuss. I value your input. Schwede 66 19:25, 18 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Te Rewa Rewa Bridge

Cool! Nice photo uploaded to this article, thanks. It is certainly a photogenic bridge, but weather hasn't been any good here for photos over the last few weeks. --Pakaraki (talk) 19:07, 20 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

XLerate found a set of photos on flickr. They look great, don't they? Schwede 66 19:10, 20 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK nomination of John Perry Robinson

Hello! Your submission of John Perry Robinson at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Allen3 ^talk 20:47, 22 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Typo in date?

Hi Schwede66 and thanks for adding details to the William Kelly (New Zealand) article. On the line in the table:

1887–84 10th Tauranga Independent

should that read “90” instead of “84”? Best regards, — Hebrides (talk) 09:54, 24 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Good spotting. I have fixed it. You've created an interesting array of articles and I can't quite see how Kelly fits in. If you don't mind me asking, is he a relative of yours? Schwede 66 13:17, 24 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No. I'd stumbled across the William Thomas Jennings article, and found it needed a bit of sprucing up. In doing that I discovered that the Cyclopedia of New Zealand was such an amazing source that I decided to add more of its nuggets of information into WP. Regards — Hebrides (talk) 20:49, 28 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Human rights in New Zealand

Hi, could you re-assess the article? There's been significant changes since it was assessed as a stub. Thanks. -Reconsider | speak 12:25, 28 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Schwede 66 15:43, 28 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

A message from Phil_McKenzie

Dear Schwede66,

As the author of the Wiki article on the Twelve Local Heroes sculpture in Christchurch, I thought you might be interested in using a photo I took over the weekend.

Can you can please provide me with an e-mail address so I can send you the JPEG image for inclusion in the article. My own contributions are so few that I cannot upload the photo directly.

Kind Regards,

Phil McKenzie —Preceding unsigned comment added by Phil McKenzie (talk • contribs) 08:55, 10 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Phil,

That'll be great. Please send it to Schwede66@gmail.com - thanks in advance. Schwede 66 05:43, 13 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Māori taskforce

Where to next? New user User:Tohunga puoro has expressed interest. Kahuroa (talk) 03:59, 5 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, I've set up WP:Māori. I suggest we shift the discussion to the project's talk page.

Well done. Hope we get a few nibbles. I will think about who to invite Kahuroa (talk) 10:00, 5 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

John Hyde Harris

Great job fleshing out this article. Well done. - TB (talk) 07:17, 6 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Have just nominated the article for DYK. Infobox is to come; then it's done. Schwede 66 08:06, 6 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Megan Woods

I've noticed this article was prodded. The prodder has noticed the original creator, but I think you should be told to, as you seems to have put some effort into the article. Greswik (talk) 22:13, 19 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I'll deal with it. Schwede 66 07:15, 20 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

John Kirk

Thanks for finding a reference for the insolvency and extradition of John Kirk (New Zealand politician). I searched for a reference when the material was removed in April 2008 but couldn't find anything online.-gadfium 20:22, 22 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, I didn't even look at the article's history. I'm in the process of ever so slowly going through the unknown policy importance artices (they started out at over 1000 if I remember correctly, and are now at 350) and in the process of doing so, I try to improve many of them. Schwede 66 22:09, 22 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Nelson Mayors

Thanks for updating this page

I wonder if you could change the link from http://www.theprow.org.nz/mayors-of-nelson to http://www.theprow.org.nz/mayors-of-nelson/ please - note the last slash (I cannot figure out to do that)

The reason is that whilst both work, the later is the preferred please even though no-follow is used

Thanks

Peter —Preceding unsigned comment added by Peterweb1 (talk • contribs) 22:14, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Schwede 66 22:34, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

moths and politicians

All good. And it's also not everybody's cup of tea to read articles about crusty old politicians. If you want to have a taste, Maedin, then have a go at reviewing one of my contributions further down the page.Schwede 66 21:34, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

Hiya Schwede, thank you for the review. And although it would have been fair, I didn't get to review your hook, someone else got to it before me! I didn't see your comment until now this morning. Maybe next time, :) Maedin\^talk 07:38, 30 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Well, the article got reviewed within minutes of me leaving the comment under your DYK entry, so you didn't stand a chance. I put up heaps of crusty old politicians, so your opportunity will come :) Schwede 66 19:16, 30 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Your chance has already arrived. Ok, they are not old or crusty, but at least they are politicians. Have a look for "Mayor of Porirua, Jenny Brash, Nick Leggett" under the 28 October heading. That's three different articles and given that that's a lot to ask of any reviewer, I've set it up so that the individual articles can be reviewed one at a time. Schwede 66 00:06, 1 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, cool, I will take a look in a few hours. Maedin\^talk 13:29, 1 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Let me know when you've DYKed the next lot of critters. Schwede 66 04:07, 2 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If you don't like anything I've altered in the little bit of copy-editing I've done, please do change it back. I know I'm not always happy with other people's copy-edits of my work and I expect it's the same for others, :) I have a lot of university work on at the moment, so the next critter probably won't be for a while, but thanks, I'll keep the offer in mind! Maedin\^talk 07:52, 2 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Colombo Street

Thanks for fixing my gaffes in the Colombo St article - I must admit to not knowing much about the street and not having many off-line resources to help with the article (I've got a lot of info about Dunedin, but precious little about Chch, so devote most of my energy on this type of article to ones I can do more with). I wanted to make sure there was enough of an article there to save, though, so extended it as well as I could :) Grutness...wha? 07:24, 4 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I hope I didn't come across as too grumpy in my edit summary. I try to remind myself that most editors always try to do their best and that it's a collaborative effort, but sometimes I might slip a bit. Thanks for contributing to the 'rescue'. Schwede 66 19:19, 4 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK nomination

Hi, I've suggested alternative wording for your DYK nomination of William Steward (New Zealand). Regards, Nick-D (talk) 07:54, 21 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Roy Jack

Confirmed that Roy Jack was elected MP for Rangitikei (NZ electorate) in the New Zealand general election, 1972 on 25 November, with an election-night majority of 2067 (down from Shelton's 1969 majority of 4214). From Dominion of 27 Nov 1972. Hugo999 (talk) 01:40, 22 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed the Waimarino and Roy Jack articles accordingly. Schwede 66 20:35, 9 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hugh Wilson

I put it in momentarily then realised I couldn't reference it. Someone else (you?) could perhaps use this [1] but I couldn't because I wrote it. I've known him since childhood and he's talked to me about the programme, so it's hardly contentious, but I didn't see it myself, and it's before the days of the Internet so it doesn't have that kind of reference. --Hugh7 (talk) 09:26, 23 November 2010 (UTC).[reply]

Armin Maiwald

Thanks for your comment about the lede. I have revised it pretty thoroughly. Your written English is astonishingly good. The fact that you live in NZ is clearly a factor, but not the only one. My German is definitely not on that level. I can read it, but when I go to formulate my own sentences, I can only hope for mercy from those who must endure them. Marrante (talk) 21:05, 23 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the accolades. The lead is much improved and, in my opinion, the article is much better for it. Schwede 66 21:18, 23 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome and thank you for your compliment. I hope the rating will then be adjusted upward. Btw, I started this article after working on Die Sendung mit der Maus, which previously had no refs, so if you're in re-assessing mode, you may want to take a gander at that one too. Was that too broad a hint? Marrante (talk) 21:42, 23 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Responded to your query:

Here: Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Missing_encyclopedic_articles/NZ/Dictionary_of_New_Zealand_Biography#List_maintenance. Cheers!Calaka (talk) 04:17, 5 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Noted thanks. Schwede 66 02:20, 7 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Joseph Dodson

Thanks. I am already overworked, so I forget. Can you look to the article Alexander Sergeyevich Stroganov? Some stylistic corrections. Leszek Jańczuk (talk) 04:35, 5 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Schwede 66 02:20, 7 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

For doing the assessments for the MTForce. Much appreciated, kia ora Kahuroa (talk) 01:42, 7 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No trouble. Fixed the Western Maori electorate and added succession boxes to its MPs (that got rid of a couple of orphan tags) and whilst I was at it, I thought I'd try out assessment to populate the table somewhat. Schwede 66 02:20, 7 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Queen Bee

You bet me to sorting out the table, I was away searching for more items to tidy the article. The story of the shipwreak looks like it would make a good movie - maybe one for Peter Jackson? NealeFamily (talk) 23:03, 7 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'd recommend that you start writing articles like that in user space and once they are ready, moved them into main space. That's even more important with BLPs (biographies of living people), as it gets around the problem of having unfinished articles put up for deletion. Do you want me to show you how to do that? Schwede 66 23:24, 7 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I'll do so in future. Regards NealeFamily (talk) 01:03, 8 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Do you know how to go about it? Schwede 66 02:13, 8 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Cheers

Hi thanks for the solving this problem. I never knew you had to archive this talk page issues. However, do you know how to archive as I don't have a clue. Thanks--NovaSkola (talk) 05:30, 9 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I've replied on your talk page underneath my original comment. Schwede 66 20:16, 9 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK nomination of Joseph Levien

Hello! Your submission of Joseph Levien at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Allen3 ^talk 15:11, 9 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sorted. Schwede 66 17:50, 9 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Antipodes

Thanks; I accidentally thanked Grutness! Nankai (talk) 22:10, 9 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

New articles

Hey, how are you? I am going away to the beach for a week (without internet!), and I won't be able to maintain User:AlexNewArtBot/NZSearchResult and WP:NNZ. Since you keep quite active in terms of removing deleted articles from WP:NNZ, would you be able to log the newly created articles? Thanks, Adabow (talk · contribs) 20:45, 15 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If it's literally a week, then I could do this. I'm going away on 25 December. Will you be back then? Having said all this, I haven't done the real page maintenance before, so I'm hoping that there are good instructions on how to go about it. Schwede 66 20:50, 15 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I will be back by then. It's not too hard, just take a look at the items and judge whether they are NZ-related enough, and then list them. Dramatic can help if you get stuck. Adabow (talk · contribs) 21:42, 15 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much for that – I hope it wasn't too tricky? I am back now, so I can look after them again, but if you ever see that there is a fresh batch of articles feel free to update WP:NNZ. Thanks again. Adabow (talk · contribs) 20:11, 23 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Well, it wasn't too hard at all. It can just be very time consuming, depending on how much effort one puts into it. For example, I've put {{WPNZ}} and, where appropriate, {{WPBiography}} tags on all articles before I shunted them across. I've also prodded or put up for AfD everything that required it. That takes a bit of time, I suppose. So it makes me even more appreciate the work that you undertake on an ongoing basis, and others before you. On an unrelated note, I should let you know that I've taken your talk page off my watchlist, as it's incredibly busy and sometimes it drowns out everything else. So if you want to attract my attention, please put a {{TB|Adabow}} request onto this page. Schwede 66 20:35, 23 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK - Charles Edward Douglas

Hey, Schwede66, thanks for the kind words about the article. To tell the truth, I don't quite know how to nominate for a DYK. My previous two nominations were by other people... Sladew (talk) 10:08, 16 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK preps

When you reshuffle them, consider that OTD is short today and we need 6 instead of 7 hooks per set (I was going to fix that, but ..). Cheers. Materialscientist (talk) 05:23, 22 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sorted. Schwede 66 05:30, 22 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

New Zealand Antarctic Research Program

Hi there, I got a note that my entry on the NZARP had been deleted due to copyright violation. Although I indeed used the website noted as a source: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/politics/antarctica-and-nz/timeline, I felt that I had rewritten it in my own words. Is there a way to get back what I had written so I can have another go at it? I am a new editor.Choozy78 (talk) 00:41, 23 December 2010 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Choozy78 (talk • contribs) 00:37, 23 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Copied the above to your talk page and replied there. Schwede 66 01:30, 23 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]