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Google Books URL parameters[edit]

Check: User:User000name#Google Books URLs

What are these for: &source=, &ots=, &sig=, &sa=, &ei=, &ved=, #v=, &oi=, &ct=, &resnum=.

If the above parameters do nothing then I will add to "my" script (a fork of someone else's) to get them removed; the hl parameter is currently removed at line 213 here: User:User000name/common.js. —User 0 0 0 name 02:13, 13 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Many of those parameters contain detailed referrer information from users coming from a Google search results page.[1] For example, ved is a coded string that gives information such as whether the link that was clicked was a normal search result link, an AdWords link, image results link, news result link, etc.; what page number of results was the user looking at when the link was clicked; and what position was the link on that page (eg. the first one, in the middle, or at the bottom).[2] They are primary used for tracking purposes such as to facilitate Google Analytics functionality. Therefore, if you are going to use the Google Books API for your own application or web site, and those parameters are not specifically listed in the API guide, you should leave them out. Zzyzx11 (talk) 08:01, 13 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

They're automatically removed with the Wikipedia citation tool for Google Books written by Apoc2400. Graham87 08:50, 16 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

if Northern Territory, Australia, is not really a "state"...[edit]

why does the "Gouverneur" Adam Giles has enough force to quit himself the Arafura Games? Why does the Arafura Games don't attend in any other City?--Ip80.123 (talk) 03:15, 13 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

He's the Chief Minister of the Northern Territory. The States of Australia all have Premiers. From what I glean from Arafura Games, it seems that they relied strongly on government funding, and that ceased to be made available from 2013 because it was judged unaffordable. Why hasn't it been moved to some other city? You'd have to ask the organisers. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 03:33, 13 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

From what I can tell reading our articles and my limited understanding of how the NT government is organised, I think the OP's premise is flawed anyway. It wasn't the Chief Minister who cancelled the funding, it was the government. The Chief Minister obviously had some part in that, but it's not a unilateral decision he made without anyone else being involved.

BTW, without getting into the specific of how things are organised in Australia, it's worth remembering, that being a state (or whatever it's called in local terminology) in a federation normally mostly relates to having some degree of shared sovereignity. It means that the state's powers whatever they are, can't be changed or overridden at the whims of the federal government (although the precise circumstances required for change can vary). The internal organisation of the state will vary and in some jurisdictions, particularly those following a Westminster derived system, the executive power of the head of government of the state (or head of state of the state) are actually somewhat limited.

Likewise in federations, just as in unitary states, while the federal or central government may normally have ultimate say, it doesn't mean non-state local governments have no powers. It just means that these powers can theoretically be overriden and that any local governments were set up by initial decision of the federal or central government. Just as with a state, the local government could be organised in various ways (including selection or election) there may or may not be someone with much executive power.

And all these boundaries and distinctions aren't always clear cut, a variety of local circumstances (including laws such as constitutions) may dictate what happens and what's likely.

Nil Einne (talk) 14:01, 13 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Except, the Northern Territory does not yet have statehood, and the decisions of its territorial legislature can be - and have indeed been, most notably re the Rights of the Terminally Ill Act 1995 - overridden by the Federal Parliament. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 21:49, 13 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

But isn't that precisely what I said? A territory in a federation is like one in a unitary state. And the biggest difference between a state and something other than a state in a federation is that a state shares sovereignty so their powers cannot simply be overridden by the federal government, but the territories powers can be (whether in a unitary state or a federation). In all of these cases, it doesn't mean that subnational entity doesn't have a government which normally makes decisions which aren't overriden by the federal government. I mentioned all this because the OP seems to me to be under the impression (amongst other things) that a non-state entity has no powers or at least no powers to make decisions about their budget which isn't always the case. Nil Einne (talk) 00:14, 14 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Piccy added.--Shirt58 (talk) 05:12, 14 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I've reduced the size of the picture to improve the appearance of the text. Tevildo (talk) 08:21, 14 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]