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Cheers and good luck, Ingoolemo ^talk 06:39, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

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I have nominated this image for deletion, because it is no longer used in any articles. You may protest my nomination at WP:IFD. Ingoolemo ^talk 06:39, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

Self-published sources

I appreciate that you mean well in your edits on Family First Party, but Wikipedia:Verifiability makes it clear that self-published sources are generally not acceptable as sources for Wikipedia content, and should never be used as third-party sources about living persons such as Senator Fielding. Linking to the raw voting record is fine, but your analysis is original research - as you acknowledged yourself - and Wikipedia is not the place for that.

Also, if somebody reverts your edit and explains their reasons for doing so on the article's talk page, it's generally good form to answer those concernts before re-reverting. --Calair 08:39, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

John Edward

I've reverted your edit, please read the section The controversy over calling him a psychic professional psychic medium and hopefully you'll see why I think it should stand as it is. Mighty Antar (talk) 19:23, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

Sydney edit-a-thon invitation

Hi there! You are cordially invited to a classical music edit-a-thon Saturday week (13 October) in Sydney. The theme will be Music of France, to coincide with the ABC Classic FM countdown between 8-14 October. If you are unable to attend in person, we will also be collaborating online during the countdown. Details an attendee list are at Wikipedia:Meetup/Sydney/October 2012. Hope you can make it! John Vandenberg 09:56, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

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Sydney edit-a-thon invitation

Hi there! You are cordially invited to a disability edit-a-thon Saturday week (10 November) in Sydney. If you are unable to attend in person, we will also be collaborating online before, during and after the meetup. Details an attendee list are at Wikipedia:Meetup/Sydney/November 2012. Hope you can make it! John Vandenberg 14:10, 29 October 2012 (UTC)

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Sydney meetup invitation: January 2013

Hi there! You are cordially invited to attend a meetup being held on Thursday 10 January 2013. Details an attendee list are at Wikipedia:Meetup/Sydney/January 2013. Hope you can make it! John Vandenberg 08:48, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

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Nothing Gold Can Stay

The full text of a poem belongs on Wikisource, not in the article about the poem. The fact that it is in the public domain is beside the point. Thanks. ---The Old Jacobite_{The '45} 03:05, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia trainers requested in New South Wales

Wikimedia Australia is looking for experienced Wikipedians to help out at training sessions across New South Wales, in particular in Newcastle, Wollongong, Port Macquarie and in Parkes. If you're interested, the details are at the following link:

• http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaau-l/2013-July/003677.html

We'd love to see you there! Lankiveil ^{(speak to me)} 13:12, 2 July 2013 (UTC)

Landmark Worldwide

Hello! I have removed the claim on the article which you replaced, and I see that you are now engaged with editors at the article talk page. I'm coming here to provide a couple notes, and to further explain the reasoning for removing this.

• You stated that you are associated with a cult monitoring group. While Wikipedia obviously wants experts editing, please be sure to read our guidelines regarding conflict of interest. You have been an editor for some time now, so you are probably already familiar with it. I am only bringing it to your attention to make sure.
• You also said you "will continue to revert changes...". Please make certain you understand that edit warring is never acceptable here. Editors who engage in edit warring are liable to be blocked from editing to prevent further disruption.
• Wikipedia is not the place to right great wrongs or advocacy, understand that we report on what reliable say on a topic.
• The website you have been using as a source is not a reliable source. The linked page actually directly states that they are not saying that something is or is not a cult, it is not mainstream media, there is no professional editorial review, etc. It is at best a list of links, primarily to copies of other sources - many of which predate Landmark by a decade or two. If there are any real, reliable sources in the list of links then we need to find the original source (not someone's personal copy of it) and discuss if and how that source can be best represented in the article.

Thank you for your contributions and your interest in Wikipedia. Please continue to discuss the article if you like, but please do not restore non-reliable material to the article. Cheers! Tgeairn (talk) 17:28, 5 September 2013 (UTC)

caic.org.au discussion

Hello! As someone who has edited the Landmark Worldwide article in the past few weeks, I am notifying you of a discussion at the Reliable Sources Noticeboard regarding the use of the website caic.org.au as a reliable source in that article. Please feel free to review or participate in that discussion.

Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. --Tgeairn (talk) 21:44, 6 September 2013 (UTC)

Sydney September 2013 edit-a-thon invite

Hi there! You are cordially invited to an edit-a-thon this Saturday (21 September) in Sydney at the State Library of New South Wales (SLNSW), where you can collaborate with other Wikipedians throughout the day. Andy Carr, a senior librarian at SLNSW will also be helping out. The theme of the edit-a-thon is paralympics sports, but you are free to come along to meet other wiki contributors, and edit other topics.

If you are unable to attend in person, we will also be collaborating online. Details and an attendee list are at Wikipedia:Meetup/Sydney/September 2013. Hope you can make it! John Vandenberg 09:01, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

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Invitation

There is a backstage pass coming up to be followed by an editathon in the State Library of New South Wales on 23 November. This is the first time that an Australian cultural institution has opened its doors to us in this way and will be a special opportunity because the Library is providing: one of its best rooms; its expert curators (along with their expertise and their white gloves); a newly launched website (containing new resources); and of course, items from its collection (including rare and usually unavailable material) which we can look at, learn from, and use, to improve WP articles. For example, on the chosen topic (Australia and WWI), the Library holds many diaries and manuscripts from the period.

As you can see from the Library's project page, they have connected this editathon with their own work. They have already set out a wide range of resources to make things easier for us. Please sign up on the editathon project page if you can participate either online or in person with other Wikipedians. Hope to see you there! Lankiveil ^{(speak to me)} 07:12, 3 November 2013 (UTC)

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