User talk:Bidgee/Archive 18

Why do you want to keep out of date information??

Bidgee

I have no problem with you changing "city" back to "CBD" (although I don't think it is clear where the two people unfortunately killed in the Toowoomba flood were located). However, I am bemused that you want to keep what is now out of date information. My source is based on the latest information (8pm today) from ABC on-line which surely is a reliable source. --Chewings72 (talk) 11:40, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

Oops - I just realised you kept both references. So no need for you to respond.  :) --Chewings72 (talk) 11:44, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

Hell

When they didnt need it they get the water - watching the tv of NSW and QLD is devastating - hope youre dry for the moment - i really feel for the people who have lost everything - and the people lost - bloody waste SatuSuro 14:11, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

Yep always the way though! :( I'm fine, though was a different story a month ago (Like Ipswich and Brisbane) when we nearly hit the 1974 height but thankfully it didn't get to the predicted level. Photos of the March, September, October and December floods (will upload these to Commons but not on my priority list ATM). I could see QLD was in for hell a lot of rain but never thought it would be this bad! Bidgee (talk) 14:50, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

Black Saturday bushfires

I have the article on my watchlist again now. The IP editor appears to have stopped for now but I will take action should any unacceptable behaviour reoccur. -- Mattinbgn (talk) 19:23, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

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2011 Victorian floods

Actually my Defense Media releases NEVER come to me with a copyright notice (in the email), so this is the first time in years that I have become aware that they are copyrighted. Mind you, I think this is the first time in years that I have used them as basis of edits, and in the case of the Victorian efforts I didn't think I could phrase it any differently than they were already written. Koakhtzvigad (talk) 11:05, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

All content online (whether it is http://, ftp:// and email) should be assumed as copyrighted. If someone you knew sent you a photos to look at, it doesn't give you the right to reuse it elsewhere unless you had the permission to do so. When signing up the the ADF you should always read the copyright and privacy policies as this applies to its website and emails.

You can rephrase and infact if you re-add copyrighted content next time (text or images) you risk in being blocked. Bidgee (talk) 11:12, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

I don't think there was a web page that you pointed me to when I first started receiving Defense Media emails. It was my, perhaps mistaken, assumption that these releases were for public information. Certainly most news services use them almost verbatum sometimes. However, Now that you know where they came from, maybe you can do a better job of rephrasing. Cheers Koakhtzvigad (talk) 11:31, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Australian Barnstar of National Merit
		For your work on Commons mainly, finding great images to illustrate Australian articles—especially migrating images from Flickr. Thank you Mattinbgn (talk) 20:55, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
		this WikiAward was given to Bidgee by Mattinbgn (talk) on 20:55, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

FYI

You need to see this i think - it affects all Aus and SPAC storm articles.Jason Rees (talk) 01:48, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Moving articles?

Hey, I'd appreciate if you wouldn't move articles back so quickly. There is an ongoing discussion at the WPTC talk page. --♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 02:12, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Same goes for you moving articles during a discussion, very much the pot calling the kettle black. Bidgee (talk) 02:17, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Actually, I thought the discussion was over. No one had really objected, and it didn't make any sense to keep the long titles, so I moved them. --♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 02:26, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Really? Sorry but clearly not the case, you also failed to discuss with the other projects it effects, after all "Cyclones" happen outside the USA. Bidgee (talk) 02:28, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Could you respond to the discussion again, since you are the primary person who is against moving the articles, specifically which title is used more. --♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 17:23, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

User page

Well I get to find similar gaffes from ABC online sometimes - some delighteful mistakes - the one you point out of course is confusing queenstown australia with queensland australia - having been a resident of the former and and a former knocker of the politics of the latter I dont think the two are equal in any ways :| SatuSuro 09:39, 4 February 2011 (UTC)

At least the ABC fix it unlike the US media but watch the US editors who want to rename the article! ;) Always though some Yanks are shit with any outside the US, example are where they locate Egypt, Iraq and Queensland, using incorrect figures (outdated or don't even exist), don't know where African-Americans come from and even some think the US is the only country that exists in the Northern Hemisphere. Bidgee (talk) 10:12, 4 February 2011 (UTC)

What's this "in the Northern Hemisphere" rubbish! Pdfpdf (talk) 10:45, 4 February 2011 (UTC)

Thanks

For cleaning up the wa fires it was all arse about when i found it (the north east and south east suburbs are indeed on the darling scarp but the bullsh- about the swan valley as a referent point amazed me - it was known on the field as the red hill fire) - having been a firey at a very small part of it, it read really like something the dog brought up - it is a bit clearer now - cheers - oh and there is a marvellous story that I heard about something I saw when I got on the field this am - must tell you by email sometime - not possible to relate it here :) SatuSuro 13:23, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

Only did the sources, the article needs a bit of work though but just not in the mood nor really have the time. Bidgee (talk) 14:36, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

Barnstar thanks

Hi Bidgee,

Thanks for the Barnstar. Wasn't expecting that! :) Still a bit of work to go on the article - clearly has had a lot of different contributors to that one. --jjron (talk) 13:39, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

No problem, I was meaning to do work on it a few months ago but never got around to it. It was well in need of a clean-up! Bidgee (talk) 14:37, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

15U

BTW 15U did develop on February 8, if not before - Check BoM's Track-map if you are still unsure or shout.Jason Rees (talk) 12:14, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

My thought could be that it was before, BoM can be complex at times with its tracking (just wished the BoM kept an archive online). Bidgee (talk) 12:16, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

Sorry for not getting back to you sooner but i had to pop out. Anyways yeah the BOM tracking can be rather complex. I guess we will have to wait until the preliminary report until we know for certain but after going through Keith Edkins archiver off all TWO's etc. The first time a low is actually mentioned is on the 8th, which ties in well with the JTWC RBT.Jason Rees (talk) 17:59, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

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