Welcome! edit

WELCOME!! Hello, FedLawyer! I want to personally welcome you on behalf of the Wikipedia community. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. If you haven't already, you can put yourself new user log and list of users so you can be properly introduced to everyone. Don't forget to be bold, and don't be afraid of hungry Wikipedians...there's a rule about not biting newcomers. Some other good links are the tutorial, how to edit a page, or if you're really stuck, see the help pages. It would be really helpful if you would sign your name on talk pages, so people can get back to you quickly. It's easy to do this by clicking the button (next to the one with the "W" crossed out) one from the end on the left. If that's confusing, or if you have any questions, feel free to drop me a at my talk page (by clicking the plus sign (+) next to the tab at the top that says "edit this page")...and again, welcome!--ViolinGirl 23:19, 23:19, Friday, May 24, 2024 (UTC)

Sure, be sure to contact me again if you ever need anything, and ENJOY Wikipedia!--ViolinGirl 13:00, 17 December 2005 (UTC)Reply

Merry Christmas!! edit

MERRY CHRISTMAS, FedLawyer! Hope it's a wonderful one! (happy New Year, too!)--ViolinGirl 15:17, 24 December 2005 (UTC)Reply

Wikipedia:WikiProject Law edit

Greetings, FedLawyer - presuming your name indicates your profession, please consider joining Wikipedia:WikiProject Law, and adding your name to Category:Lawyer Wikipedians! Cheers! bd2412 T 14:58, 27 December 2005 (UTC)Reply

Internet legal resources in UK edit

Thanks. For me, this failed the Furniss v. Dawson test (i.e. type "FURNISS DAWSON" in the search box and see if you get a report of the tax case). Why not raise a discussion at Talk:Case citation? I'll remove the external link from that article, for the moment.

Australian Royal Commissions edit

You may be interested in List of Australian Royal Commissions. Also se the talk page. Paul foord 11:12, 31 December 2005 (UTC)Reply

Reply... edit

Hi...I'm not sure if I understand the question, and doubt if I could help you out, since I'm kind of new myself, much as I'd like to. Maybe Sango could, I've always found Sango to be helpful. Here's a link for the talk page...User_talk:Sango123. Sorry I couldn't be of more help!--ViolinGirl 17:28, 1 January 2006 (UTC)Reply

Law of Australia edit

Hi, could you again help the base Law of Australia article; as you should be aware there is a common misconception that the ' Commonwealth of Australia ' occupies the entire continent and only the continent; and as a result many people fail to understand that articles like Law of Australia refer to the ' Commonwealth of Australia ' (including Christmas Island and other possessions , and not the Australian continent which includes the mainland, New Guinea (Papua), Tasmania, the Moluccas Islands, and the Torres Strait Islands. All Best.211.30.95.182 04:17, 2 January 2006 (UTC)Reply

If you create an account it is easier to respond - your NSW Optus Net DNS is not very specific. Regards FedLawyer 23:23, 2 January 2006 (UTC)Reply

Bigger picture edit

I don't know of any printable category connections tree, but you could try starting at Wikipedia:Browse and navigating from there to get a good idea of how pages link. For example, click on the law category (under the Society and People heading). On that page, you'll see its subcategories and articles categorized under Law. Click on the subcategory Alcohol law, and you'll notice the same, only with one subcategory and more specific articles this time. You can bookmark certain categories with articles that pertain to your interest and/or print out main category pages to keep track of subcategories, but if this isn't what you're looking for, try asking at Wikipedia:Help desk. Regards, Sango123 (talk) 16:17, 2 January 2006 (UTC)Reply

George Archer-Shee/ High Court disambig. edit

Hi, Point Noted. Useful if you mention the article in question. Rich Farmbrough. 10:59, 16 January 2006 (UTC)Reply

Hi, added a para about the New Zealand origins and office - really needs an international perspective though :-).

WP:Hornbook -- a new WP:Law task force for the J.D. curriculum edit

Hi FedLawyer,

I'm asking Wikipedians who are interested in United States legal articles to take a look at WP:Hornbook, the new "JD curriculum task force".

Our mission is to assimilate into Wikipedia all the insights of an American law school education, by reducing hornbooks to footnotes.

  • Over the course of a semester, each subpage will shift its focus to track the unfolding curriculum(s) for classes using that casebook around the country.
  • It will also feature an extensive, hyperlinked "index" or "outline" to that casebook, pointing to pages, headers, or {{anchors}} in Wikipedia (example).
  • Individual law schools can freely adapt our casebook outlines to the idiosyncratic curriculum devised by each individual professor.
  • I'm encouraging law students around the country to create local chapters of the club I'm starting at my own law school, "Student WP:Hornbook Editors". Using WP:Hornbook as our headquarters, we're hoping to create a study group so inclusive that nobody will dare not join.

What you can do now:

1. Add WP:Hornbook to your watchlist, {{User Hornbook}} to your userpage, and ~~~~ to Wikipedia:Hornbook/participants.
2. If you're a law student,
(You don't have to start the club, or even be involved in it; just help direct me to someone who might.)
3. Introduce yourself to me. Law editors on Wikipedia are a scarce commodity. Do knock on my talk page if there's an article you'd like help on.

Regards, Andrew Gradman talk/WP:Hornbook 20:17, 31 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

ArbCom elections are now open! edit

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Fair Use in Australia discussion edit

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