User talk:Kerry Raymond
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Rockhampton North by-election in October of 1901
Greetings Kerry, we haven't chatted for a while!! Looking at List of Queensland state by-elections, did the North Rockhampton seat have a by-election in October or was the previous by-election held in June just over-ruled on by the courts in October? I can't find anything for a by-election in October?
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I saw your message thanking me for my edit about Bishop Tim Harris on the page "Roman Catholic Diocese of Townsville" - this is probably not the best way to respond but I don't know any other method (I'm relatively new and still getting used to the nitty-gritty of Wikipedia editing), so just wanted to say: "You're welcome!"
Thanks
Thank you, Kerry! I am glad to be here and it’s cool to be a part of Wikipedia’s community. Kind regards, Shams_lnm [talk] 14:24, February 12th, 2018 (UTC)
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I was going to drop a word bomb -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Queensland_Museum - but suspect your involvement would be more productive - I was going to go for username and COI and whatever else - any assistance in the short term would be much appreciated. Thank you in advance. JarrahTree 00:52, 18 September 2018 (UTC)
Small problem this is a generic problem - so many Australian institutions have dived into editing into articles as if there is no tommorrow, and as we have the name aobut to be blocked due to common sense watching of such items - there is the problem of trying to find out who in what department is doing that - and consequentially the possibility of your being able to counsel the person/s - gets lost before you start. JarrahTree 01:04, 18 September 2018 (UTC)
- sigh - gone - the great thing about attempts at outreach and then the rules is like trying to speed to save someones life in a car - you can get booked.. The fact they had been editing for a year unchecked says it all JarrahTree 04:50, 18 September 2018 (UTC)
1912 Queensland state election) listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect 1912 Queensland state election). Since you had some involvement with the 1912 Queensland state election) redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. Thryduulf (talk) 09:05, 21 September 2018 (UTC)
Designations
Any chance you could add the ACT and NT Heritage Registers to the designation template? I daren't mess with these things. The Drover's Wife (talk) 13:18, 21 September 2018 (UTC)
- @The Drover's Wife: I daren't either. I have always just followed the instructions at Template:Designation/doc#Adding a new designation so feel free to make this a learning experience for yourself!
I don't see a problem with getting the NT HR, but at this point in time I cannot find any evidence that an ACT HR exists which is something of a barrier for the requirement to first create an article about the heritage register! Logically one might expect an ACT HR should exist. There is of course a truckload of heritage sites in the ACT on the Commonwealth Heritage List, many of which are Commonwealth buildings so they obviously belong on the Commonwealth Heritage List. So the question is whether there is any non-Commonwealth heritage in ACT? One might think there would be a church, a homestead, or something that isn't a Commonwealth structure that could be separately listed on an ACT HR. But if you look at this blurb about the CHL, notice the words " heritage on Commonwealth Land" because I think that's the issue. When the ACT was created, they resumed a lot of the land so they weren't impeded in building the national capital and certainly all the folk I know who live in Canberra are on 99-year leases from the Commonwealth for their house block. Certainly this ACT homestead on the CHL says "The family continued to live at "Gungahleen" until 1915, when the property was resumed by the Commonwealth following the establishment of the Federal Capital". So I am wondering if everything in the ACT is Commonwealth land and therefore, even if on a lease, still puts it within the scope of the CHL eliminating any need for a separate ACT HR. Reading what the National Archives says about land in the ACT makes clear that it was the orginal intention to have all land in the ACT owned by the Commonwealth and then released under a leasehold arrangement for private purposes, but it also makes clear this didn't fully happen when the ACT was established. In 1970 Cabinet decided to acquire all remaining freehold land over the next 3 years, but it doesn't clearly state whether this actually occured. The next paras talk about the appropriateness of the leasehold arrangements but fail to say outright that all land in the ACT is Commonwealth land. So, although it needs confirmation, I think that from the 1970s all ACT land is ownowned by the Commonwealth and hence anything that meets the criteria can go onto the Commonwealth Heritage List and this is why I cannot find a separate ACT HR. Since the Dept of Environment people were very helpful with the coords, I shall see if they can confirm this theory. I also need to ask them about their CC-BY images (an awful lot of them say "Seek permission before using" which seems odd in the presence of a CC-BY license, so I need to clarify the intention here, hoping it is a carry-over from before they CC-BY-licensed their whole website and can now be ignored). Kerry (talk) 00:51, 22 September 2018 (UTC)
- The ACT Heritage Register certainly does exist! Not sure why it wasn't coming up in your searches. And there's plenty of heritage there that isn't on the CHL because it's not regarded as Commonwealth owned. The Drover's Wife (talk) 04:55, 22 September 2018 (UTC)
- Well, that solves that mystery in my life! Goodness knows why I never found it when I was compiling the list for Wiki Loves Monuments. OK, include it in the new designations! I see it is divided into places and moveable objects, and a lot of the entries have a "removed" status. Sadly it's all copyright. Kerry (talk) 05:43, 22 September 2018 (UTC)
Redirects in VE
Hi Kerry,
THought I might ask you first, is it possible to create redirects in the Virtual Editor? Or is it in the "template heavy" category, and have to switch editors? Thanks! Nat965 (talk) 19:39, 25 September 2018 (UTC)
- @Nat965: Yes you can do it in the Visual Editor. On the VE toolbar, look over to the right for the 3 horizontal bar icon and choose Page Settings from that menu and you will get a box labeled “redirect” where you add the article to be redirected to. 21:39, 25 September 2018 (UTC)
Oh my, how I skipped over the page settings option, reminder to put my glasses on! Thanks a bunch. Nat965 (talk) 08:22, 26 September 2018 (UTC)
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Why did you delete my Brisbane opening?
My version was far superior as an opening for Brisbane than the current one, mine was also much longer. Why did you delete it?--Caltraser55 (talk) 05:43, 6 October 2018 (UTC)
- Please see talk. You might have liked it better, but it does run foul of some of our policies. Kerry (talk) 05:55, 6 October 2018 (UTC)
Outdated Image
Kerry thank you for your feedback on my previous edits. The image on the page is outdated, and I have recent image provided by the organisation (HOTA) although I don't own the copyright. Do you have any advice? Thank you.
- @Mazzarati440: Sigh, it's not easy. There are two alternatives. 1. You upload the file to Commons, saying accurately where the file comes from and that it is licensed as .... (CC-BY-4.0 would be my recommendation). You then go to the copyright holder and give them the file name on Commons and tell them they should release it CC-BY-4.0. The copyright owner then has to give consent to this, which is done by the copyright holder (or appropriate staff member if an organisation is the copryight holder) going to here and "clicking on Use The Interactive Release Generator" (and filling in the form and inserting the name of the Commons file at the right spot) and then it gets emailed to [email protected] - from my own experience, most copyright holders will now say "oh, it all sounds too hard, I'll do it next week/month/..." and it never happens. Likelihood of success is generally low in my experience. 2. You go there and take a photo of the place yourself. Then it's your copyright and you can upload it in the normal way releasing it under the appropriate licence in the usual way. Likelihood of success is high so long as you live locally. Indeed, the best strategy would be to pursue both concurrently. Upload your own while you wait to see if they will provide you with a better one under a suitable licence. Kerry (talk) 09:02, 8 October 2018 (UTC)
- Thank you Kerry! That's really helpful.