Welcome to Wikipedia. We welcome and appreciate your contributions, including your edits to Black Spur, but we regretfully cannot accept original research. Original research also encompasses novel, unpublished syntheses of previously published material. Please be prepared to cite a reliable source for all of your information. Thank you. Bidgee ( talk) 04:14, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
Welcome to Wikipedia, and thank you for your contributions. One of the core policies of Wikipedia is that articles should always be written from a neutral point of view. Please remember to observe our core policies. Thank you. Mvjs ( talk) 10:58, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi Blackspurboys - I created the article Queen of the Netherlands, not deleted it. It was nominated by User:Mayalld for deletion, and I wholeheartedly defended the article from deletion. Mvjs ( talk) 12:04, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
Please do not add unreferenced or poorly referenced information, especially if controversial, to articles or any other page on Wikipedia about living persons, as you did to John Brumby. Thank you. Orderinchaos 12:39, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
Please assume good faith in your dealings with other editors, which you did not on User talk:Orderinchaos. Assume that they are here to improve rather than harm Wikipedia. Bidgee ( talk) 07:35, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
In reply to your post on my talk page:
I actually agree with you regarding Myki - it's been a disaster, especially compared to the relatively smooth and cheap implementation of SmartRider in my own state. (Sydney's effort at a new system, whose name I forget, is in an even worse shape's than Melbourne's - over time, over budget and the contract to complete it no longer exists!) Mind you, Melbourne's ticketing system at present is better than what we had before SmartRider, so the impetus to change may not be so great as it was here. I once ran an independent campaign at a by-election here against our government over public transport delays, and the prominence of my campaign actually helped to get one of the problems resolved. I also opposed anti-hoon laws as enacted here (it's basically just a hysterical reaction to public claims that law and order is breaking down), which your state pretty much copied off us.
However, my and your political opinions are not the issue here - we are required to edit in line with academic norms, basically. You have referenced the fact there are anti-hoon laws. You have referenced the various speeding fines and demerits, and an article which says Myki is in bad shape. The entire rest is unsourced opinion, and the wording creates its own issues. I'm definitely not against such claims appearing - but they must be referenced. For example, you might find a newspaper article where a prominent expert has laid into some aspect of the system, or a social psychologist has criticised the anti-hoon laws, and instead of saying what *you* think, you say what *they* think, and cite them (be very careful not to put words into their mouth in the process). Orderinchaos 07:43, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
Also - read up on WP:PA, and WP:AGF very carefully - you are lucky you have orderinchaos and his response - some admins might have blocked you on sight :) cheers Satu Suro 07:49, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
I never said that the BIO shouldn't be all positive or negative. Like any BIO on Wikipedia it needs to follow guidelines and policies. I'm not a fan of John Brumby however I don't let my opinion known on the article as it's not what Wikipedia is for. I've got no issue at all with the sources as they're reliable just that the wording has to be based around the sources. Bidgee ( talk) 08:42, 3 June 2008 (UTC)