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1. Historic- Avon Electorate, additions: William Tanner (New Zealand) 1893-1908; George Warren Russell 1908-1919; Daniel Giles Sullivan 1919-1947 & John (Jock) Mathieson 1947-1972. Christchurch North Electorate: Charles Matthew Gray 1905-1908. Clutha Electorate: Peter McSkimming 1931-1935. Riccarton Electorate: George Warren Russell 1893-1896 & then 1899-1902; William Rolleston 1896-1899; George Witty 1902-1925 & Herbert Kyle 1925-1943. 2. Current- Christchurch East Electorate, additions: Thomas Davey (New Zealand) 1905-1914 & Henry Thacker 1914-1922. Nelson Electorate: John Graham (politician) 1893-1911. 09:46, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

Please take a look E.g. see Category:2000s remix albums. These are sorted in a haphazard and random order: 2004, 2006, 2005, 2003, 2009, 2001, 2002, 2000, 2008, and 2007 in that order. They were sorted correctly before you added {{ year by category}}. The same thing is happening in Category:2000s soundtracks. Please fix this at your earliest convenience, or else I will simply revert your additions. Thank you for your assistance. If you need to respond, please do so on my talk. — Justin (koavf)❤ T☮ C☺ M☯ 08:31, 4 October 2010 (UTC) Well they sort OK now with both of the two main categories outside the template, except that "2000s in live albums" etc must also be included as the template subcategory to stop these subcategories appearing in the base year category eg "2009" Hugo999 ( talk) 09:41, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

Hi John, I've published the next lot of parliamentary articles ( 5th to 10th) and have now started compiling the election results. That will of course result in a few redlinks. Are you keen to turn them blue? If so, I'll post the electorate pages here that contain those redlinks. Here we go:

• Mongonui (New Zealand electorate) (McLeod, John William Williams, John Lundon)
• Parnell (New Zealand electorate) (1x)
• East Coast (New Zealand electorate) ( George Read (New Zealand politician), George Morris (New Zealand politician), Allan MacDonald (New Zealand politician), Samuel Locke (New Zealand politician), Andrew Graham (politician), Alexander Creighton Arthur)
• Heathcote (New Zealand electorate) ( James Fisher (politician), William Wynn-Williams)
• Patea (New Zealand electorate) ( Frederick Haselden)
• Roslyn (New Zealand electorate) ( Archibald Hilson Ross)
• Dunedin South ( James Gore)

Schwede 66 09:49, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

Well you have been busy Hugo999 ( talk) 23:37, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

Yep, have done quite a bit. I've requested a page move for John McLeod (politician) (a Canadian politician), so that ambiguity with John McLeod (New Zealand politician) can be minimised. If you could do that page next, it might help that discussion. Schwede 66 22:21, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

Will do some more in the Weekend. PS Were you "All Shook Up" in Christchurch? Hugo999 ( talk) 21:39, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

Appreciate your help! Well, the earthquake was a goodie, no sleeping through that one. But listening to the media in the first week gave you the impression that Chch is flattened and we are all about to die of Cholera. Far from it. Haven't suffered any damage at home (new house, but all the old houses around us have at least lost their chimneys) or in the office (other than the fact that the CBD was closed and we couldn't get to it. Life's back to normal for most of us, but some people have had considerable losses. Luckily not me. Schwede 66 23:16, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

Also added some 19c MPs for Selwyn (NZ electorate) and Tauranga (NZ electorate) - Hugo999 ( talk) 11:43, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

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When you add " Category:United States Senate elections, 1920", please REMOVE both Category:1920 elections in the United States and Category:United States Senate elections, because they are redundant. This applies to all Senate years categories. Otherwise, Category:United States Senate elections will have over 100 Subcategories AND over 100 Pages, which makes no sense. Thanks.— Markles 14:06, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

• See this change. Do you think we should do it that way, instead? I'm just trying to be consistent.— Markles 12:04, 25 October 2010 (UTC)

For the 1958 page, the idea was to include "|1958" so that the page would sort in sequence with all the other pages (between 1957 & 1959) rather than at the beginning of the sequence. I added to the senate elections by year category by filling in some gaps in the 1920s and 1930s plus some c1910 ones, so have no intention of going back further. I think it is reasonably common (but not universal) for a main category to include the lead article from each subcategory eg "Health by Country" could include subcat "Health in Australia" and main article "Health in Australia" but not all the articles. So for Category:2000 elections in the United States all the articles are in subcategories for type/state except for general articles. Including the general articles on 2000 senate and gubernatioral elections in the main 2000 category as well as the subcategory makes all general articles obvious to anyone looking at the main category, so they know that there are 3 articles for that year not just United States elections, 2000 - though the others are listed on the main article as well Hugo999 ( talk) 12:40, 25 October 2010 (UTC)

Dear friend , could you please assists me to solve Problem of this Article Talk:Merciline Jayakody/Temp-- Wipeouting ( talk) 15:39, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

Good, someone has sorted it (not my field of knowledge) Hugo999 ( talk) 11:39, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

Hi. Non-existent categories should not be added to articles. If you would please creat the category before adding it to articles. Thank you. Dawnseeker2000 03:52, 17 November 2010 (UTC)

I planned (and will) do it immediately I had finished goung through 21st-century explosions ! Hugo999 ( talk) 03:54, 17 November 2010 (UTC)

Please don't apply Template:Related category to when the linked-to category is a parent category (or sub-cat, for that matter) as you did at the three provincial sub-cats of Category:Culture of the Maritimes. As emphasized in the template description, CatRel is for "linking categories horizontally." thank you, Shawn in Montreal ( talk) 19:03, 18 November 2010 (UTC)

Hello John, haven't been in touch in a while. I hope you are well. Could you please have a look in Wilson whether Roy Jack retired from Waimarino in 1972, or whether the electorate was abolished in 1975. One of those articles isn't right at the moment. Schwede 66 03:15, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

I think Roy Jack (see his talk page) would have been elected MP for Waimarino in the general election on 25.11.72, and Wilson made a mistake in his dates for Jack, but would need to check the 1972 election results Hugo999 ( talk) 11:37, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

Confirmed that Roy Jack was elected MP for Rangitikei (NZ electorate) in the New Zealand general election, 1972 on 25 November, with an election-night majority of 2067 (down from Shelton's 1969 majority of 4214). From Dominion of 27 Nov 1972. Hugo999 ( talk) 01:41, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

Great - thanks. I've adjusted the Waimarino article accordingly. Schwede 66 02:07, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

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The category English hymnwriters has been added here but some evidence would be needed to support it. "According to this Cyber Hymnal Arthur Campbell Ainger is the hymn writer. English Hymnal (1907) gives A. C. Ainger as author of nos. 548 & 559." An earlier version of the article attributed hymns to Alfred without a reference.-- Felix Folio Secundus ( talk) 21:29, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

Yes the claim that he wrote a hymn "God is working his purpose out" in the New English Hymnal was removed in Dec 2009 but not the category as a "Hymn writer" which I subsequently altered to "English hymn writer", so I will remove it. Hugo999 ( talk) 21:43, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for your contributions. Please remember to mark your edits as "minor" only if they truly are minor edits. In accordance with Help:Minor edit, a minor edit is one that the editor believes requires no review and could never be the subject of a dispute. Minor edits consist of things such as typographical corrections, formatting changes, or rearrangement of text without modification of content. Additionally, the reversion of clear-cut vandalism and test edits may be labeled "minor". Thank you. Maybe you have this as a setting in preferences, if so, would you please remove it? Thanks. Dougweller ( talk) 12:15, 1 December 2010 (UTC) A lot of the new categories are minor, but I will add reasons for alterations to articles Hugo999 ( talk) 03:44, 11 December 2010 (UTC)

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Hi, I saw that you collaborated on articles related to Dacia and thought this could be of interest: WikiProject Dacia is looking for supporters, editors and collaborators for creating and better organizing information in articles related to Dacia and the history of Daco- Getae. If interested, PLEASE provide your support on the proposal page. Thanks!!-- Codrinb ( talk) 03:26, 11 December 2010 (UTC)

Rather outside my field, although I may have added/amended some categories for Dacian history Hugo999 ( talk) 09:48, 12 December 2010 (UTC)

Please if you have time and you know anything to it (I have seen that you have made edits in the article area which owns relations on it - (you have made a catagory audio play)) , please look on the article Audio theatre, somebody placed a erase discussion on it. after we have had a merge discussion. It would be interesting what you would say to the merge and the delete discussion. )-: Merry Xmas -- Soenke Rahn ( talk) 03:50, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

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Hope you had a good christmas and have a good new year! cheers! and apologies if I have stalked or harassed in the last year - maybe another year again? keep up the good work! Satu Suro 03:44, 27 December 2010 (UTC)

hahah - Wellington sunny? - Hobart has had snow :) - http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/12/27/3102097.htm - but that is mount wellington - where I am is close to being too hot http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/dwo/IDCJDW6110.latest.shtml (just down the from the hills where I am) - cheers - and thanks for all the cat fixing - despite my at times rather impudent comments Satu Suro 03:53, 27 December 2010 (UTC)

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		Awarded to Hugo999, as part of AustralianRupert's New Year Honours List, for their work around categorisation during 2010. Keep up the hard work! AustralianRupert ( talk) 03:46, 2 January 2011 (UTC)

Good work on No Boats on Bannermere. I'd love to see more Geoffrey Trease articles.

My usual source for pictures is Fantastic Fiction, and they do have covers for the other books in the series - they are the Girls Gone By editions (which look as though they may be based on the first editions). -- Robina Fox ( talk) 18:47, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

Hello John, HNY to you. I hope the new year treats you well. Could you please consult Wilson and contribute to this discussion?

Did I mention to you that I managed to score a copy of Scholefield (1950)? Most useful to finally have one of those books. Schwede 66 21:47, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

Hello Hugo999. This is a bit of a long shot but I was hoping you might be able to assist me with an query I have. I have recently rewritten the article Battle of Chongju (1950) and have noticed that it is part of a couple of hidden categories, including Articles that may contain original research from December 2010. I don't know too much about hidden categories and given that you were the only user that editted the article in question in December 2010 I was wondering if you knew something about it. If you do: specifically what issue/s are there that need to be fixed (if I haven't already done so following my rewrite) and also how does one remove the article from the category in question once the issue has been resolved? Many thanks in advance. Anotherclown ( talk) 04:50, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

The category comes from {{ Campaignbox Korean War}}, which transcludes {{ Syn}}. The place to ask about this is probably in the campaignbox talk page.- gadfium 05:47, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

Cheers gadfium, thank you for clearing that up for me. Anotherclown ( talk) 05:57, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

Yes, I thought it was one where I had only altered the categories! Hugo999 ( talk) 06:01, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

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Hi John, you appear to have a book about the Liberal Party. Could you please contribute to this discussion on Eparaima Te Mutu Kapa - was he a Liberal or an Independent? Schwede 66 20:38, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

Category:People from Queanbeyan, New South Wales, which you created, has been nominated for deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. Mattinbgn ( talk) 09:32, 27 January 2011 (UTC) Renaminh OK Hugo999 ( talk) 04:12, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for your notice of my work in the project: Category:Electric power by country. I agree it needs further developing. This, including the regional aspect, may also apply to some other Categories by country like Human rights by country. These are open opportunities for everybody. Watti Renew ( talk) 18:01, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

See my comments on CFD page Hugo999 ( talk) 00:19, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

Hugo999,

Article: Blanche Charlet.

Would like to invite you to the discussion on Blanche Charlet. There has been a discussion started on her talkpage and would like your feedback. Adamdaley ( talk) 00:08, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

well it needs a death date as already stated, from where (in the Times?) Hugo999 ( talk) 00:20, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

Hi. I see that you have created the article Clinton Engineer Works and have revised the existing articles about Oak Ridge, Tennessee, the various associated facilities. Since you apparently are in New Zealand, perhaps you are not aware that what was called "Clinton Engineer Works" during World War II is one and the same as Oak Ridge. The way you wrote the articles, it appears that you have gotten the impression that they are different. I hope that you will not be upset when I make some changes to clarify the situation, since I live and work in Oak Ridge and happen to know a fair amount about this place. -- Orlady ( talk) 02:26, 1 February 2011 (UTC) Re Clinton Engineer Works, Nichols does use both terms - CEW or Oak Ridge, though sometimes using Oak Ridge for the residential part? Did the AEC have a new name for CEW when they took over in 1947 or just Oak Ridge?

I replied on my talk page. -- Orlady ( talk) 05:54, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

There is something wrong with the s-line template in the infobox. The line is shown as going to Paraparaumu both ways. Sw2nd ( talk) 19:20, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

I noted in the talk page that the template will not work properly until it is altered after Waikanae becomes the terminus on 20 February, and all the templates display (or redirect to) "Kapiti Line" not "Paraparaumu Line" when the article on the line is renamed, and show the northern terminus at Waikanae Hugo999 ( talk) 20:11, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

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Hi, I'm not sure if i'm using the 'talk page' correctly, but you edited the page on the " Eastern_journey_of_Nicholas_II". Could you tell me if the book "E. E. Ukhtomsky: Eastern journey of His Imperial Majesty Tsarevich in 1890–1891, 1893–1897" is availabe online? Or the part that describes the Tsar's stay in Ceylon? Thank you. Madu8 ( talk) 21:00, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

Would you mind creating the categories before you place articles in them? Doing it this way is likely to end up with you reverted if someone checks their watchlist, as it looks like a poor edit before you create the category (as redlinked categories are against MOS.) Courcelles 03:58, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

Creating year by year as you propose would be too time-consuming, as there are up to four possible categories per year when seperating Murders by Year from Crimes by Year. Eg Murder in 1955, plus Mass Murder in 1955, 1955 murders in the United States, and 1955 crimes in the United States. Apart from Murders by year, the other categories are not required for every year. It is quicker to alter the pages when read rather than going back a second time to alter the category, and to create several of one category eg 1954 murders in the United States and 1955 murders in the United States at one time. The categories would be “Red” for less than an hour. Besides; creating (briefly) empty categories as proposed could lead to complaints. NB: I have created “Years in” categories for a number of pages where the article author has not bothered to create the necessary category. Hugo999 ( talk) 00:15, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

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Hi there, I see that you created an article on Evelyn Patuawa-Nathan last year. It is currently listed as being unreferenced, which is violation of our biographies of living people policy. The two links in the article are probably not good enough, as they are by a bookshop, and probably originally from the blurb on the book back/inside cover, the other one is an open library that cannot be considered a reliable source, as the page was created by an anonymous user. She sounds like she may be notable enough, as one of the first maori writers, but unless significant coverage of this fact can be found in independent reliable sources to satisfy the notability guideline, I think the article should be deleted. As you are a very experienced editor, I'm not going to nominate for deletion it until you've had a chance to either save it or consider if it does really belong here. Regards, The-Pope ( talk) 12:40, 25 March 2011 (UTC) Re Evelyn Patuawa-Nathan and “Opening Doors” I will have to look at a library copy of the book next week as I do not own a copy, and also look for reviews at the same time. Hugo999 ( talk) 10:21, 27 March 2011 (UTC) PS: Have now got a number of references from a helpful librarian to follow up Hugo999 ( talk) 12:51, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

Please don't forget to leave an edit summary when editing articles. "Refine cat" would be fine for moving a cat down a level. Mjroots ( talk) 08:27, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

Doing that for these obvious changes would double the time for 120+ changes Hugo999 ( talk) 08:34, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

Presumably you were using copy & paste for the actual work. One method is to copy and paste both phrases as one and then delete the unneeded part as necessary. Failure to leave an edit summary is one trick used by vandals to try to avoid scrutiny. It doesn't work as a lack of an edit summary generally means that I will look to see what has been done. Mjroots ( talk) 08:46, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

I've proposed a change in scope for this category, which you created. See Category talk:Ships of British Rail. Mjroots ( talk) 08:50, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

LNER did operate ships, it's just that the info hasn't been added to the article yet. Agree re not creating GWR ships category yet. Mjroots ( talk) 12:30, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

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Why did you remove the category Category:2003 referendums from Oregon Ballot Measure 28 (2003) and Category:2000 referendums from Oregon Ballot Measure 7 (2000)‎? It would help greatly if you provided an edit summary to explain your rationales for removal. See WP:EDITSUMMARY. Thanks, — EncMstr ( talk) 05:37, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

Well it is one of a number in the categories by year which I have altered eg 2003 is in Category:2003 ballot measures, which is itself in the categories Category:2003 referendums and Category:2003 in American politics , and because of the number for several states it would be laborious to explain for every change Hugo999 ( talk) 05:45, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

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Having just spotted your excellent addition to the article on RH-D's publications, I wonder if you might be interested in making a similar addition to the article on Hart-Davis lui même? If not, do you mind my copying some of it over from the one article to the other? Tim riley ( talk) 14:57, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

That's splendid. Many thanks. Tim riley ( talk) 15:20, 30 April 2011 (UTC)

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Yes, the category may be broken down by state if it is felt desirable to do so. I'd prefer to stick with railways rather than railroads to keep a consistent naming across all categories. The majority of the world uses the term railway. Mjroots ( talk) 14:52, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

Are you by any chance looking for Bolton Street cemetery? Eddaido ( talk) 02:45, 30 May 2011 (UTC) Yes, see Category:Burials at Boulton Street Cemetery, and I have been there last Tuesday Hugo999 ( talk) 09:51, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

Then you went to Bolton not Boulton Street Cemetery! Eddaido ( talk) 21:53, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

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I noticed that you recently added several former jails to prison categories (e.g. Mosby Tavern). As a New Zealander, perhaps you aren't aware that in the United States, "jail" and "prison" have distinct meanings: In the United States...jails are county or city administrated institutions which house both inmates awaiting trial on the local level and convicted misdemeanants serving a term of one year or less, while prisons are state or federal facilities housing those awaiting trial on the state or federal level and convicted felons serving a term of more than one year. (from " Prison") So, in this case, it's not appropriate to add a (current or former) jail to a category for prisons, and vice versa, at least when the category is US-specific. Thanks, cmadler ( talk) 12:25, 23 June 2011 (UTC)

• I've moved the articles in question from Category:Prisons on the National Register of Historic Places to Category:Jails on the National Register of Historic Places. Thanks, cmadler ( talk) 12:40, 23 June 2011 (UTC)

I am fine with a US subcategory (rather than titling the US category "Prisons and Jails"); I suppose "prisons" includes "penitentaries" one of the five (?) current Federal categories. Hugo999 ( talk) 12:50, 23 June 2011 (UTC)

• Yes, all of the federal categories are considered types of "prisons", as evidenced by the agency name, the Federal Bureau of Prisons. I can only surmise that the variety of US terms for places to imprison people are a result of focal vocabulary (like the legendary scores of Eskimo words for snow) due to our absurd rate of incarceration. cmadler ( talk) 14:08, 23 June 2011 (UTC)

Sorry to bother you, but having read this I have a question. Until I created an article for Jo Good I hadn't come across this situation before, so created the relevant category. Consequently, how would we categorise a biography of someone who happens to have been born in a particular country because their parents were working/stationed there, but who is not a national of that country? It seems to me that the people in the category just happen to have been born in Kuwait, but are not strictly Kuwaiti people because their descendants are not from that country. Can you help? BTW, I have no objection to the category being deleted, but am just interested in how to approach this for future reference. Cheers TheRetroGuy ( talk) 16:06, 27 June 2011 (UTC)

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I noticed you have modified or added categories to places in Dublin. These places are in Dublin city, not in what was "County Dublin". In fact County Dublin no longer exists, except in sport and in historical references. The category should relate to Dublin city. Hohenloh ⁺ 15:12, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

The new category Category:Cemeteries in County Dublin follows Category:Buildings and structures in County Dublin and other subcategories of Category:County Dublin which is shown as one of 26 counties of the Republic. If the top subcategory should now be 8 regions including the Dublin Region, then a major reorganisation (by Project Ireland?) is needed. Some of the cemeteries eg Donnybrook Cemetery appear to be beyond the boundaries of Dublin city. Hugo999 ( talk) 04:45, 12 July 2011 (UTC)

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Thanks for all the content you've added to Anzac class frigate. However, can I be a pain and ask you to change the Bassett information from a single cite at the end to per-sentance citing? I imagine that as the article develops, the information is going to get mixed around and be interspersed with other content, and it'll make it easier to track what cites what. Thanks in advance! -- saberwyn 23:45, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

As I do not have Bassett’s book to hand (copy from library), additions etc are not possible at the moment. Anyway we will see if there is any interest in adding to or rewriting the section. Hugo999 ( talk) 04:51, 23 July 2011 (UTC)

Have you considered Wikipedia:OVERCAT? Have all these new categories you've created gone through the approval process, or did you just create them on a whim? The rule of thumb for a new subcat is 60 subjects. Ng.j ( talk) 10:57, 9 August 2011 (UTC)

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Where is this "recommended" figure of 60 per subcategory from? Often a subcategory with few articles is part of a large overall accepted sub-categorization scheme. This applies particularly for “by country” or “by year” categories, and many small countries frequently have only one or two articles for a given year eg Category:2006 in Niue. While America currently has about 30 or 40 articles per year, someone is adding a category by year for each state eg Category:2006 in Nebraska which I think is overcategorization. Hugo999 ( talk) 13:54, 9 August 2011 (UTC)

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Category:Second Boer War media, which you created, has been nominated for discussion. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. Mike Selinker ( talk) 09:48, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

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You may want to consider using {{ CatSucceeding}} in lieu of {{ Catrel}} in year series categories. Vegaswikian ( talk) 05:07, 1 November 2011 (UTC) Had not thought of that, although most sequences are in pairs, eg 19th & 21st cenruries. Perhaps at the end for the 21st to 20th century, but generally no point in anticipating the 22nd century! Hugo999 ( talk) 00:10, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

Hi, you added a section to the article Military Brat. I think the content you added is more suitable for these two articles:

• List of military brats
• List of fictional military brats

-- lTopGunl ( talk) 05:31, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

Re Military brats, my addition was not just to mention certain “military brats” (real or fictional) but to point out a certain British type (sons of officers) that did not follow their parents overseas but that were sent to Britain for education, and did not see their parents or father for years Hugo999 ( talk) 06:44, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

Yes, that category has a section List_of_military_brats#United_Kingdom_and_Other_Commonwealth_Countries in the List of military brats article for that specific purpose. The Military Brat article rather explains the subculture itself. If you consider your addition even more specific, consider creating a subsection of the same under List_of_military_brats#United_Kingdom_and_Other_Commonwealth_Countries. I'll also like to point out that your content is uncited yet. -- lTopGunl ( talk) 06:51, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

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Hello John,

I hope all's well in your neck of the woods. When you've got a moment, could you please consult Wilson regarding Clevedon (New Zealand electorate)? It says in the article that it "was first created in 2002", but Warren Kyd apparently represented it from 1987–1993.

There's a similar problem with Hobson (New Zealand electorate), where the article says that it went out of existence in 1978, but Ross Meurant apparently represented it from 1987–1996.

Always appreciate your help! Schwede 66 18:29, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

Will look up re the Clevedon and Hobson electorates, but both reference books are before the time in question for Clevedon, Wood should help for Hobson. Hugo999 ( talk) 22:23, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

• New Zealand Parliamentary Record 1840-1984 by J. O. Wilson (1985, 4th edition, Government Printer, Wellington)
• Ministrs and Members in the New Zealand Parliament edited by G. A. Wood (1996, 2nd edition, University of Otago Press, Dunedin)

Template:NZ by-elections 2010s has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Schwede 66 22:09, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

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If you have time before Friday evening, your help with this politics task force collaboration would be much appreciated! If you have questions, please ask them there. Schwede 66 07:31, 30 November 2011 (UTC)

Unfortunately I have no sources about the new MPs, although I did add Maggie Barry's birth year (from Index NZ) Hugo999 ( talk) 12:38, 30 November 2011 (UTC)

The article Ron Peters has been proposed for deletion because, under Wikipedia policy, all newly created biographies of living persons must have at least one reference to a reliable source that directly supports material in the article.

If you created the article, please don't be offended. Instead, consider improving the article. For help on inserting references, see Referencing for beginners, or ask at the help desk. Once you have provided at least one reliable source, you may remove the {{ prod blp}} tag. Please do not remove the tag unless the article is sourced. If you cannot provide such a source within ten days, the article may be deleted, but you can request that it be undeleted when you are ready to add one. Mattlore ( talk) 02:08, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

It is not an article but a redirect to his brother's page ( Ian Peters) where he is mentioned Hugo999 ( talk) 02:12, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

Mattlore ( talk) 02:19, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

You will have to give the message which appears, which will include the IP address or range which was blocked. Otherwise, I don't know which block has affected you.- gadfium 08:22, 8 December 2011 (UTC)

My IP address which has been blocked is 209.73.132.15 but apparently 209.73.132.0/24 has been blocked. I presume that a range of addresses that have been blocked on my ISP, Actrix (New Zealand). I do not have a fixed ISP address as this is an extra at extra cost. Hugo999 ( talk) 09:10, 8 December 2011 (UTC) NB: the action was taken by user http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:AGK

seems fine, but you forgot to sign your nomination Hmains ( talk) 04:18, 10 December 2011 (UTC)

I'm about to restore the category "airfield": it was never a port, only a flying field. "Aerodrome" is the phrase used in the source document, another word for airfield. All the best. -- Old Moonraker ( talk) 09:16, 17 December 2011 (UTC)

Afterthought: There actually weren't any airports until 1919: see Croydon Airport for more. -- Old Moonraker ( talk) 09:23, 17 December 2011 (UTC)

• Fine if you want to change it back, although it appears to be the only Airfield in England in the Category:Airfields apart from military airfields; the category appears to be mainly military airfields not basic (civilian) airfields and overlaps with Category:Military airbases. And there is no link from Sundridge, Kent to any geographic Aviation or Airport category for England. That is why military airfield categories link to airport categories eg Category:Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Alaska links to an Alaskan category, Category:Airports in Alaska. Hugo999 ( talk) 13:45, 17 December 2011 (UTC)

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Following your note on my talk page, I am replying to say that, from a position of considerable ignorance on these matters, I agree with you. However, lacking the necessary knowledge of the systems being discussed, I don't feel able to support you on the page you suggested. Sorry I can't be more helpful. Mark126 21:17, 6 January 2012 (UTC)