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Systematic page

Hi mate For more info on Systematic you can drop one of their comms guys a line - he's on Twitter as securitysplat. He's a useful dude. Methna7 ( talk) 12:24, 20 October 2023 (UTC) reply

Hello @ Methna7 - and thanks for the kind suggestion. Will probably maintain a healthy buffer between self and subject. Appreciate the thought. MatthewDalhousie ( talk) 00:58, 21 October 2023 (UTC) reply

Alliance for Responsible Citizenship

I also thank you for creating this article. Unfortunately I don't have much time right now. When I'll be less stressed, I'll create translations of the article in German, Spanish and maybe Portuguese, if they do not yet exist.

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Portuguese? This will be a first for me! MatthewDalhousie ( talk) 06:25, 31 October 2023 (UTC) reply

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I know that you're a Bot, not a Person, but all the same, thank you for making that fix up. MatthewDalhousie ( talk) 01:27, 25 November 2023 (UTC) reply

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Pacific Equity Partners - article amendments

Dear User:MatthewDalhousie, LizziePEP from the Pacific Equity Partners Wiki article here. I left a comment responding to your helpful advice a little while ago. I have mocked up some proposed changes in my sandbox (link can be found at the comment!). It would be great if you had some time to provide feedback. Much appreciated, and I hope you enjoy the holiday period. Cheers, Lizzie PEP ( talk) 05:11, 11 December 2023 (UTC) reply

Image on Danny Kruger

Hello there. I noticed you'd documented the 'ARC Forum' conference and used images placed by the conference in public domain. You captioned one upload 'Danny Kruger in conversation with John Howard, former Prime Minister of Australia, at the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship in October 2023.' What are you basing the caption on, please? It looks to me like Iain Duncan Smith, not John Howard, and the date of the image according to Flickr is actually August 2021. -- Cedders tk 07:41, 22 January 2024 (UTC) reply

It could have been the wrong date set on the camera, but the other photos in the stream are all consistent with the date of the conference. My question is about verifiability. There's also a lot of sourced work on ARC at https://www.desmog.com/alliance-for-responsible-citizenship-arc/ in case it helps. -- Cedders tk 07:56, 22 January 2024 (UTC) reply
The caption is corroborated by a non-free image caption [1] and a Guardian story. [2] However, I don't do much image work myself and wonder what sources you used. -- Cedders tk 08:22, 22 January 2024 (UTC) reply
Hi there @ Cedders. Yes, I noticed that the date on the Metadata is out of whack too. Some setting problem with their camera? But given that 2023 was the organisation's first conference, the date generated by the camera is clearly wrong. Yet the reliable sources indicate it was, indeed, Danny Kruger who interviewed John Howard at the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship, which is mentioned by the Straits Times for example. As to the date the report from SMH correspondent indicates the interview between Kruger and Howard was 31 October 2023. MatthewDalhousie ( talk) 08:23, 22 January 2024 (UTC) reply
Thanks for the reply and the Straits Times link. I mistook the identity of one of the subjects (that particular profile looked very similar to another UK Conservative MP) and then the date made me suspect the image on Flickr had been edited. I've never seen guidelines on verifiability of images. -- Cedders tk 09:16, 22 January 2024 (UTC) reply
I wonder what would happen if I asked them to correct their image details? Wouldn't hurt. MatthewDalhousie ( talk) 09:24, 22 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Welcome to the drive!

Welcome, welcome, welcome MatthewDalhousie! I'm glad that you are joining the drive! Please, have a cup of WikiTea, and go cite some articles.

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You know what, I will!

start again

the categories in Steve Baird were so weird, I removed all of them (they have nothing to do with steve baird) - please make an effort to allocate relevant categories, thanks... JarrahTree 13:55, 18 February 2024 (UTC) reply

Oh, thanks for noticing that @ JarrahTree. Must have been vestige from something else. My apologies. MatthewDalhousie ( talk) 14:00, 18 February 2024 (UTC) reply
very very weird, always better to start anew than lift from elsewhere, it can be dangerous to do that - if you accidentally leave things like that, it reduces your credibility very quickly... JarrahTree 14:03, 18 February 2024 (UTC) reply
Sound advice. Honestly I don't feel that confident to start with a blank sheet, but perhaps I should be brave and just do that anyway. Again, apologies for the trouble and thanks for fixing. MatthewDalhousie ( talk) 14:07, 18 February 2024 (UTC) reply
apologies are pointless, correcting it yourself is more likely to get it right - you simply lifted his sisters cats, (Julia) (very funny from this point of view) and I havent fixed it at all, the best advice is to reverse engineer a male compatriot's and adjust - for instance I wouldnt try Dan_Bourchier is a crap set of cats, whereas his brother's is very average Mike_Baird JarrahTree 14:19, 18 February 2024 (UTC) reply
So, that's the first time I've ever added categories to any article. Had never actually spotted those three horizontal lines before. Added 11 categories. Thanks for alerting me to this. MatthewDalhousie ( talk) 02:37, 19 February 2024 (UTC) reply

Infoboxes

I saw your comment at Talk:Noël Coward about an infobox. Just a heads up, the topic of infoboxes on certain featured article biography articles can be highly contentious. The editors who have spent significant time editing those articles are sometimes very passionately opposed (as you can see from the discussion) to adding infoboxes. If you decide to move forward with a RFC make sure to separate the survey into yes/no/discussion otherwise the arguing back and forth will discourage comment. Thanks! Nemov ( talk) 15:36, 21 February 2024 (UTC) reply

Hi @Nemov! Thanks for stopping by. When it comes to Wikipedia, I'm a lover, not a fighter. Not my style to move to RFC. I like interacting with people and seeing what can be done. But I did feel it was okay to share my view of how the article could be improved. Happy to leave it at that. Appreciate the note! MatthewDalhousie ( talk) 01:26, 22 February 2024 (UTC) reply
Awesome, probably wise. You're welcome! Happy editing! Nemov ( talk) 02:46, 22 February 2024 (UTC) reply

Miriam Cates

A citation is necessary for "After a friend asked her to stand" which you added at the beginning of Member of Parliament. Mcljlm ( talk) 16:24, 28 February 2024 (UTC) reply

Thank you! Appreciate the improvements you have made to the article too. MatthewDalhousie ( talk) 21:34, 28 February 2024 (UTC) reply
Yes it comes from that article in The New Statesman, which is in the footnote at the end of that first sentence in the subsection you mentioned. MatthewDalhousie ( talk) 21:37, 28 February 2024 (UTC) reply
Where in the article is a friend mentioned? Mcljlm ( talk) 01:08, 29 February 2024 (UTC) reply
Correction, it comes from the "Women with Balls" podcast, at approximately 7 minutes and 50 seconds. Citation updated accordingly. MatthewDalhousie ( talk) 11:33, 29 February 2024 (UTC) reply

February 2024 WikiProject Unreferenced articles backlog drive – award

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This award is given in recognition to MatthewDalhousie for collecting 1 point during the WikiProject Unreferenced articles's FEB24 backlog drive. Your contributions played a crucial role in sourcing 14,300 unsourced articles during the drive. Thank you so much for participating and helping to reduce the backlog! – – DreamRimmer ( talk) 17:24, 8 March 2024 (UTC) reply