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File:Toitu new wing.jpg

Hi Grutness. I have today made a new sub-category for Toitu Transport Hall. Is this "new wing" in fact the transport hall? regards, Eddaido (talk) 07:29, 1 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

No - the original museum building is the central building in the cmplex - in the 1990s it took over the old bus depot to the south of it, which became the Transport Hall - it's now a more general technology hall, with transport, computing, television, and radio, plus the restored Art Deco waiting room of the old bus depot. A new wing was built to the north of the original building in the 2000s, which is the "new wing". It c ontains a large reception area with shop and cafe, and exhibits relating to pre-European settlement. Grutness...wha? 08:52, 1 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. Should something be added to that "new wing" file to say how the building is used? Eddaido (talk) 09:03, 1 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Good idea. If it makes things any simpler to understand, :this satellite view might explain it more simply: The red-roofed part of the building (31) is the original building. The triangular part below it (35) is the transport hall (the old bus depot). The grey triangle at the top is the new wing. Grutness...wha? 09:07, 1 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for all that. What do you suggest I go there and add to the file? Rather more than 50 years since I've been near Dunedin and that was a drive-through! Cheers, Eddaido (talk) 09:11, 1 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Probably pretty much what I said above - it's the entrance wing, built in 2011, and contains the museum's reception, shop, and cafe. Apparently it's officially called the Josephine Foyer, named after the Fairlie locomotive which sits at its northern end, though I've only ever heard it called the new wing or entrance wing. Grutness...wha? 09:18, 1 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

See, I don't know what you are talking about. Please may I have a short accurate phrase. My only interest was to upload some photos of exhibits taken a few weeks ago because I did not want them wasted and often if people have an idea of what they might see they will go take a look when they might not otherwise. I'm trying to be nice to the South Island! So please may I have an accurate brief phrase to put there. Thanks, Eddaido (talk) 09:22, 1 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I explained it as well as I could... I've added a brief description to the file - hopefully that will do. Grutness...wha? 09:28, 1 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, that's terrific. Eddaido (talk) 09:30, 1 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Oops - yes, you're right - the many times I've done this in the past were usually to make way for a primary topic. I think I'd intended to make "Shiner" a redirect to Black eye, but didn't get round to it. Grutness...wha? 05:21, 17 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello Grutness, I decided to write to you, as I saw during my work on design of Worcestershire Barnstar, that you made a contribution to the article Flag of Worcestershire. I used this symbol for creation of the Barnstar for the WP:WORCS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Worcestershire When I learned, that such project exists, I became very interested, as I’m planning to drive to the Archaeological sites in Worcestershire, make good photos around and then to start the article about Archaeological findings of Worcestershire. I think, that WP:WORCS is a good Project, and it deserves to have the own Barnstar, which also, probably, will help to make this Project more active. If you will have a couple of minutes, have a look at WikiProject Wikipedia Awards talk page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Wikipedia_Awards, and if you will find this idea, and the design of WORCS Barnstar as a good one — please, give your support. All the best. Regards, Chris Oxford.Chris Oxford (talk) 18:18, 3 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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It alway amazes me that faced with the choice between the two minute task of prodding an article and the slightly shorter task of finding a reliable reference, many editors take the longer way... Grutness...wha? 01:49, 18 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The actual process of prodding using Twinkle takes 10 sec. What amazes me is that it was you who created an unreferenced BLP. That's a big no-no. I admit I should have looked at the article's history, as giving you a gentle "prod" (of the non-deleting variety) would have done the trick. Schwede 66 05:24, 18 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Touché. Unfortunately, the references I was using for the article originally were ones I had written at the time (I work as an art reviewer for the Otago Daily Times). As such, I couldn't use them. Whatever - sorry to have sounded grumpy - you just caught me on a bad day :) Grutness...wha? 05:42, 18 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi, Grutness. I wanted to let you know that I redacted part of your deletion rationale at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Prime Campus per the WP:OUTING policy. Please don't post personal information about editors on Wikipedia if they have not disclosed it themselves onwiki. GorillaWarfare (talk) 02:13, 14 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hm. It seems to me that in cases like this, the very fact that they have not revealed that information is an important point in indicating that a COI exists. Would it be acceptable to simply say that the user name suggests a conflict of interest? If so, what happens if someone asks why it seems to indicate that? Grutness...wha? 02:36, 14 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

You can just say that it seems they have a COI, though I find in a lot of cases (this one being no exception) that it's not necessary to dig into the fact that someone may have an undeclared COI in order to proceed with article deletion. I imagine the article issues alone will be enough. GorillaWarfare (talk) 02:48, 14 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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@ShakespeareFan00: I don't mind if it is deleted, since it is so out of date, but I have updated the info anyway. As to referring to image use policy, etc... this file was uploaded eleven years ago. Image use policy was slightly different back then; at that time if a PD-self or gfdl-self template was added, it was automatically taken as an indication that the image was original and created by the uploader. Grutness...wha? 01:29, 19 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for udpating.ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 09:29, 26 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Fateh Ali Khan family

Hi Admin! Thanks for creating the category!

I have some requests. Please add Category:Rahat Fateh Ali Khan in it, then remove Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Rahat Fateh Ali Khan per WP:SUBCAT. Thanks again! M. Billoo 15:48, 22 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @M.Billoo2000: I've added the category you mentioned, but individual people within families don't normally get removed under WP:SUBCAT - it's one of the exceptions to that particular guideline. Grutness...wha? 21:46, 22 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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