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Your edit here was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to remove unwanted links and spam from Wikipedia. The external link you added or changed is on my list of links to remove and probably shouldn't be included in Wikipedia. The external links I reverted were matching the following regex rule(s): rule: 'geocities\.com' (link(s): http://www.geocities.com/benjamin.morgan/index.htm) . If the external link you inserted or changed was to a blog, forum, free web hosting service, or similar site, then please check the information on the external site thoroughly. Note that such sites should probably not be linked to if they contain information that is in violation of the creator's copyright (see Linking to copyrighted works), or they are not written by a recognised, reliable source. Linking to sites that you are involved with is also strongly discouraged (see conflict of interest).

If you were trying to insert an external link that does comply with our policies and guidelines, then please accept my creator's apologies and feel free to undo the bot's revert. Please read Wikipedia's external links guideline for more information, and consult my list of frequently-reverted sites. For more information about me, see my FAQ page. Thanks! XLinkBot (talk) 04:27, 26 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Great edits to the RPIR page. Well done. Ozdaren (talk) 07:33, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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		Please accept this award in recognition of your excellent work on Australian military history articles. Those are excellent articles for any editor, and especially for a new one. Nick-D (talk) 07:38, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

By the way, you might be interested in joining the Military History Wikiproject and/or its Australian task force. Nick-D (talk) 07:38, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. I see you've been adding this category to a number of pages. In itself, that's fine but as far as I can see these pages are also in Category:Battles involving Australia. Since Category:Battles of World War II involving Australia is a sub-category of Category:Battles involving Australia, this represents an unnecessary duplication. If WWII battles are to be added to the former category, they should be removed from the latter. Regards Stephen Kirrage ^{talk - contribs} 11:23, 5 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I've seen the you created Category:Battles of the Vietnam War involving Australia, I would like you to create more categories with the same thing, such as Category:Battles of the Vietnam War involving the United States, Category:Battles of the Vietnam War involving Korea, or Category:Battles of the Vietnam War involving the Soviet Union, thank. 98.119.177.171 (talk) 01:51, 13 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, which articles in particular are you interested in categorising? Cheers. Anotherclown (talk) 12:13, 24 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks for uploading Image:Trooper Mark Donaldson 2009.jpg. I noticed the description page specifies that the media is being used under a claim of fair use, but its use in Wikipedia articles fails our first non-free content criterion in that it illustrates a subject for which a freely licensed media could reasonably be found or created that provides substantially the same information. If you believe this media is not replaceable, please:

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I have to admit to being a bit confused about this, my understanding is that as this image is provided by the Australian defence department as part of the a media release a claim of fair use can be made. Indeed the following is from their website:

Bona fide news media organisations only may republish and archive photographs and other material from the Defence web site for reporting news free of charge and without seeking further authorisation from the Commonwealth, subject to the following conditions:

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4.The Commonwealth reserves all other rights.

In your post you say that a freely licensed media could reasonably be found or created that provides substantially the same information - I fail to see how either of these assertions are correct. For a start as a currently serving member of the SASR it would be illegal for a media organisation to release images other than those approved by the Department of Defence, whilst secondly neither I, nor I imagine anybody else on Wikipedia, are in a position to chase this bloke down and ask him for a happy snap.

Of course feel free to delete if you wish - alternatively you could actually suggest how we might use this image (which clearly has historical signifance), with out violating copyright. Anotherclown (talk) 09:19, 16 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Please don't worry - two other editors have disagreed with me and I've removed the tag. I misread the article and thought that he was formerly a member of the SAS. Sorry for the inconvinience - Peripitus (Talk) 09:24, 16 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Moved to WT:AUSMIL#See also sections in VC recipients

My apologies Anotherclown that this seems to have been dumped onto you. In general it is best to discuss any changes that you think might be controversial rather than being bold. That is not to put you off being bold, it is what builds the encyclopedia after all. Regards, Woody (talk) 14:22, 18 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Anotherclown. I was just looking through the above article that you created, and just wanted to say that you've done an exceptionally good job! There is very little I have ever seen on Australia's contributions to the Russian Civil War, and I think I only really know a little bit about it due to the two Aussie VCs of the engagement. If you don't mind, I do have a few points that could help you a little with enhancing the article? More MoS then content tips, but it's your call. I hope to see a few more such articles in the future. ;-) Cheers, Abraham, B.S. (talk) 14:13, 18 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. I apologise for all of the above; never thought it would blow up like that! Cheers, Abraham, B.S. (talk) 14:13, 18 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi mate - for sure please feel free to make suggestions. Anotherclown (talk) 05:09, 19 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, that's another outstanding article. Nick-D (talk) 06:58, 19 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Anotherclown. As I said, most of the points are more MoS (the boring stuff), but I hope it helps:

• The purpose of a lead/introduction (WP:LEAD) is to briefly summarise the information presented in the article. In this case the lead is absolutely enormous! Lol. It would probably be best to cut the lead down to two or three paragraphs, and go into detail where appropiate in the body.
• It was once mandatory that dates be linked in an article, but this was over turned a little while ago. Now, linking dates is informally discouraged (actually, I think I read some where that it is now against the MoS; go figure), and it is best to have them delinked.
• It's best not to over link, so probably only link something the first time it is mentioned.
• Date ranges (eg. 10–12 September) used in the article and page ranges (eg. pages 10–12) used in citations require an endash (–). For more information see WP:ENDASH.
• In regards to images, try not to sandwich the text. As in, try not to have two images opposite each other, making a sandwich effect with the text.

Well, there's just a few points but I hope they help! Cheers, Abraham, B.S. (talk) 07:17, 19 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Cheers for those - I will endevour to make said changes when I have time (unfortunately back at work as of today and already snowed under). Of course I would not take offense if another editor makes these changes IOT comply with MoS. Anotherclown (talk) 06:36, 20 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hey there. Just to add - this is a great piece of work. I've made some edits and requested your help in finishing the minor restructure I've started, with a view to getting this to Good Article status. Check out the talk page. Get back to me if you think I'm on the wrong track. Cheers. hamiltonstone (talk) 23:19, 22 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You recently filed a request at Wikipedia:Requested moves to move the page Third Afghan War to a different title - however your proposal is either incomplete or has been contested as being controversial. As a result, it has been moved to the incomplete and contested proposals section. Requests that remain incomplete after five days will be removed.

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Hi. I've nominated Australian contribution to the Allied Intervention in Russia 1918–1919, an article you worked on, for consideration to appear on the Main Page as part of Wikipedia:Did you know. You can see the hook for the article here, where you can improve it if you see fit. Thanks, Ravichandar_{My coffee shop} 05:14, 22 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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		For the impressive depth and frequency of contributions, particularly through the addition of substantive new text, that you've made in the area of military history in recent weeks. Excellent work. hamiltonstone (talk) 23:44, 22 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

On January 26, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Australian contribution to the Allied Intervention in Russia 1918–1919, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Dravecky (talk) 22:40, 26 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi mate, I've been working on 2/6th Independent Company. Thought I'd done a pretty good job, but apparently it sucks for references and grammer. References I can understand (I've only got a couple of books on the subject, mind you it is a unit so there aren't that many), but the grammar I disagree with. Anyway, I'm probably too close to it to see the mistakes, so when you get a chance could you look at it? You might have some more sources. Also, I started Honner Force today but it will only ever be a stub as I've got nothing to work with. Cheers. (The useless cripple) AustralianRupert (talk) 05:49, 11 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]