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Hey

Happy new year, people of the future! Ground Zero (talk) 00:12, 1 January 2023 (UTC)Reply

@Ground Zero: Happy new year to you too :-). Let's hope that this year (or next year for you /s) is better than 2022 (and do I get bragging rights for making the first edit of the year? ;-)). SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta) 02:13, 1 January 2023 (UTC)Reply
It looks that way to me. Ground Zero (talk) 02:38, 2 January 2023 (UTC)Reply

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Exchange rates

Thanks for your help in updating the exchange rates. When I started doing this a few years ago, I was finding rates that had not been updated since as far back as 2007. I think it looked really bad for Wikivoyage to have such outdated information in the high-profile country articles.

I have been rounding the exchange rates though to make it easier for readers to do "mental math" in converting currencies. I don't think there is any value for readers in having precise rates, which will be out of date by the time the financial markets close at the end of the day on Tuesday. Ground Zero (talk) 01:45, 2 January 2023 (UTC)Reply

Sure thing, Ground Zero. I'll keep this in mind when updating exchange rates in the next few days (I think there's still about 80 or so more left).
In saying that, I am thinking of replacing all exchange rate boxes along the lines of {{Exchange rate AUD}}. If I'm not mistaken, it automatically fetches the information from Wikidata, a project with more active editors who keep things like exchange rates more up-to-date than us. --SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta) 03:53, 2 January 2023 (UTC)Reply
That would be great if it works. The discussions that have taken place have never indicated that it would work -- they always seem to end up without anyone saying that they have the technical capability to do it. But this is beyond my ken, so I will watch your progress and assist if I can. Ground Zero (talk) 12:44, 2 January 2023 (UTC)Reply
The downside to this is that someone needs to update the rates on Wikidata. Even for {{Exchange rate AUD}}, the last time it was updated was on December 18. If the world's fifth most traded currency hasn't been updated in a while, then how often can we expect for smaller currencies like the Mongolian tögrög to be updated, per se. SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta) 12:48, 2 January 2023 (UTC)Reply
December 18 is actually really good. The tögrög, on the other hand, has a USD exchange rate from 2018, and a euro rate from Feb 2019. That's not so good. If the Wikidata wizards manage to automate their site to update from somewhere else without manual intervention, then I'd be in favour of using their numbers. Getting more frequent update without doing it manually would be a win, even if it meant having to accept precise numbers. Ground Zero (talk) 20:00, 2 January 2023 (UTC)Reply
In that case, we may only be able to use such a format for the most important currencies, such as EUR, USD, GBP, CAD, AUD (which we already do), NZD, ECD, CFA, or JPY, which I'd also favour using their numbers. I might try such a format on Canada#Money as a simple experiment (as CAD is not used anywhere outside Canada, and unofficially, St Pierre and Miquelon). If this works, then we could implement a similar format elsewhere. SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta) 22:49, 2 January 2023 (UTC)Reply

User:INeverCry

Please remove all rights from globally banned user. Thanks. Tryvix1509 (talk) 11:14, 4 January 2023 (UTC)Reply

  Done. Thanks for letting me know about it. SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta) 11:15, 4 January 2023 (UTC)Reply

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Mapshape with malfunction

Today I opened a task on phabricator (phab:T328739). Maybe you observed the same failure. --RolandUnger (talk) 12:55, 3 February 2023 (UTC)Reply

@RolandUnger: thanks for filing the task, RolandUnger! SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta) 19:42, 3 February 2023 (UTC)Reply

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Hey, I was just wondering if you got my ping. STW932 has uploaded some photos which might be suitable for making banners for the article, so I was wondering if you could have a look. But don't worry if you're busy. After all, we are all volunteers here. The dog2 (talk) 19:16, 20 February 2023 (UTC)Reply

@The dog2: Hi, apologies for somehow overlooking your ping. I've been a bit busy lately but I can make them once I arrive home at 20:00 UTC+11. Cheers, SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta) 20:18, 20 February 2023 (UTC)Reply
@The dog2:   Done – see c:File:Minority cultures of China banner.jpg. Let me know if that doesn't work or if you have a better suggestion, and hopefully, I don't overlook it. SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta) 09:25, 21 February 2023 (UTC)Reply

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Possible sockpuppet of Luchy04

Have a look at the contributions by 82.52.91.224. They are in the same style as those by Luchy04. One edit on Colico even left Dutch text in the intro section. --FredTC (talk) 01:42, 22 February 2023 (UTC)Reply

Blocked, but maybe not a sockpuppet, considering the Dutch text. Perhaps we'll hear from them on their user talk page. Ikan Kekek (talk) 02:51, 22 February 2023 (UTC)Reply
Looks very much like Luchy04 – the Dutch text is probably an indication that they haven't or forgot to machine translate the text (typical behaviour of their's), but thank you for handling this, Ikan Kekek. SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta) 06:53, 22 February 2023 (UTC)Reply
Sure thing. I thought they were Italian, though. Ikan Kekek (talk) 07:21, 22 February 2023 (UTC)Reply
AFAIK, Luchy04 contributes to various language projects and probably machine translates anything they find. The IP does geolocate to Milan, Lombardy, though. SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta) 07:33, 22 February 2023 (UTC)Reply

Port Moresby International Airport

you're right sorry, I removed merge tag wrongly--Air fans (talk) 21:56, 24 February 2023 (UTC)Reply

Not a problem. It happens sometimes  :-). SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta) 21:57, 24 February 2023 (UTC)Reply

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April fools 2023

Hi! As there were no voting or discussion concerning this year's April Fool's article I decided to take your suggestion (that makes two voyagers supporting it, when other suggestions just seem to have one). Had to create an article as one couldn't link to external articles from the banner. Ypsilon (talk) 16:57, 31 March 2023 (UTC)Reply

@Ypsilon: (apols for the late response) Nice one! A pity that I couldn't be there to see the page myself, but thank you for handling this year's April fools article :-). I wonder how many people actually fell for it, though. SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta) 06:05, 5 April 2023 (UTC)Reply
Around 288, probably a few less as some views are me reloading/editing the page. --Ypsilon (talk) 08:44, 5 April 2023 (UTC)Reply

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I think I owe you an apology

I just saw that you finished grading the editathon. I had said I would do some of that work, but from a combination of not getting what I considered a definitive reply on how to grade and being pretty swamped with offline work, I never did actually grade anything. I'm not really sure this apology is worth much, but I realize that not pulling my weight on this had to suck. Ikan Kekek (talk) 07:21, 6 April 2023 (UTC)Reply

@Ikan Kekek: Hey, there's no need for an apology, mate. Real life always comes first, and I for one, was also very busy during February and March and couldn't get to grading until today. I was only able to finish grading because I was at home after a week away without my computer, listening to Lavender Haze on repeat while also trying to finish off another personal project of mine ;-). --SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta) 10:51, 6 April 2023 (UTC)Reply

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South Western Sydney

Message copied from Special:AbuseFilter/65098 and Special:AbuseLog/65121

Not sure if this is helpful, but I have been steadily photographing and updating Wikidata POI around the City of Liverpool. I think I've got at least three quarters of the LGA - see Wikishootme. Hopefully this might help... - if you want me to capture specific places please let me know and I can concentrate on them. Chris.sherlock2 (talk) 01:41, April 19, 2023 (UTC)

@Christ.sherlock2: Nice! At the moment, I don't have any specific places in southwestern Sydney, but I will let you know if any location needs a photo. Keep up the great work, though! --SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta) 02:00, 19 April 2023 (UTC)Reply
Thanks :-) You've done great work on that South Western Sydney article. Are you from around that area? Chris.sherlock2 (talk) 13:41, April 19, 2023 (UTC)
I'm not from that area (I live between Parramatta and Meadowbank), but I did contribute to most NSW articles back in 2021 (except Sydney/Bondi, but let's be real, I think people from Bondi would like to be left alone ;-)). --SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta) 06:10, 20 April 2023 (UTC)Reply

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Congratulations and thank you

This is a remarkable achievement! Ground Zero (talk) 12:35, 25 April 2023 (UTC)Reply

@Ground Zero: Thank you! Honestly, I didn't know what to feel after checking my X-tools stats after a month and finding this out, but I will say that it's been a pleasure in creating every one of them listed on User:SHB2000#Articles and pages from Tombstone Territorial Park in Yukon, Sør-Spitsbergen National Park in Svalbard, Klaksvík in the Faroe Islands, the Crozet Islands in the French Southern and Antarctic Lands, or even Mount Kosciuszko summit trails, just 500 kilometres from home (and it's crazy to think that I've started an article nearly from every region of the world, including Antarctica and the DPRK) in just a little over two years. But with all this, I cannot thank you enough for being a great mentor to me, inspiring me to continue to where I am now on Wikivoyage today :-). --SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta) 12:51, 25 April 2023 (UTC)Reply
I am so glad that I helped you on your journey to becoming such a valuable contributor to Wikivoyage! You are one of the people who make Wikivoyage a fun and enjoyable place in which to work. Ground Zero (talk) 18:56, 25 April 2023 (UTC)Reply
yeah, let me join this celebration, you're surely a valuable, hard-working member in this community, very nice to be around, and what I thank you the most for is on your daily help about dealing with LTAs and crosswiki vandals. Let's keep it up. Wikivoyage is the best. Ibaman (talk) 22:30, 25 April 2023 (UTC)Reply
And you too, Ibaman – I've always admired your spank-the-fly attitude (in a good way) regarding vandals, spammers and LTAs, which is one that I maintain on the other wiki where I'm an admin. Wikivoyage is indeed the best – there may be times where it may not feel as such (e.g. the VFD nom for Lermoos), it is at least 90 per cent of the time. --SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta) 22:45, 25 April 2023 (UTC)Reply

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Summer of WikiVoyage 2023

Hi @SHB2000!

I am @Vyolltsa from the Wikimedians of Albanian Language User Group. Summer of Wikivoyage is around the corner and our User Group is hosting the Summer of Wikivoyage Edit-a-thon in the North-West of Albania to write about different travel destinations of Albania and Kosovo in English, May 19-21. Also, we are inviting everyone to join us online here Saturday from 10:00-17:00 (GMT+2) Time Zone.

Could you please update the Albania and Kosovo Expedition pages for 2023?

Thank you in advance! Vyolltsa (talk) 13:17, 27 April 2023 (UTC)Reply

But SHB is from Australia, so the summer is over and the winter coming up. (sorry, it was too funny not to mention :))
Anyway, thanks to you guys for improving articles from Albania and Kosovo. English Wikivoyage covers Europe quite well, but for the southeastern corner of the continent the coverage is a bit weaker than for example the UK or Central Europe. --Ypsilon (talk) 13:46, 27 April 2023 (UTC)Reply
@Ypsilon Hi there! You cracked me up :)))))! Next time, I will ask you to help update the pages. I appreciate you commented on here. Thank you! Vyolltsa (talk) 07:30, 28 April 2023 (UTC)Reply
Hey, at least it still feels like a Victorian summer here rn (see the link below). SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta) 07:41, 28 April 2023 (UTC)Reply
Hi, Vyolltsa, I'll update the pages when I get home (approx. 06:30 UTC/16:30 AEST). Thanks for letting me know about this, and am looking forward to your improvements!
(and to Ypsilon, lol – I've kinda gotten used to Northern Hemisphere-defaultism, though :-))
--SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta) 21:34, 27 April 2023 (UTC)Reply
Thank you @SHB2000! Vyolltsa (talk) 07:32, 28 April 2023 (UTC)Reply
Not a problem! I'm not sure if PetScan is having some issues with the bottom table (i.e. the "Articles needing a little work to get to usable") – I couldn't find anything wrong with the link on our side, so I wouldn't take the stats on last table at face value. I'll try and investigate into this further, but I'm not too sure if I'll get very far given that this is coming from an external source.
(to Ypsilon, here's what an autumn day, just 33 days from winter, looked like today). SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta) 07:40, 28 April 2023 (UTC)Reply
And I thought it was sort of funny to see leaves falling in May a few years ago...
Vyolltsa I'm not an admin, but there are several including SHB who are happy to update pages and help out with technical stuff. --Ypsilon (talk) 09:40, 28 April 2023 (UTC)Reply
I'm sure snow in a mainland Australian summer must also be a peculiar sight... (that article dates to Feb 3, so it was still mid-summer in New South Wales). SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta) 09:50, 28 April 2023 (UTC)Reply

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Template Editor privileges

Hi, thanks for the offer. I'll take them, I suppose for the only reason that it may help me investigate issues a bit deeper. I don't think I'd ever actually edit a template without serious consultation. Brycehughes (talk) 10:48, 2 May 2023 (UTC)Reply

  Done. Even if you aren't going to regularly edit templates, you'll never know when it comes in handy :-). SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta) 11:00, 2 May 2023 (UTC)Reply
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Weeze Airport

Do you mind not redirecting it as it exists on DE and IT, also it is rapidly growing low-fair airport, exactly the type that is not well covered by commercial websites. I know if you live in Sydney, that sounds too little, but in Europe these airports are essential for low cost travel. -- Zblace (talk) 10:56, 18 May 2023 (UTC)Reply

Fair point, but it's only a merge tag (meaning I probably won't be the one merging it). I'll see what others think about it, because I'm still not sure if it meets the criteria for an airport article – but then again, I don't use low-cost airlines when I'm in Europe. --SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta) 11:14, 18 May 2023 (UTC)Reply
Well it seems there are 23 wikipedia articles about it https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q632410, so it should not be border case IMHO. --Zblace (talk) 11:29, 18 May 2023 (UTC)Reply
I don't think the number of Wikipedia articles about it are relevant. We all know that Wikipedia has articles about even the smallest airstrips. It's quite exceptional for a single-terminal airport to be complex enough to need an article. What's complex about the airport that can't be covered in the "Get in" section(s) of relevant city articles? Ikan Kekek (talk) 21:00, 18 May 2023 (UTC)Reply

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A ping

Chris.sherlock2 asks for photographers in Commons:Commons:Village pump#Australians in South Western Sydney. You might want to check. Was it them who talked about something like that with you recently? –LPfi (talk) 22:33, 22 May 2023 (UTC)Reply

@LPfi: Yes, it was them. I don't live in or even near southwest Sydney, though. SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta) 10:03, 23 May 2023 (UTC)Reply
OK, thanks. –LPfi (talk) 17:33, 23 May 2023 (UTC)Reply

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Note about an IP user having few or no votes outside a topic

I've never seen that on this wiki, and I really don't see the relevance. Either their arguments are good or not, and if they're a sock, they should be blocked and their contributions should be deleted, but consensus is never an exact number of votes, anyway. My 2 cents. Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:24, 26 May 2023 (UTC)Reply

It's commonly used on Meta as an indicator to other users who have not yet taken a position (see m:Requests for comment for some examples). It comes in handy when coming to a final conclusion without clear conflict of interest violations (in this case, I left the note because I am clearly opposed to the new regions, but it remains clear if anyone wants to revert the IPs, had they implemented the proposal as of now). Also, we can never be 100% sure if the IPs are socks, meats or IPs who've been canvassed, due to Wikimedia's CheckUser policy; even then, me blocking all those IPs would be overstepping my boundaries as an admin for CoI reasons stated. --SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta) 09:05, 26 May 2023 (UTC)Reply

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Interesting stats

I just though you might be interested in this news: [131]. It looks like Australia is the only country in the world that has a net positive migration rate from the U.S. In other words, there are more Americans who move to Australia than Australians who move to the U.S. Congratulations, Australia. The dog2 (talk) 14:50, 28 June 2023 (UTC)Reply

Ooh, that's an interesting stat. I'm not surprised by it, though – there are about 110k migrants here who are from the United States and both Australia and the US have become increasingly closer together culturally since the Americanization-era post-WWII. Thanks for the article :-). SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta) 23:17, 28 June 2023 (UTC)Reply

Quick question

Hey, just figured I'd ask you this because you helped me out before re T335770, and I think I've been able to reproduce the problem. Can you tell me if you see the word "folks" in the extract field at https://en.wikivoyage.org/api/rest_v1/page/summary/%C4%8Ci%C4%8Dmany? I removed it, but it seems to spuriously and bizarrely show up depending on whether I'm on my VPN or not. Thanks a lot. Brycehughes (talk) 14:54, 2 July 2023 (UTC)Reply

@Brycehughes: Hi, I can confirm that there are no instances of the word "folks" spuriously appearing on the page in question. SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta) 22:58, 2 July 2023 (UTC)Reply
Cheers, many thanks. Brycehughes (talk) 05:58, 3 July 2023 (UTC)Reply

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Thank you for sweeping the pub

You've earned this.

 

Ground Zero (talk) 12:25, 3 July 2023 (UTC)Reply

Thanks, mate – lovely Victorian delicacy :-) (but irony of the beer also gave me a chuckle as I don't drink lol). --SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta) 12:41, 3 July 2023 (UTC)Reply
Keeping with the pub theme, I've swapped out the beer for fish and chips. Ground Zero (talk) 15:31, 3 July 2023 (UTC)Reply
Ooh, who doesn't love a bowl of fish and chips! (funnily enough, though, I had fish and chips from here last year) --SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta) 22:57, 3 July 2023 (UTC)Reply
That's very cool! I had never heard of it, but now I'll have to add it to my list for when I come to Aus. We have friends in Sunshine Coast, so chances are good we would pass through there. Ground Zero (talk) 01:03, 4 July 2023 (UTC)Reply
From my last visit to the Sunshine CoastNoosa area (most people consider Noosa as part of the Sunny Coast, but it's a separate city council and is more splurge-like so we cover it separately), definitely worth visiting. It's (unfortunately) a bit car-centric (I guess that's not surprising given that this area has parallel freeways, though one of them really shouldn't be considered one), but it has a nice national park that's front and centre throughout Noosa. I hadn't heard of Boardwalk Bistro before I had fish and chips last year, but it was recommended by a friend who lived there. --SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta) 01:16, 4 July 2023 (UTC)Reply
and isn't it strange that four days later, Special:Diff/4692932 happened... SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta) 06:09, 9 July 2023 (UTC)Reply
Congratulations and thank you! I do think that Wikivoyage has made big strides over the past few years, and is becoming a guide that travellers can use and rely on for the more popular destinations. Traditional book-based travel guides are fading away (take a look at how shelf space and number of titles has shrunk in bookstores), and something needs to replace them. As Wikivoyage continues to grow, I hope that we will attract more contributors to improve the freshness of listings. Best regards, Ground Zero (talk) 12:01, 9 July 2023 (UTC)Reply
 
Thank you, Ground Zero! I agree that the coverage of Wikivoyage has vastly improved – it's improved to the point where I have even recommended it to family and friends for certain parts of the world (e.g. Western and Northern Europe except FO; Australia; Canada; most of the US, Mexico and South/SE Asia; Japan).
Funnily enough, today also marks two years of me becoming a Wikivoyage administrator. One of the things I remember you mentioning in my nomination is how I had over 11,000 edits – I still find it hard to believe I made over 60,000 edits on Wikivoyage since. More importantly, thank you for being one of my most valuable mentors on this site! I don't think I'd have picked up the way of how Wikivoyage worked if it weren't for your mentoring (and I still find how you treat new users much better than my occasional BICS approach). Have a meat pie :-). --SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta) 13:25, 9 July 2023 (UTC)Reply

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Aussie usage question

English_language_varieties#Plural_"you" lists various colloquial forms, "y'all", "you guys", etc. It does not mention any for Oz or NZ. Should it? Pashley (talk) 14:50, 10 July 2023 (UTC)Reply

@Pashley: "Youse" is sometimes used, but it's not that common nowadays cf "you all". SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta) 22:56, 10 July 2023 (UTC)Reply

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I wonder how the "Add a link" feature will work. --SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta) 09:13, 5 September 2023 (UTC)Reply

Please delete

File:Maanshan museum.jpg - copyvio. I already talked to student about this. TIA! Piotrus (talk) 10:19, 11 September 2023 (UTC)Reply

  D; NP. --SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta) 11:20, 11 September 2023 (UTC)Reply

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Kiritimati

Re the lede, that's clever but a little too clever for many readers I think ha. Mind if I dumb it down w.r.t. longitude? Brycehughes (talk) 11:04, 6 October 2023 (UTC)Reply

Re Special:Diff/4481340? Sure – maybe I'm just way too nerdy when it comes to geographical trivia (thank you, JetPunk). SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta) 11:07, 6 October 2023 (UTC)Reply
Did my best. If you are a true nerd (geek?), can you add a better, more relevant superhero than superman? Brycehughes (talk) 12:23, 6 October 2023 (UTC)Reply
Ugh. I didn't like your minute joke and my adaptation was stupid. I just went lame and basic. If you encourage me I could attempt to excite the lede another day. But whatever I don't think it's highest priority. Revert to yours if you want. Brycehughes (talk) 13:05, 6 October 2023 (UTC)Reply
Eh, tbf, I don't feel strongly either way. It's up to you, really. --SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta) 19:11, 6 October 2023 (UTC)Reply

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Why does the new source editor font look hideous? Is there a way to get past this? --SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta) 10:33, 19 October 2023 (UTC)Reply

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My edit didn't work?

The anchor "OR" was added yesterday. I changed it while editing Wikivoyage:Original research. I don't think I broke anything. If I did, can you point it out? Ikan Kekek (talk) 07:09, 29 October 2023 (UTC)Reply

Oh, I didn't realise that – in that case, yes, you're right that it didn't break anything, and apologies for leading you to think that I did :-(. In any case, though, it doesn't hurt to have multiple anchors at least from a developer perspective. --SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta) 08:40, 29 October 2023 (UTC)Reply
Didn't we agree not to create more 2-capital-letter anchors? Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:44, 29 October 2023 (UTC)Reply
Redirects, not anchors (which have no effect on anything but the page's HTML). --SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta) 08:46, 29 October 2023 (UTC)Reply

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CEE Newsletter Volume 3 • Issue 4 • July-August 2023

Hi everyone,

Please find latest issue of the CEE Newsletter, where you can find a variety of the articles from various communities across the CEE region, and as well a lot of articles connected with the CEE Meeting 2023.

Enjoy reading and contact us on newsletter@wmceehub.org if you have any ideas for proposals :) --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:36, 6 November 2023 (UTC)Reply

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A massive thank you to the community

Swept in from the pub

I just hit 75,000 edits on the English Wikivoyage – while it's an achievement for me, none of this would have been possible were it not for the support and positive atmosphere of the community.

I want to thank every member of this community that has helped make this happen; I can attest that it has been an honour and has been great merriment to work with you all for the past three years. Although my activity levels are significantly lower than they once were (during COVID times), I hope to continue for years to come.

--SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta) 00:21, 4 October 2023 (UTC)Reply

Cheers man. As I've slowly made the migration over from WP you've really helped me along the way, always there, supportive. 75,000 edits in 3 years, you nerd ;) Also iirc you're down under as well... I'm not often here but I'm from here... I just hope we beat you in the rugby because on these islands we have nothing else to live by Brycehughes (talk) 03:32, 4 October 2023 (UTC)Reply
Thanks man – and I am from down under :-). COVID (2021 NSW 4-month lockdown) definitely boosted up that edit count, plus my obsession with the typo tool back when it wasn't empty. As for the rugby, welp, I have no faith in even making it to the round of 8... – there's a reason why rugby league is better ;-). --SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta) 03:56, 4 October 2023 (UTC)Reply
Gawd you guys had it so f'ing rough (NSW). I had that sweet island life eh (I actually moved to mexico when they tried to do the second one... i was like fuuuuck this). We're not going to agree on league mate, we're just not. Was nice to see the warriors bring it before they were destroyed (along with NZ's hopes and dreams) though. Brycehughes (talk) 04:02, 4 October 2023 (UTC)Reply
Darn, lucky bastard, eh? I watched the Warriors' final game this season and wanted them to make it to the finals so bad – sucks that they lost pretty badly, tho :-( – but who knows if the All Blacks will bring it home this year (even tho I want France to win...)? --SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta) 04:11, 4 October 2023 (UTC)Reply
Yeah so my father literally won't talk to me if they don't win. Whatever. It's all about growing up NZ. As it goes mate. Brycehughes (talk) 04:43, 4 October 2023 (UTC)Reply

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Wikipedia Editor on Wikivoyage

Hi SHB2000

I've noticed a Wikipedia editor has started making changes to Sydney articles basing changes off government articles and maps and has tried to merge all the information that we tried to declutter on the Eastern Suburbs page. I've reverted changes back to make things neater as we intended them to be under the grounds that this is a travel guide and things here are simplified for traveller purposes and do not have to be based off strict government sourcing as this is not a government website nor is it Wikipedia. If you wish to put all that information back on the one Eastern Suburbs page and make it as large as it used to be I will not undo the changes again. It's your call, just thought I should discuss things with you first. Voyage2023 (talk) 16:06, 28 November 2023 (UTC)Reply

Hi, I think such discussions should be kept on the relevant talk pages as the regions are not set in stone. Best, --SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta) 20:22, 28 November 2023 (UTC)Reply
Please see previous discussion at e.g. Talk:Sydney/Eastern suburbs and Talk:Sydney/South-Eastern Suburbs Daceyvillain (talk) 23:12, 28 November 2023 (UTC)Reply
In particular note that for travel/tourism, I don't think it is helpful to push the "South Eastern Suburbs" concept, as the term is almost never used. At Wikipedia, it was considered original research and the South Eastern Suburbs page was deleted because of the No Original Research policy there. Daceyvillain (talk) 23:18, 28 November 2023 (UTC)Reply
I'm not an eastoid, but the only time I've ever seen "southeast" being used for that area was the CSELR. If it doesn't help travellers, though, as evidenced, it seems otherwise. --SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta) 07:06, 29 November 2023 (UTC)Reply
I haven't been pushing anything as I don't edit Wikipedia and I'm not in disagreement that suburbs like La Perouse are definitely within Sydney's East. On Wikivoyage it's a bit different to Wikipedia where it's more about informing travelers about different areas regardless of the information being simplified/summarised or as you put it 'original research'. It's all about making it easier for tourists to understand and explore different sections.
I have been intrigued now by this concept however of people who are in contrast as to what is and isn't the eastern suburbs. I did a little bit of digging and found these two articles online.
The first one seems to be more challenging of the concept of Sydney's eastern suburbs looking at it from geography, sport, and politics. The second article is more information based describing the different areas and contains references at the end with the Wikimedia maps.
At any rate I feel all of these suburbs are Sydney's East but obviously suburbs like Double Bay and Malabar aren't within walking distance to each other nor are they linked through transport so I figured breaking it down made it easier to understand. Merging it back onto one page works for me too just so long as it's articulate and easy to understand. I feel the districts map is definitely still applicable and useful for the Eastern Suburbs page. Voyage2023 (talk) 10:17, 29 November 2023 (UTC)Reply

Cape Horn

To answer your q, accidental I think... or at least I can't remember doing that and I have no idea what I was thinking at the time. Brycehughes (talk) 09:54, 30 November 2023 (UTC)Reply

No probs, mate. You know, I've probably made similar blunders before but they might have gone unnoticed. It just happens :-). --SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta) 10:20, 30 November 2023 (UTC)Reply

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More edit filter issues

Every single time I try to report a vandal on WV:VIP, it gets declined by the edit filter. As for what I was attempting to report, can you please block Special:Contribs/2600:387:5:803:0:0:0:58? Thanks. ChrisWx (talk) 03:11, 17 December 2023 (UTC)Reply

Noting that they are a cross-wiki LTA named Andrew5, see w:User:Andrew5. ChrisWx (talk) 03:12, 17 December 2023 (UTC)Reply
Sorry, I'm in NZ right now and am not of much use. --21:54, 23 December 2023 (UTC) SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta) 21:54, 23 December 2023 (UTC)Reply

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Wish you a very happy Christmas! :-) Haoreima (talk) 18:59, 24 December 2023 (UTC)Reply

Thank you, Haoreima! I wish you the same. SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta) 21:33, 24 December 2023 (UTC)Reply

Meri Kirihimete

 
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Many Thanks. for your greetings from Te Moeka o Tuawe.

Meri Kirihimete / Merry Christmas from Aotea / Great Barrier Island. What a coincidence that we are both visiting the same country! I hope you are enjoying your time in Aotearoa, and the West Coast weather has been good.. Unfortunately I am about to fly home in a few days, but it has been a good break. AlasdairW (talk) 06:17, 25 December 2023 (UTC)Reply

What a coincidence! I too will fly home in 36 hours, provided SYD returns to normal from yesterday's flash flooding, which is strange given el nino has resulted in the West Coast being the Wet Coast. Hope your time at Aotea has been great! --SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta) 09:42, 25 December 2023 (UTC)Reply
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