User talk:Rakkar/Archive 1

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→ JarlaxleArtemis 03:57, Jun 2, 2005 (UTC) -- Did you know this guy has been banned indefinitely from all wikimedia sites? bloody n'famous

Masthead Island

Hi rakkar, no worries, thanks for doing the hard work with researching and starting the page. I merely had to review it and correct some factual inaccuracies. No probs with any of your additions except about mining on the island. The EPA National Park link at the end of the article mentions that Masthead Island is relatively undisturbed and human impacts on the island have been rare. I couldn't find any mention of guano mining on Masthead on the net, but know that such mining did occur on nearby Lady Musgrave Island and North West Island. If you have a reference supporting that guano mining occurred on Masthead, please by all means add it to the links list, otherwise I think the mining stuff should be removed from the article.

Cheers! BrightLights 09:48, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with Image:Oils Alive Again by rakka of oz.jpg

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No problem... the new tag looks good to me. --Adam Clark^{(User_Talk) (email)} 08:19, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

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Dirt Music

A long time ago (in the wiki world) you made a comment about the novel Dirt Music being from the year 2001 and not 2002, you were of course right. Just so you know, I've update the article a bit, but it still needs work to de-stub it - if you feel like taking a shot at the Literary significance & criticism section that would be awesome. As for me, I haven't read the book yet but am a big fan of the soundtrack. --Cody.Pope 07:14, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

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Heading for article

Just a brief note of thanks for your courtesy in contacting me regarding your suggestion for the change in title for the Greens article. It is a pity that there is not more of this courtesy generally within the editing process (I note that someone else subsequently changed the heading without waiting for any further discussion). Anyways, thanks again, I appreciate your courtesy. JDAKINS (talk) 21:10, 7 February 2008 (UTC) User:JDAKINS

Hi Rakkar, this stuff belongs (if anywhere) in the "critique" section of the Green Politics page. It certainly doesn't fit into the "influence" section here. I may be somewhat biased here, but I think the reportage of the issue gives it undue weight. I have no doubt that JDAKINS and the article's author (if they are different people) think that it's a defining issue, but you'd have to say that there hasn't been a lot of other mention of this "problem" elsewhere. And there are no balancing opinions to reference, though you did a good job in your revision of the original insertion.

The reliability of the referenced source is also called into question by it's unsupported claim that the "insult" to US President George W Bush by Greens Senators was the main factor in the continued detention of Mamdouh Habib and David Hicks in Guantanamo Bay. Surely just a little far fetched and perhaps a sign of an obsessive position re Greens by the author. Chrismaltby (talk) 13:33, 18 February 2008 (UTC)