User talk:Mark Ryan

Welcome to Wikipedia! Rest assured that just because you're young doesn't mean we won't take you seriously. Then again, just because you're young doesn't mean your work isn't going to escape criticism and editing. Seeing you're from WA, could you maybe extend the WA and Perth entries? Hope you can stick around --Robert Merkel

Yes, welcome Mark! There are a couple of other high school Wikipedians, Dreamyshade and Jzcool, both of whom are major contributors. Around here, we generally judge people by their contributions, not their ages. :) You commented elsewhere that you'd like to act as a "multimedia scout"; please do so! The fun thing about Wikipedia is that no one (except Larry Sanger) acts in an official position; we all do what is most interesting to us. --Stephen Gilbert

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Regarding using IM rather than talk, there is a wikipedia IRC channel.

Hi, Mark, thanks for the kind words. -- Zoe

Well, you seem to be the most active wikipedian at the moment! You're doing great. P.S. why don't make a new redirect page at "Zoe" to go to your user page... saves typing that link every time - Mark Ryan

ok I just answered myself. Just type [ [ zoe ] ]

Mark, you don't have to do that. Just type three tildes (~) together and, if you're logged in, it automatically types your user page link. -- Zoe

just shows how long I've been away! Last time I was on Wikipedia, they used a completely different User Interface and software. You caouldn't do half the stuff you can now. - Mark Ryan

Right, the new stuff is pretty cool. -- Zoe

Zoe, can you look at the article Perth, Australia for me? I made an aerial map which I have put there, but I'm concerned it's too large and unnecessary a file (100Kb). Maybe I should reduce its size a bit? - Mark Ryan

It looks fine to me, it doesn't crowd into the margins and it isn't too long. -- Zoe

Hi Mark, I just saw your question about Fraser's appointment as PM. Yes he was appointed directly to replace Whitlam. It had nothing to do with the general election. In most parliamentary democracies, a PM is appointed by the head of state. Some require a prior nomination or subsequent confirmation. Like many, Australia's doesn't. The Governor-General, as he is constitutionally entitled to do through reserve powers, changed PMs the same day (at least I think it was the same day, but in any case, Fraser's appointment had nothing to do with the general election.

Technically the Queen has no role in the appointment, though if I remember the Commonwealth of Australia Act correctly, it might have been done in her name. In fact, even though a lot of the things the Governor-General does are done in HM's name, she has absolutely nothing to do with them, with the first information she gets being either a phonecall from Government House or reading it in the next morning's newspapers. I hope that clarifies matters STÓD/ÉÍRE 05:38 Mar 24, 2003 (UTC)

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Hi. I was just browsing through your contributions (I'm very nosy), and noticed you made a comment on User talk:Tim Starling/Sodium Chloride Temp about 4 months ago. It was news to me: I didn't have it on my watchlist. Sodium chloride is in the unfortunate position (along with gallium arsenide) of being half-done and forgotten about. It's not quite as spiffy as the 20 tables I did in bulk. I should really do something about that. Anyway, thanks for the alternate m.p. and b.p. figures, I'll look into it. -- Tim Starling 13:56 Apr 25, 2003 (UTC)