User Talk: Kerry Raymond

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Merry Christmas and happy new year

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--<span style="white-space:nowrap;text-shadow:#008C3A 0.1em 0.1em 1.5em,#01796F -0.1em -0.1em 1.5em;"><b style="color:#01796F;">Pine</b><sup style="color:#01796F;">✉</sup></span>
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Brisbane Meetup in January 2016

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== mail == Hi Kerry I have received a message about deletion of a post from my IP address I wish I could have seen the post in question as others have used my computer ..

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Rockhampton North ↗ by-election in October of 1901

Greetings Kerry, we haven't chatted for a while!! Looking at List of Queensland state by-elections ↗, did the North Rockhampton seat have a by-election in October or was the previous by-election held in June just over-ruled on by the courts in October? I can't find anything for a by-election in October?

Booubyjan, Queensland

Brisbane meetup: Saturday 13 January 2018 at The Edge, State Library of Queensland

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If you are in or near Brisbane, please join us on Saturday 13 January 2018 any time from noon to 4pm at The Edge at the State Library of Queensland ↗. For more details and to sign up, please go to the meetup page ↗. See you there!

You're welcome

I saw your message thanking me for my edit about Bishop Tim Harris on the page "Roman Catholic Diocese of Townsville" - this is probably not the best way to respond but I don't know any other method (I'm relatively new and still getting used to the nitty-gritty of Wikipedia editing), so just wanted to say: "You're welcome!"

Thanks

Thank you, Kerry! I am glad to be here and it’s cool to be a part of Wikipedia’s community.
Kind regards,
<u>'''Shams_lnm'''</u> <span style="font-size:95%;">[talk ↗]</span> 14:24, February 12th, 2018 (UTC)

Thanks Kerry! It was so nice to have someone to say G'day to me when first joining Wikipedia. Hope your GLAM Sessions at the State Library can get back on track after COVID-19. PS: You go gurl: you can edit
Regards
<u>'''User:WilesHarper'''</u>

Women in Red's April+Further with Art+Feminism 2018

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September 2020

Newstead (Sep 2021)

Kerry, I don't know if this works but lets see ... You rejected my entry on Newstead. A quick look at their primary website would provide some verificiation but let me say this ... 1) Proof that they lived at Newstead is available at https://newsteadhouse.com.au/our_history/ ... 2) I am a family member, Jewish historian and I know they were there from records I have in my possession which include a photo taken in 1891 of Lewis and his wife and others on the lawn outside the house, this photo from newspaper from QLD State Archives. I would therefore ask please that you reistate the text I amended. I hope you will. Regards .. Steve
: FlegeltaubFamilyHistory (talk | contrib ↗) at 15:10, 17 September 2021
:: Responded on FlegeltaubFamilyHistory Talk page.

New Page Patrol newsletter October 2022

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New Pages Patrol newsletter January 2023

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New Pages Patrol newsletter June 2023

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Happy First Edit Anniversary

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Proposed deletion ↗ of :Ian Evans (historian) ↗

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The article :Ian Evans (historian) ↗ has been proposed for deletion ↗ because of the following concern:
<blockquote>'''Tagged for notability concerns for 9 years. No other language has a reliably sourced article from which to translate. Poorly sourced ↗ BLP ↗. Much of this page is literally word salad ↗.'''</blockquote>

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Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{Tlc|proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process ↗, but other deletion process ↗es exist. In particular, articles for deletion ↗ allows discussion to reach consensus ↗ for deletion based on established criteria ↗.

If the proposed deletion has already been carried out, you may request undeletion ↗ of the article at any time. Bearian (talk) 03:21, 3 July 2026 (UTC)