Talk:Wollongong

message: so people from nowra are from wollongong, how ignorant are the people who write this crap?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Xposya (talk • contribs) 11:58, 13 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: old comments

message: The Wollongong City Council website has a link which contains the official flag of the city (http://www.wollongong.nsw.gov.au/council/flag.asp). Should the image of the flag be shown in the article?--Bacturin (talk) 03:30, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I am inclined towards no, as it is not representative of the city as a whole.  The flag relates to the Wollongong City Council, which only covers the area from Helensburgh to Windang/Yallah, with the remainder of the metropolitan area covered by the Shellharbour and Kiama councils. It would of course be appropriate to include it in the City of Wollongong (LGA) article. --Grogan deYobbo (talk) 22:43, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Flag

message: Albion Park High School, far from being as notable as other schools on the list, is located in Shellharbour and not Wollongong. A reference can be found in Wikipedia itself 
What makes catholic such as holly spirit more notable than say corimal high school? Just because it is not a state owned and operated school does not make it notable.
Wollongong has a quasi-selective (it's a feeder school, but only takes selective out of area enrolments) sports high school - Illawarra Sports High. It's located in Berkeley and was established in 1958 (as Berkeley High School, became Berkeley Sports High in 1996 and Illawarra Sports High in 1998). Shouldn't it be listed? Dazcha 08:17, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed.  I propose deleting the Notable Schools section and replacing with:  Comments or objections ? --Grogan deYobbo (talk) 22:44, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: No objections, so section deleted.  --Grogan deYobbo (talk) 06:20, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Notable Schools

message: The opening sentence says Wollongong in Aborigine means "Sound of the sea", but later says the actual name Wollongong is of Aboriginal origin and is said to mean "five islands". So which is it? --Imroy 19:12, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  I always heard it meant "Look at the funny white guy". On a serious note, I've heard "Between the mountains and the sea" as a translation. Dazcha 08:17, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  I thought that Illawarra meant between the mountains and the sea. Jorgerine (talk) 05:25, 18 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Aboriginal name? 

message: arts - hi I would like to contribute an article on the arts in wollongong - dispersing the myth that this is a cultural "desert" - I put some stuff up a while ago  - but it got taken down - im not sure why? 
i'm new to wiki - so i found it hard to include an arts section ! im not sure it even worked proberly ! [This unsigned comment was left by 150.101.112.121 (Contribs) at 03:07, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Good to hear.  It might be worth having a look at pages such as Wikipedia:Your first article, Wikipedia:Contributing to Wikipedia and Wikipedia:Article development and also deciding if a whole new article is warranted, or just a new section of the existing one.  I'd imagine the big things to look out for are avoiding advertising and ensuring you maintain a Neutral Point Of View.  Dispersing a myth can be okay, but trying to raise profile is probably not.  For example, mentioning a little known artist or band is probably inappropriate and remember that content must be verifiable. -- Rob.au 12:21, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Arts

message: I think the reference to Wollongong Warriors being a Quidditch team is mentioned in the book "Quidditch Through the Ages"
 —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 58.108.87.138 (talk) 17:54, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wollongong Warriors  Quidditch team 

message: It says Aboriginals under the picture of the Aboriginal dancers, thats wrong, Aboriginal is the adjective, so it should say Aboriginal dancers, or Aborigines, which is the noun. so im going to change it. --Jameogle (talk) 01:57, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Aborigines over Aboriginals 

message: The image :File:1-Nan Tien Temple.jpg is used in this article under a claim of fair use, but it does not have an adequate explanation for why it meets the requirements for such images when used here.  In particular, for each page the image is used on, it must have an explanation linking to that page which explains why it needs to be used on that page.  Please check
:* That there is a non-free use rationale on the image's description page for the use in this article.
:* That this article is linked to from the image description page.
The following images also have this problem:
*:      File:1.3-Nan Tien Temple.jpg
This is an automated notice by FairuseBot. For assistance on the image use policy, see Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. --00:06, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I have added a non free use rationale for this article on the images description page.         Adam (talk) 02:09, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Just a question. Why are the images fair-use? Why I ask this is that if it's for reasons that you just want to keep the copyright then the images can't be used as it can be classed as a "replaceable" image were as some logo's, old photos of buildings that no longer exist (For images post: 1955) ect but because the building still exists then it's possible for free-use images. Bidgee (talk) 03:19, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

text: I have had problems with images being used on external websites where the appropriate attributions were not made.         Adam (talk) 03:45, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I've had the same issues but you can't upload images that you keep fair-use for as the images are replaceable. Bidgee (talk) 03:57, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: If you keep the Fair-use the chances of them being deleted are high (Since you're being restrictive and there is free versions already uploaded on Wikipedia/Commons). Bidgee (talk) 04:03, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: If any issues do arise later on I will change the license tag and re upload if I have to.         Adam (talk) 04:11, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: The images have to be freely licensed. Claiming fair use on your own images isn't OK and will get the images deleted sooner or later.  — Mike.lifeguard | @en.wb 16:51, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Image copyright problem with File:1-Nan Tien Temple.jpg

message: Wollongongonians now have a local user :Category:Wikipedians in Wollongong, New South Wales and userbox Template:User Wollongong, New South Wales available. Cheers. --Grogan deYobbo (talk) 07:41, 4 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I am not from Wollongong but why don't you put a photo of the city in the userbox.         Adam (talk) 07:44, 4 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: (Adam: I assume you meant your question to be in this section and took the liberty of moving it here). The userbox image area is so small that most photos will be lost and won't look like anything.  However I am more than happy if someone wants to nominate a suitable photo. --Grogan deYobbo (talk) 00:23, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I was going to suggest the City of Wollongong flag, but oddly this is not represented on Wikipedia as far as I can see.  Neither is the Greater Sydney Ensign I now discover, which surprises me even more, but that's a bit off topic. -- Rob.au (talk) 12:23, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: The City of Wollongong is an LGA which covers only part of the metropolitan area, and I would therefore advise against using this flag as it is not representative of the city as a whole.  I went looking for it on the council website, and oddly I could not find it there either. --Grogan deYobbo (talk) 20:34, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Local User Category and Userbox