User talk:Big iron

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[edit] Canadian Barnstar of National Merit

You're welcome! I hope you intend to 'wear' it...

This Canadian Barnstar of National Merit is awarded for your exceptional contributions to articles pertaining to Canada. Please keep up the excellent work! – Editor at Large 00:21, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikimedia Canada

Hi there! I'd like to invite you to explore Wikimedia Canada, and create a list of people interested in forming a local chapter for our nation. A local chapter will help promote and improve the organization, within our great nation. We'd also like to encourage everyone to suggest projects for our national chapter to participate in. Hope to see you there!--DarkEvil 01:27, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Please check your WP:NA entry

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Thank you, and have a wiki wiki day! BDAbramson T 04:18, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Talk:Straza

Greetings. On Talk:Straza, you said that "A good part of this text seems to be an automatic translation of http://www.banatul.com/info/town-straja.shtml (German) which is copyrighted." I was wondering why you think this. The page doesn't seem to be in German (except for the footnotes), and it looks like Czech to me. Do you know the language? All the best, – Quadell ^{(talk) (bounties)} 15:33, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia Survey

Hi. I'm doing a survey of Wikipedia editors as part of a class research project. It's quick, anonymous, and the data will be made available to the Wikipedia community later this month. Would you like to take part? More info here. Thanks! Nonplus 23:42, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] DoCB Initiative

I came across a couple of articles that you had done in the above arena. Nice job! I have done quite a few over the last few months and was pleased to see someone else active. (I think most of mine are "stubbier"). I have been verifying the ones I do in the DoCB initiative despite the warning. I think that whole thing is dead and no one has removed the tags..cheers! Stormbay 02:29, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Adam Crooks

Sorry, must have erased it by accident. Homey 15:00, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ottawa Mayors

Thanks for updating some of 'my' (as Lady Earth) pages! Where did you find the info on C. T. Bate? I had an impossible time finding what little info I did manage to scrape together. Editor at Large 01:56, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image Tagging Image:SharpshinnedHawk23.jpg

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Thanks for uploading Image:SharpshinnedHawk23.jpg. I notice the 'image' page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you have not created this media yourself then there needs to be an argument why we have the right to use the media on Wikipedia (see copyright tagging below). If you have not created the media yourself then it needs to be specified where it was found, i.e., in most cases link to the website where it was taken from, and the terms of use for content from that page.

If the media also doesn't have a copyright tag then one should be added. If you created/took the picture, audio, or video then the {{GFDL-self}} tag can be used to release it under the GFDL. If you believe the media qualifies as fair use, consider reading fair use, and then use a tag such as {{fairusein|article name}} or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags#Fair_use. See Wikipedia:Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other media, consider checking that you have specified their source and copyright tagged them, too. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any unsourced and untagged images will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Jkelly 19:53, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for fixing it. You're right that the boilerplate message is less-than-ideal. Jkelly 21:44, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hey Dude

Thanks for Adding that reference to that John Winslow Article it was a big help

[edit] Lybster

Hi! I'm looking for an opinion/direction on the above article. It is a redirect from Patrick Sinclair which is now forms part of the title article. Could you take a look? I know that you do a lot of DoCB editing. I think that Patrick Sinclair should be a separate article. I would appreciate an opinion on what should be done (if anything). Thanks in advance for your assistance. Stormbay 03:22, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Elections in Lower Canada

Congratulations for your work on elections in Lower Canada. I was looking around for this kind of information. I might begin to translate them in French soon. Cortomaltais 20:21, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bot boo-boos? boo-hoo!

Sorry about those. I see you fixed Francis Jones (Canadian politician) (for which, thanks): that would have been a very hard one for the 'bot to have done any better on, as he was in a Quebec category, and no Ontario ones. (I suppose it's partly a matter of how one reads "Quebec politician" (etc).) If you see any more, do let me know, especially if there's a large number of similar ones that I can use the 'bot to fix. Alai 22:56, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada

Thomas-Pierre-Joseph Taschereau the brother of Jean-Thomas Taschereau also appears to have been a member of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada. I took a quick look for the riding but didn't find it. (Quite an undertaking you are on; looks good to date!). I blue linked Francis Badgley in the 3rd leg. Cheers! Stormbay 15:44, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

• Thanks for the info...now that i reread it, I see the difference. Stormbay 21:33, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] No problem

The revert was so long ago I'd completely forgotten! Bird of the week was a first-winter Whiskered Tern (quite rare in the UK) which would disappear for long periods and then hawk up and down the lagoon bank within 20 m. I managed to get a half-decent photo of it perched, but there are some terrific flight shots on surfbirds.com. jimfbleak 06:04, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Legislative Council of Lower Canada

Just a query since, thanks to you, I am now alert to the two different bodies, (assembly vs. council) that existed. I noticed the start date for many of the appointees to be listed as 1792. I was disambiguating François Baby and the DoCB article lists his appointment at 1778. I gather that all of this flows out of the Quebec Act of 1774. Would someone have used 1792 as an arbitrary date to start the article? I won't change anthing until I have an opinion. Thanks in advance! Stormbay 20:56, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

• I'm glad I didn't start changing dates!! (I'm also rather embarassed about the gaps in my knowledge of those times in Colonial Canada). Stormbay 22:09, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Jackie Rae

Just a reminder...when referring to CBC Television in an article, could you please write [[CBC Television]] instead of "[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]] television"? Thanks. Bearcat 10:54, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Paschal Sirois-Duplessis

Your note on Paschal Sirois-Duplessis in the 2nd Parliament of Lower Canada indicates his death as 1798. One source I read says: November 14, 1797: Paschal Sirois-Duplessis (CAN), MHA for Cornwallis, dies in office. I was reluctant to change it without checking with you. Cheers! Stormbay 03:40, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Article in need of cleanup - please assist if you can

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I went over to comment at PocKleanBot's talk page but apparently PocKleanBot has already been pulled out of service. I don't recall making any non-minor edits to the article in question. --Big_iron 11:21, 13 December 2006 (UTC)