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Contents 1 Welcome 2 PQ leadership race 3 Leadership conventions 4 Tory Edits 5 Re: Wickenheiser 6 Airbus 7 Ha! 8 Trudeau Pic 9 Patriation 10 Meech Lake 11 Old ridings 12 Distinct society 13 Wikipedia Commons 14 Copyright violations 15 Harper attack ad 16 Frank Ross 17 Images 18 Red Tory Edits 19 Charbonneau 20 TrulyTory 21 I've just blindly reverted your last 20 or so edits for no particular reason 22 Vandalism 23 Never on Sunday 24 Welcome to Esperanza! 25 Bill Graham

[edit] Welcome

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[edit] PQ leadership race

Thank you very much for your kind words, my friend. I think it's important to be interested in what's happening outside one's neck of the woods, like you, and also to encourage fellow wikipedians, so I appreciate it. I've tried thus far to have a fair and well structured article. I may soon add summaries about each public debate. It would be valuable since this is the place where we've heard the most ideas and projects being brought up and, well, quite appropriately, debated. So, keep a lookout. Thanks again. --Liberlogos 00:58, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

Sorry about duplicating the Sun article - on my side of the pond it's known as "The London Sun" to differeniate it from "The Toronto Sun", The Ottawa Sun, etc.

UrbanTerrorist 01:29, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Leadership conventions

Thanks for your offer of info about leadership conventions. Does your book have any information on Richard Quittenton, who campaigned in the Progressive Conservative leadership conventions of 1976, but withdrew before the first balllot? There are articles about every candidate but him. Thanks. Ground Zero | t 15:49, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

Nope, sorry, nothing on him. :(-Habsfannova 23:50, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Tory Edits

I appreciate your recent edit to the Red Tory article. Would you mind taking a look at Blue Tory and Tory as well? They have all been extensively edited by an anonymous editor. I've noticed several errors, and suspect there are even more. HistoryBA 00:05, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Wickenheiser

Well, your welcome. Although I do believe that the whole article needs to be redone and de-stubbed into something more...um... better. I would improve it and expand it myself but there are tons of hockey bio articles that could use some attention too. Croat Canuck 05:06, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Airbus

Why did you remove references to the Airbus affair from the Brian Mulroney article? Your edit was noticed by the Toronto Star and is the subject of Joey Slinger's column in today's paper Be wary of that wacky Wikipedia. You've embarassed wikipedia thanks to your attempt to whitewash Mulroney by removing a well-documented paragraph about a rather notable part of his public biography. Please think twice before again trying to use wikipedia to adavance your political views or hide documented facts about your political heroes that are embarassing. Homey12:44, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

I've responded to your accusations on your talk page.Habsfannova 20:33, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

Don't worry. I was just concerned that it was deliberate. I believe you when you say it wasn't. We've had problems elsewhere with biographies of politicians being the target of POV-pushers (right or left) so that was my first thought - particularly with the election. Sorry about jumping to conclusions. Homey 23:03, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

So, you "meant no malice", huh? Sorry, I couldn't resist...it's all good.Habsfannova 23:16, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ha!

Bahahahahaha. That Toronto Star article is priceless. Welcome to Wikipedia:WikiProject Nova Scotia! We just started in December 05 right before xmas so it is just starting to gain speed. Thanks for helping!! 24.222.164.133 13:41, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Trudeau Pic

I'm not sure if I like his expression in that one. How about the one that CBC used for Greatest Canadian (warning, large image): [1], or maybe one of the colour ones where he is smiling. -Arctic.gnome 02:45, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

I've seen that photo in many different places, so I assume that it isn't copyrighted, but I can't be sure. -Arctic.gnome 02:49, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

I've written to the CBC to ask if it's copyrighted. If it isn't, I'll put it up in a couple days. -Arctic.gnome 02:57, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Turns out it isn't usable. Ah well, the one on there now is okay. -Arctic.gnome 17:18, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

That '80s one is good, maybe it should be at the top of the page. I think the B&W one is useful as a smaller pic for lists. -Arctic.gnome 00:19, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Patriation

Nice working with you. Want to sign up at Wikipedia:WikiProject Canadian law? By the way, if you happened to upload more pics relating to the Constitution, especially relating to the Charter, you'd be my hero. CanadianCaesar The Republic Restored 04:59, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Meech Lake

By the way, could you please take your subpage out of Category:Constitution of Canada so readers don't see it? CanadianCaesar The Republic Restored 07:45, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Old ridings

I'm afraid not. To make those maps I actually took a street map of Toronto and drew on the riding boundaries as described on the Library of Parliament site. - SimonP 05:55, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Distinct society

I just read your stuff on Meech Lake. It's good, and what's particularly good is that you expanded the article to a respectable length without spending a lot of time talking about distinct society and render that article redundant. I've read some material on distinct society and may expand that article, so the two articles can stand. CanadianCaesar The Republic Restored 05:11, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia Commons

Hi, I notice you uploaded a no restrictions on copyright photo of Trudeau from the National Archives. Might I suggest that when uploading that kinda stuff that you do it on the wikipedia commons and stick it in the category Canadian Politicians, of Prime Ministers of Canada. It quite easy to do, you might find it fun ! Dowew 06:32, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Copyright violations

Many images are copyrighted, such images may be being used in wikipedia under a 'Fair Use' claim. owever, wikipedia policy does not permit this claim to extend to userpages or templates. Please see WP:FUC for details. I have removed the offending images from your userpage. If you use images again in userspace please make sure they are once marked as 'public domain' etc. --Doc ^ask? 02:19, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Harper attack ad

Non-neutrality in an article is not an accepted grounds for deletion. If it has a POV problem -- and this article certainly does -- the way to deal with it is to NPOV it, not delete. An since there is an article about the 1993 Chretien ad, I think we'd have a hrad time justifying deletion. I'll take a crack at NPOVing when I have a moment. Thanks for bringing it to my attention. Ground Zero | t 17:31, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Frank Ross

I thought Frank Ross was Turner's step-father, not his uncle. What's your source? HistoryBA 00:24, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Damn, you're quick ;). My bad, you're right...Habsfannova 00:26, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

I would have corrected it myself, but you usually don't make mistakes, so I wanted to check with you first! HistoryBA 13:45, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Images

I'm not much up on copyright rules for images. You should (and so should I) review Wikipedia:Image use policy and Wikipedia:Fair use. Those policies should give you a good idea. I kind of suspect that newspaper editorial cartoons probably don't fit under the fair use policy. Regards, Ground Zero | t 01:29, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Red Tory Edits

You certainly have the right to take you own advice. The fact is, the Red Tory article is much improved over the days when HistoryBA and yourself were managing the input. Your edits were not too bad, but there are a few of us Tories now watching the page for neoconservative vandalism. TrulyTory 13:35, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

I would invite you to change the word "managing" in your previous comment. I don't think there is anything in the record to suggest that either of us was "managing the input" to this article. You may also wish to make it clear that you are not accusing me or Habsfannova of "neoconservative vandalism," but are actually speaking of other editors. HistoryBA 21:11, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

I've responded to you in your talk page, TT.Habsfannova 22:55, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Charbonneau

I'm not familiar with the guy, I was just writing based on a few biographical things I saw online - didn't know about the stuff you added - don't have a problem with your edits. Homey 19:10, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] TrulyTory

Do you think TrulyTory might be ArmchairVexillologistDon? I have a real sense of deja-vu here. HistoryBA 00:41, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

I don't know how we can find out for sure. I do know that "arrogant" and "uniformed" were two of Don's favourite words. He was also fond of accusing others of conspiring against him. HistoryBA 00:52, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Do you not realise that there are many other Tories in Canada who have abdicated any idea of the CPC and are fighting our battle to preserve a Canada that others are too eager to whitewash out of existence? If you feel that I "seem" to be somebody else, is it not possible that there are more of us than you seem to want to believe exist? I resent the implication that I am someone else and am playing at subterfuge. I DEFY you to prove the assertion. I do not engage in subterfuge in any way, shape, or form. How dare you make such an accusation? Trace my ID if you want. I am who I am, and have never "been" anyone else in Wikipedia. The arrogance is appalling. TrulyTory 10:37, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

I am also sure that you are NOT conspiring against me. What I am sure of is that you have been co-opted by the educational system of the last 25 years and do not have an appreciation or clear understanding of Canadian history - other than that gleaned from US mass media. I do not accuse you of a conscious cabal, but rather an uncounscious one. That is a huge difference. Further, conservative people value truth and honour and eschew equivocation - and it is these characterisistics that drive my passion for the subject matter. As well, if you cannot see how your casual dimissals of people and content without due reference to facts other than your own sense of personal awareness can be construed as arrogant, then it is truly possible that you do not have a full awareness of the semantics behind the usage of the term. TrulyTory 10:45, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] I've just blindly reverted your last 20 or so edits for no particular reason

have a nice day--205.188.116.66 04:23, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

Any particular reason?Habsfannova 04:26, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

common, it's in the title--205.188.116.66 04:26, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

Point taken. Habsfannova 04:28, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism

I'm not an admin. That said, it is easy to see-- where the guy is going. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&target=205.188.116.12. I can recommend the popups tool-- Wikipedia:Tools/Navigation. It makes reverting really quick. Aside from that... find an admin or take a look around the Counter Vandalism Unit--help is to be had there. Nephron 04:39, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

Addendum: Seems you've attracted some malcontent. Don't fret. Also, don't believe everything some anonymous dude writes. The above I've just blindly reverted your last 20 or so edits for no particular reason -- doesn't seem to be true --User contribs for 205.188.116.66 doesn't show 20 edits for the past day. Any case, fastest way to get it fixed is to go on IRC -- here is the channel: [2]. The above stuff in explained in detail at the Counter Vandalism Unit. If someone truly is reversing your edits... I'm sure someone in the community would love to make it their job to reverse this guy's edits of your edits 'cause it makes their edit counter spin. I suspect 205.188.116.66 & 205.188.116.12 are the same person. Both IP addresses belong to America Online. Nephron 05:35, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your help.Habsfannova 05:38, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Never on Sunday

Thank you! That's immensely better than the anon contribution, which claimed he wouldn't work on Sundays, a much more sweeping and certainly troubling claim for a prime ministerial aspirant, not to mention his current portfolio... Samaritan 19:26, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome to Esperanza!

[edit] Bill Graham

If you have a moment, would you mind taking a look at the dispute on the Bill Graham page. I might be wrong, but I'd like someone whose opinion I value to explain it to me in a rational way. HistoryBA 00:00, 29 March 2006 (UTC)