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1 407
2 Image:Trudeau.jpg
3 409
4 Great maps!
5 Unverified images
6 RIRO expressway
7 Digital AMPS
8 Image:Air Canada 747-400.jpg
9 Image Tagging Image:Regional-tier-ontario.PNG
10 Image:Compocan.gif.gif listed for deletion
11 Image:Orderofcanada1.gif.gif listed for deletion
12 OHIP
13 User Categorisation
14 Wikipedians in Niagara?
15 NVIDIA VANTA
16 Strategic Counsel polls
17 Template:Canadian federal election, 2006
18 Image copyright problem with Image:NichoR.jpg
19 Wikimedia Canada
20 Honorific prefix
21 Image Tagging for Image:Fortier_s.jpg
22 Image Tagging Image:Chairmanpartington.jpg
23 Image Tagging Image:Gardencityskyway.jpg
24 Image Tagging Image:PCIExpress.jpg
25 Colouring on Image:StCatsOntario.png
26 St. Catharines article
27 Template:Canadian City
28 Image Tagging Image:Billdavis.jpg
29 Image Tagging Image:Regional-tier-ontario.PNG
30 Facer St.
31 St. Catharines Ward Map
32 Ontario Shields
33 Image tagging for Image:ONOttawaWestJoh0Baird.jpg
34 Image tagging for Image:Dianefinley.jpg
35 Image tagging for Image:Fortier.jpg
36 Image tagging for Image:Garylunn.jpg
37 Image tagging for Image:Jimf.jpg
38 Image tagging for Image:Bartleman_image.jpg
39 Image tagging for Image:Mackay_Peter.jpg
40 Image:400-series-network-future.png
41 Merritton on St. Catharines maps
42 new RFC
43 St. Catharines
44 Image:Rodmanhall.jpg
45 Radiator Explosion
46 Image:Lincolnmalexander.jpg
47 More replaceable fair use images
48 GGH
49 Tim Rigby

[edit] 407

Nice info on the 407, where'd you get the 108 km info? Fizscy46

Opps. I don't know where that error re the Canadian Privy Council came from, especially as I had a copy of the British North America Act in front of me at the time. Well spotted. FearÉIREANN 04:04, 28 Sep 2003 (UTC)

I noticed that you separated "Legislative Branch" out of Legislature, which may be a good idea. There was however an earlier article existing at "Legislative branch", which was redirected to Legislature. I restored that entry and moved text there. The two texts still needs merging however at Legislative branch. -- Mic 09:05, Mar 3, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Trudeau.jpg

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Also:

Image:Pet archives2.jpg This image has been listed for deletion. RedWolf 21:19, Dec 30, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] 409

The article DOES reflect that the 409 is owned by the GTAA west of the 427, as, if you had read my alterations, I added the sentence: "The portion of Highway 409 west of Highway 427 is owned and operated by the Greater Toronto Airport Authority, though it is still signed as Highway 409."

In the future, please sign your comments on people's talk pages (by using ~~~~), especially if you expect a response. Darkcore 22:49, 5 Dec 2004 (UTC)

It's not really the same thing. Park Lawn Road was a QEW exit, but is now a Gardiner Expressway exit as a result of the downloading, so if there was a Park Lawn exit listing in a QEW article, it would just be moved to the Gardiner article. That section of the 409 is still called the 409, even if it is no longer owned by the provincial government, so they are still "409" exits even if, officially, they are not part of the 409. Darkcore 23:00, 5 Dec 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Great maps!

Just wanted to note that I really appreciate your 400-Series Highway maps. Very well-made and illustrative. Radagast 13:47, Dec 7, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Unverified images

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[edit] RIRO expressway

From what I can tell, the original article at [[low-budget freeway]] was intended to cover more than just freeways with RIRO ramps, but also super-2s with normal interchanges. I'm not all that sure that that article should exist, so maybe it should be moved to RIRO and talk specifically about those ramps.

I moved super-2 expressway back to super-2, as that term is always used, but whether to add freeway or expressway on the end is a regional thing. A super-2 expressway can refer to a two-lane surface road built to high standards. I also readded the part about the possibility of a median barrier; some super-2s like RI 78 have them. --SPUI (talk) 03:37, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)

It may be inconsistent, but the term super-2 is used for divided two-lane freeways. --SPUI (talk) 03:42, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I've seen roads like I-93 through Franconia Notch and RI 78 called super-2s; both have a Jersey barrier with one lane on each side. --SPUI (talk) 03:52, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Digital AMPS

You added a claim to the Digital AMPS page stating that: Rogers Wireless removed all 1900 MHz IS-136 in 2003, and is slowly doing the same with their 800 MHz spectrum as the equipment fails. It is not unusual for a Rogers D-AMPS customer to have coverage in a specific location one day, and then none in that same area the next. I was wondering what you had based this second sentence on? I'm an 800 MHz TDMA user and find the coverage to be really good. But then my phone is also AMPS capable, so perhaps I'm switching over to old analog sites. Anyways, I'm just wondering if you can substantiate this claim in any way, it seems like POV to me but if it's true then perhaps it just needs to be reworded. Musser 21:15, 10 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Air Canada 747-400.jpg

You uploaded this image but without a copyright tag. Please add PD or GFDL (or a source if it's not your image) - I'd like to move this image to Wikimedia Commons but I can't without a correct license beause non-free images are not allowed there. --Denniss 15:20, 2005 Jun 5 (UTC)

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[edit] OHIP

Wiki policy is to name an article after what it is commonly refered to, not the legal name necessarily. -- Spinboy 03:52, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] User Categorisation

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[edit] Wikipedians in Niagara?

Hey there,

I noticed you categorised yourself as a Wikipedian in St. Catharines. Instead of me just making Wikipedians in Welland, Ontario for myself, would you be interested in creating a more broad Wikipedians in Niagara category, much like Wikipedians in Toronto did?

--qviri 16:14, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

OK, I made Category:Wikipedians in Niagara, hopefully I didn't mess up too much. 'tis my first time creating a category... --qviri 13:21, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] NVIDIA VANTA

Care to provide a reference to support your claim it was not based on the TNT2 core? The NVIDIA press release and another I found both clearly stated VANTA 'Leveraging the RIVA TNT2 core.' 83.67.18.218 22:07, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Strategic Counsel polls

Thanks for adding the Strategic Counsel polls to Opinion polling in the Canadian federal election, 2006. Can you use the date the polling was completed though, rather than the release date? I'm assuming that what you just added was January 10th, as the January 9th report came out yesterday (and got to SC's website today), and it can't be January 11th, as it's was only just after 10 pm Eastern, 7 pm Pacific when you posted, so they will still be on the phone doing the polling. Nfitz 03:33, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Canadian federal election, 2006

I have started a poll on using full party names or short forms on this template. Please vote at Talk:Canadian federal election, 2006. Thanks. Ground Zero | t 23:38, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Honorific prefix

Hi there. I noticed you added "Hon." to Emerson's name in the David Emerson page. The Wikipedia manual of style, which is generally followed for other ministers, suggests this not be used (presumably to reduce clutter). For example, there are no honorifics at the beginning of the articles on Tony Clement, Stephen Harper, or Paul Martin. Nevermind, I was confused (someone else did this, but what you added was an image, which is fine). Sorry about that. --Saforrest 18:15, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Colouring on Image:StCatsOntario.png

Hey, I'm wondering if there's any particular reason as to why the Town of Grimsby and Township of West Lincoln are coloured in with a different colour than the other municipality in Image:StCatsOntario.png? It also seems like Wainfleet's colour is slightly different... I'm just curious. --Qviri (talk) 21:05, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] St. Catharines article

Glad to see your time and effort put into the article, it's encouraging for me and pays off large! (Trappy 08:09, 16 April 2006 (UTC))

Hey man, I was thinking the exact thing about the Facer article, I plan to get out and take some pictures this week, as I would love images of the church you have mentioned, the Mary Shrine off Garnet Street, plus some images of commercial signs in polish, italian etc...if you ever have a suggestion for photos, just let me know as I would be happy to take them.

Hey there, I spent an hour today walking around the Facer street area, and took quite a number of photographs; images of churchs, stores, signs etc.. I hope to add a few of them to the page, I also took a photo of the St.Cyril & Methodus church which provided for some beautiful colours ( I took it at 1pm when the sun was bright). In speaking with a woman that works at the ABC daycare on Facer, she mentioned graffiti being a HUGE problem in that area and indeed I noticed...so i took some pictures of graffiti too, perhaps we can include a graffiti problem section to the article. I should be uploading the pictures sometime late tonight, let me know what you think. Trappy 18:52, 20 April 2006 (UTC)::: I added a photograph to the Facer article, however I found the Wiki Commons very frustrating for uploading photographs, I managed to upload only one picture of the Sts. Cyril Methodius Church but didn't bother uploading the others I have of storefronts and signs, check it out --Trappy 05:29, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Canadian City

Instead of just reverting, you could tell me what you think is broken with my edits, then we could work together to fix it, instead of just going back and forth. ed g2s • talk 10:11, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

Can you be more specific. I didn't see any problems, which page was broken? ed g2s • talk 19:39, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Facer St.

Hey, I'm wondering if you would be able to snap some photographs of the Facer St. area during the World Cup Italy-France match this Sunday. Apparently, there is going to be a big celebration (and possibly street closure) with large scale displays of Italian patriotism. I would do it myself, but I am going to be in Ottawa all weekend...I thought it would be great for the Facer article. Trappy 00:44, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] St. Catharines Ward Map

You've done a great deal of work on the St. Catharines page - THANKS! - The ward map you created has a minor, though significant error. You've exchanged St. Andrews' and St.Patricks' wards on your map. St. Andrews contains Brock and sits south of the 406, whereas St. Patricks is the Ward in the Downtown / Martindale Area.

Doh, you're right. I'll fix that ASAP. Snickerdo 22:56, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ontario Shields

An unexpected real-life issue is delaying my uploading the shields. When I get the time, I will upload them all at once. At the same time, I am preparing a template for Saskatchewan shields but am awaiting copyright status on the shields. —WhosAsking 11:42, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

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