User talk:RomeW

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[edit] Wikipedia:WikiProject Ice Hockey

Welcome to the Wikipedia:WikiProject Ice Hockey project. Let me know on my talk page if I can help in any way. Kevin Rector (talk) 13:33, Apr 27, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Football AID 15-21 January

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[edit] James Blunt - Trivia

Hi RomeW - I too am from Toronto and know the story of Jane Creba; certainly it was a terrible loss. Having said that, her listening to "Goodbye My Lover" a great deal in the period before her death isn't particularly exceptional. I have heard many stories from all over the English-speaking world where that song was important to a recently deceased person. If the song is to be mentioned in the same breath as a death, I would suggest that the death of the Quebec police officer is more appropriate; that time, an extended clip of the song, being played at her funeral, was broadcast on national television news. I'm also concerned that your chosen title seems to, well, trivialize Jane's death.

There seem to be some pretty heavy hitters watching this article (it's been subject to recurrent vandalism), so I thought I'd mention my thoughts on your own talk page rather than the one for the article. I won't make any edits at this point, but will watch to see if anyone else does, or if anyone starts to add truly trivial information; if that happens, then I think it would be best if this serious piece of information is either moved or removed. I'll look forward to your thoughts. Risker 06:57, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

I thought it might be interesting, for good or ill, because even though it's an unfortunate event, it is nevertheless James Blunt-related. To be honest, I knew that "Goodbye My Lover" was used in her memorial at her high school too, but I couldn't find a link for that. Also, if you do a search for "James Blunt" and "Jane Creba" you're going to get quite a few hits, especially from the big hitters like CTV and Canada.com (CanWest Global)- people made a big deal about it.
Nevertheless, I am aware that it's not *entirely* exceptional, but not knowing that much about Blunt, I knew of no other instance of where "Goodbye My Lover" was the song of choice of a recently deceased person, hence the only reason why Creba was highlighted. Perhaps my trivia note would be better expanded to include those other references, not just Creba, because then that would be exceptional.-RomeW 07:26, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
How about adding this to the article on the song itself? (Sorry was sleep-keyboarding last night, should have thought of it then.) Here is a reference article to help, which was posted on a message board but is a scan of an actual newspaper article: http://bluntygirl.proboards43.com/index.cgi?board=news&action=display&thread=1131397851 Also, the police officer killed in Montreal was named Valerie Gignac. That would probably make more sense overall. Perhaps a better heading would be "Funerals" or something to that effect. Risker 14:18, 14 March 2006 (UTC) Sorry, here is a link confirming the playing of the song at Gignac's funeral. http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/story.html?id=36c8a1fe-b86b-4150-ba76-6801a9bb6e27&k=72933 Risker 14:21, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
Thanks. I added both to the trivia section. Let me know what you think- I think it looks better now. -RomeW 23:34, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Scary Movie 4

Andre Benjiman IS in the movie! Why do you need me to give a site where you can easily search "Andre Benjamin in Scary Movie 4" at google or even Yahoo! and you'll see many sites! Cigammagicwizard 23:05, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Jennifer Government: NationStates

As I said when I changed your user page NationStates link, I hope you don't mind. There is also a category for those who play. All you have to do to join it is to type [[Category:Wikipedians who play NationStates|{{PAGENAME}}]]. Please join us there.
—Lady Aleena talk/contribs 11:34, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

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