User talk:Rossgk

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[edit] Ottawa Wikipedia Meetup

Hey, just a quick note to let you know there is an Ottawa Wikipedia Meetup coming up this Saturday @ 2pm. If you can make it, please drop by the Meetup website and RSVP. If you can't, join up anyway, so you can find out about future Ottawa Wikipedia Meetups! --Spinboy 21:49, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] New Wikiproject

Hi there, just a quick note to let you know that we've started a new wikiproject! WikiProject Ottawa aims to expand the amount of articles in Ottawa, and of the articles that are there, take them from stubs to something worthy of being a feature article. We hope you'll stop by and sign up! --Spinboy 03:54, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)


[edit] Signed up

Recently signed up on the Ottawa wiki project site. Will try to contribute at some point Rossgk

[edit] Portreath

Hi,

I added a photo an some external links, so it should be easier for you to expand the article. Even I don't know much about Portreath, I had been there for 3 hours on a bicycle tour on the Mineral Tramway 2 years ago. I took some photos and gathered the missing information for the German article from the internet.

EvaK --84.177.8.250 23:07, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your edit to Déjà Vu (film)

Your recent contribution(s) to Wikipedia are very much appreciated. However, you did not provide references or sources for your information. Keeping Wikipedia accurate and verifiable is very important, and as you might be aware there is currently a drive to improve the quality of Wikipedia by encouraging editors to cite the sources they used when adding content. If sources are left unreferenced, it may count as original research, which is not allowed. Can you provide in the article specific references to any books, articles, websites or other reliable sources that will allow people to verify the content in the article? You can use a citation method listed at inline citations that best suits each article. Thanks! --Erik (talk/contrib) @ 21:26, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

You wrote, "The idea of viewing events which occurred in the past with a viewing apparatus was explored at length in Orson Scott Card's 'Pastwatch: the Redemption of Christopher Columbus'. In that novel, the same progression of events is outlined, initially watching the past, then injecting items, then finally people." I reverted because there was not a source for this information. I wasn't looking for the title and author. Rather, I was looking for who made the connection between the book and the film. If you made the connection yourself, it qualifies as original research, which is against Wikipedia policy. However, if the director of the film or someone else connected to the film said that this book served as a basis, then that would be a reliable source that could be verified by other editors by citing the origin of the information. Hope this makes sense. --Erik (talk/contrib) @ 21:48, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
I know, and this is an issue with a lot of film articles. Editors tend to draw connections between a film and another source where there was none to be had before, usually dumping such connections in the Trivia section. To be honest, I haven't seen the film yet, so I'm not focusing very strongly on article maintenance until I do. Don't want to spoil it for myself, you know? When I see the film, I will probably address the original research in the Trivia section, most likely for removal if there are no reliable sources that make the connections. --Erik (talk/contrib) @ 22:02, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Notice

NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT the scope of WikiProject Ottawa is being debated. Your input is requested. Thank you. GreenJoe 20:36, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

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