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  • /Archives 1 November 30, 2003 - November 29, 2004
  • /Archives 2 November 29, 2004 - November 28, 2005
  • /Archives 3 November 28, 2005 - November 27, 2006


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[edit] I'm gonna need a bitta help...

Well, im a bit of a noob and i wanna start working on an article explaining the culture of Kaszubs in Canada (Kashubians is the article of the polish Kaszubs...). I'm going to study up a bit more before I am ready, but since you're in the Ottawa Area, and you're part Pomeranian, i'd like your help when i am ready... -User:Zblewski

[edit] Wikipedia:WikiProject Electoral districts in Canada/Prototype

Thank you for participating in the WikiProject on Electoral districts in Canada. As you know there will be an election soon. So this may be the best time for the Canadian Wikipedia community to band together and write these articles on current federal electoral districts. Based on your comments, and the comments of others, I have put together a prototype layout at the above link. The prototype is not a final proposal. It is just a place to start from, where we can discuss and experiment. Please review it, comment but keep an open mind, and help form a concensus. --maclean25 01:06, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Kylie

Hi. I see that you reverted my edits to Template:Kylie, and I thought I'd caution you about your misuse of the administrators' rollback feature. Per Wikipedia:Revert, "Rollbacks should be used with caution and restraint. Reverting a good-faith edit may send the message that "I think your edit was no better than vandalism and doesn't deserve even the courtesy of an explanatory edit summary." It is a slap in the face to a good-faith editor; do not abuse it. If you insist on using the rollback feature for non-vandalism edits, be sure to explain on the talk page of the user whose edit(s) you reverted." Also, anybody who was browsing Special:Recentchanges at the time or looking at the edit history for the template may get the wrong impression that my edits were vandalism, when they were not. I compressed the template because I feel that it is large and unwieldy, and this had been a problem with Template:Mariah Carey2 (see this TFD debate) and others. So I compressed it to include a link to Minogue's discography article. If you still do not agree with this, please reply at Template talk:Kylie. Thanks. Extraordinary Machine 13:50, 4 December 2005 (UTC)


[edit] Request

Hello,

This has nothing to do with Canadian politics, but I'm wondering if you could look over the discussion on Talk:Gregory Lauder-Frost.

I have reason to believe that a small number of people have been attempting to use Wikipedia for narrow partisan ends, writing glowing articles on figures from Britain's far-right. This is potentially a matter of some importance for Wikipedia's credibility.

Thank you, CJCurrie 18:06, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Image replaced and up for deletion

Hi, I've replaced the image Image:Calgaryflag.jpg, uploaded by you, with Image:Flag of Calgary, Alberta.svg because SVG is a more suitable format for images with no photographic content. The original image has been listed for deletion—hope this is OK. –Mysid 07:17, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] List of countries by number of active troops

You are vandal. If you don't speek russian, I am speak and in the site of russian Ministry of Defense write: 1.01.04-1.286.00active troops , 1.01.05-1.140.00 active troops;Roitr 14:30, 9 December 2005

Your source in my opinion not consistent and in it have not absolutely exact information. I only wish to help to you and to give the correct information which precisely I know. Site of russian Ministry of Defense for me is more authoritative, than a World Almanac. Yours article calling "List of countries by number of active troops", but not "List of countries by number of active troops by World Almanac". It is good to use by World Almanac, when there is not other exact data, but if we have more authoritative resources we should use them. If you will change the page again, I shall be compelled to create another page and call it "List of countries by currently number of active troops". And please it is not necessary to frighten me of blocking. Roitr 19:35, 9 December 2005

[edit]  ???

Why you revert all the modifications that I DO... I pass 5 hours to work on the article of the borougs of MONTREAl and I discurved taht they have a lot of problem... For a lot of borough, they are TWO pages... It is anormal... If I want a information for a borough, you have to search on 2 pages.... it's crazy. So I erase one page and I past all the second page on the one page. All what I delete on a page is on the other page because I past it. It's more simple to have one page for one subject... So, please talk me before you do revert beacuse It's a lot of work that I do. Sincerely, Orthodoxe 19:39, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

Ok, I understand. But, Iwill sujest you to inform the person that you revert for the motivation of the revert. Now, Why you revert Montréal-Nord because the official name is in French and not in english.

[edit] User categorisation

You were listed on the Wikipedia:Wikipedians by alma mater page. As part of the Wikipedia:User categorisation project, these lists are being replaced with user categories. If you would like to add yourself to the category that is replacing the page, please visit Category:Wikipedians by alma mater for instructions. --Cooksey 21:52, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Polling charts

Do you have any plans to do an SES polling chart similar to those you've done for several of the other pollsters for the 06 election? I would do one but it would probably look better for them all to have the same look and feel so I will defer to you if you are planning to do one. - Jord 13:56, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

Great, I'll leave it to you then :) - Jord 19:58, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Larrymccormick.jpg has been listed for deletion

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[edit] Image:Lawrencedobrien.jpg has been listed for deletion

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[edit] North Bay

I know MapArt says Birch Haven, but Billbob21 insists that in his experience as a resident of North Bay it's called Birchaven...whatever else you do to the article, could you leave that particular change alone until we can get some kind of third-party confirmation? Thanx much.Bearcat 19:45, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Quick Stats

Hello, I was trying to think of a way quick way to convey NHL statistics quickly, without doing it in paragraph form which does not look very good. I think I created a quick way to do this, check out the Steve Thomas (hockey). Let me know what you think. Croat Canuck 05:54, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

Oh and I completely agree with you that it must get expanded. What I'm saying is I will go through bio articles that do not have any stats at all and put in that quick box. I'm not saying it should be permanent by any stretch of the imagination, just temporary until another user finds time to complete the stats section. Its more meant for stubs. Croat Canuck 15:46, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Ridings

I find it amusing how there were so many people interested in decided what should go into riding articles, but only about four of us willing to do the work. Keep up the great work! Ground Zero | t 19:40, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

-D Well, right now I am focused on writing articles on candidates who have a good chance of winning. This means adding to riding articles to provide more links :) -- Earl Andrew - talk 20:26, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Zamboni.jpg

Hi. Looking at the history for this image, it is not clear to me what its copyright status is. Did you take this photograph and release it into the Public Domain? Another user seems to be claiming that you did. Sorry to bother you, and thanks ahead of time for clearing up the confusion. Jkelly 22:45, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

I notice that Image:Danielalfredsson.jpg has no source. Please see Wikipedia:Fair use for more information about what is needed for copyright-infringing images. Jkelly 23:08, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
In regards to your response, I strongly suggest that you review Wikipedia:Fair use. In order to use an image we need information on its source, who owns the copyright and a detailed fair use rationale. Simply saying "promo" is not enough information. If you're aware of other images that you or others have uploaded that are copyright-infringing without meeting Fair use standards, you can help out by tagging them with all of the necessary information, or further help out at Wikipedia:WikiProject Fair use. Thanks. Jkelly 01:51, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
I'm sorry that you feel that I need to be nicer, but I am puzzled by your surety that simply saying "promotional" (tag or no tag) is enough. Please trust me in that if you read Wikipedia:Fair use and Wikipedia:Publicity photos you will see that it isn't. Jkelly 01:59, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Swedish-Canadians

I'm puzzled by that as well, but this IP has been putting them up Swedish players on other players as Swedish-Canadians, such as Peter Forsberg and Niklas Sundstrom. I have reverted the obvious ones, and I think I'll do the same with Alfredsson (and did it on Sundin, captain of the greatest team in the world, ha ha ha). Croat Canuck 01:52, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

I will give you that the Sens are the best team so far... but its the playoffs that matter; you'd better hope they don't face the Leafs in the playoffs. 5 straight anybody? Croat Canuck 01:59, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
Fine, you like Ottawa and I like Toronto...However I tell ya, those Kitchener Rangers are 10x better than those Kilrea-whipped Ottawa 67's. I'm sorry to yank your chain, I just love to make fun of other people's favourite teams (as long as their not the same as mine). Croat Canuck 03:52, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
Yes I concur, Kilrea is a good coach. So is DeBoer. Both better than Quinn in my opinion. Also the Senator's old goalie is much, much better than the Leaf's old goalie. So I'll give you that. Croat Canuck 04:09, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
Ouch! Low blow! Actually, the 1 game I went to wasn't even a Leafs game. It was a Buffalo vs. Philadelphia in one of the last games at the old Buffalo Aud. Probably the best game to go to also, 6-5, bench-clearing brawl, etc... It was great, but it was almost 10 years ago in March, 1996. I do think it is time to go to another game, but who can afford Leafs tickets? Or who can get them? Its much more efficient to watch them on TV. Sundin's better than Alfredsson. Croat Canuck 05:07, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
Yeah I was like 8 or 9, tagging along with my older brother's hockey team who played an exhibition game at the Aud that afternoon. Sundin is so better than Alfredsson, look at the stats! He also has been around longer, been more consistent, and has never had a bad hairdo. I don't see Alfredsson being talked about for the Hall of Fame. Croat Canuck 05:59, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
I'm afraid this argument would need to be solved by an impartial third party according to Wikipedia rules. I am confident that every impartial user on WikiProject Ice Hockey will say that overall Sundin is a better player than Alfredsson. That's enough for me. Croat Canuck 06:04, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
I got 4 words for you: linemates and ice time. I'm sure Alfredsson has been given every chance to play with the great players Ottawa has gotten in the present in past (Spezza and Heatley, c'mon). Sundin's had to play on the same line with the likes of Jonas Hoglund or Mikael Renberg. Never been given a chance to play on a line with skilled players. Also, Quinn for some reason loathes to play Sundin more than 20 minutes a game (ever since he got here!). Meanwhile Alfredsson gets 22, 23 minutes per game. You also reference trophies, what about clutch? Sundin has the record for most career overtime goals, and is always the Leafs best player in the playoffs. Yep, better than Alfredsson. Croat Canuck 06:19, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
I think it's a miracle that Sundin has gotten 12 consecutive 70-plus point season with the crap around him. Imagine Sundin on a line with Marian Hossa or Dany Heatley, craziness. Internationally too, Sundin has done much more for Sweden in inter. play than Alfredsson can ever dream about. Croat Canuck 06:37, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
Two more minutes a game: Give that to Sundin and we're talking about top-3 best players in the NHL. But Hey, I'm sure we can both agree that both of them are much better than Saku Koivu. I hope no Canadians fans read this or we'll have a three-way Scandanavian Captain Slamfest! Croat Canuck 06:43, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
Hey I love the fact that each Canadian team has a distinguishable face that has been there for a long time (Calgary-Jarome Iginla, Edmonton-Ryan Smyth), tis a golden age for the Canadian hockey teams. But that's besides the point. I wasn't dissing Koivu, but Sundin and Alfredsson ARE better players than him. But I would say that Naslund is below Sundin but above Alfredsson in goodness. After all, Naslund and Sundin have each scored 100+ points before, and Alfredsson has never gotten better than 80. Croat Canuck 07:17, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
I disagree, because the Big Line has slowed down considerably due to the injuries to Havlat, and then Bochenski. Alfredsson's pace has slowed down a lot. He needs to get 114 points just to tie Sundin's career high... Oh well no matter, Kaberle and McCabe are better than Redden and Chara anyways. Croat Canuck 07:48, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
I know Boch and Havl didn't play on Alfredsson's line, but now all the opposing defense has to do is focus on the big line and that in turn produces less points for Alfie. Also, I thought you said screw international play, so Redden's olympic nomination don't matter. Ummm.... who's leading the league in points by a defenseman by far? McCabe. Who's 4th in assists and ahead of Redden in points? Kaberle. Chara's just a big lug. Croat Canuck 08:12, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
As it is, we will both probably have to archive just this "discussion" alone, it is has been long. Why don't we just agree that Sundin's better than Alfredsson, and Chadden is better than McKaberle, by the slightest of margins. Croat Canuck 08:18, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
Well it goes against the rest of the LeafNation, but I'll agree to that. We'll show you in the playoffs where it really matters, instead of the late-night user talk pages on Wikipedia. Croat Canuck 08:24, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Shubenacadie

Hi, if you're going to move Shubenacadie you should take care of fixing all the redirects as well. There aren't that many to take care of. Badagnani 03:29, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Map

Hello. How did you make Image:Gaymap.PNG, did you draw it with a vector program or have you got a program that makes maps like this? — Wackymacs 10:50, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

Hey thanks for replying to my question - can you link me to this world map widely available on Wikipedia? I can't seem to find it. — Wackymacs 19:35, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Cyclinglogo.jpg

Some time ago you uploaded Image:Cyclinglogo.jpg and labeled it as a logo. I'm not convinced it's a logo of any organization; it looks more like a clip art image to me. I've labeled the image as having no source information, which makes the image eligible for deletion after seven days. If you would like to add information about the source and copyright status of this image, please do so. —Bkell 21:22, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Ice Storm of January 1998

This is a broadcast message for users that voted to select this article as the Canadian collaboration. It has been selected for the January 2006 collaboration period. Congratulations, and happy editing! Mindmatrix 17:29, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] OHL

Yes....finally someone who cares about the best league ever.

Many thanks for your work on OHL and OHA history. Keep up the good work. Don't put those typing fingers on ice :-p Flibirigit 07:09, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your Welcome

Your welcome. I found your list my just surfing on to it. Originally I was looking for the proper license / copyright to post for a user created / uploaded photo. I wanted to see which one you used for the Ottawa Civic Centre picture you uploaded. I was interested because I uploaded pictures of the Halifax Metro Centre, Harbour Station and Charlottetown Civic Centre. After doing that I surfed onto your user page and found your list. --FrankCostanza 14:43, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] St./Saint Andrews

Hello -- happy new year. I have a bit of a question for you. I see that back in September you moved the St. Andrews, New Brunswick article to Saint Andrews, New Brunswick. I'm a little perplexed, because it looks to me like the article, and the Town's website, indicate that it is spelled "St. Andrews" not "Saint Andrews" (St. and Saint not necessarily being interchangeable). I'm assuming that I am missing something obvious here, so if you could point me in the direction of why the change was made, that would be great. Thanks. Skeezix1000 22:26, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

If it's good enough for Statscan, it's good enough for me. Thanks! Skeezix1000 02:15, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] DeBoer/Kilrea

Ooh the Senators are struggling while the Leafs are on a winning streak of how long?... Nah I'm just kidding, wouldn't want to start that up again. But whatever you do, do not add the list of players that Kilrea has coached into the NHL onto his page like I did on the Peter DeBoer page, or Wikipedia would have a huge meltdown. Likewise do not post his coaching statistics or the same thing would happen as I mentioned in the last statement. This is just a warning for the well-being of Wikipedia. Croat Canuck 06:06, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

Oy, a threat? I'm not a very threatening person. Croat Canuck 06:32, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
Yeah that was a good game, I felt bad for the Russian goalie because this is a second whack at Canada and he failed again and his team didn't do much in front of him. As McGuire said, he was having a breakdown. Boy, Pogge looks good, so does Rask... gee I don't know what NHL team they belong to. My favorite player from this year was probably Chipchura, with Downie and Staal as runner-ups. Previous favourites from previous tournaments of mine include Mike Richards, Derek Roy and Jordin Tootoo, boy did he hit everything. Croat Canuck 06:40, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
If you do that your page will be full of Leaf logos and pictures of Kylie Minogue covered up in a parka! Have you by chance happened to dabble in this heated argument on both the Wayne Gretzky and Bobby Orr Talk pages? They are just crazy its RGTraynor against two other users and they are just going at it, I've been trying to keep it civil as sort of mediator but boy, there is a bit of anger being passed around. Croat Canuck 06:55, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
You surpise me sometimes Earl Andrew... I thought you would have said Laurie Boschman because, well, the Senators history don't date back that far. You should check out one of my new userboxes, it goes along with our agree to disagree agreement. Croat Canuck 07:14, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
DANG YOU EARL ANDREW! YOU BARELY BEAT ME ON TAKING THAT SIGNATURE OFF THE TUUKKA RASK ARTICLE!... oh sorry, no yelling... I think i Just woke someone up. Croat Canuck 07:28, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
Well I just think it was a little rude to cut in front of me there while we were having a semi-polite conversation. Croat Canuck 07:38, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
What's really freaky is that they had another goalie and they didn't play him... You think Patrick Roy had it bad in Montreal? Geesh... Man, I am on fire with my userboxes today. Croat Canuck 08:01, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
No, Tugnutt was with the Nordiques when he stopped 70 of 73 shots in a 3-3 tie. Sam

LoPresti has the record I think with 80 saves in a game, and I think he won 3-2, this was back in the 40's... and that was all unsourced, straight from my brain. What a databank of hockey knowledge I have, hee hee hee. Croat Canuck 08:12, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

Alright I dug out my NHL Official Guide $ Record Book, and it was 83 shots the Boston Bruins got on March 4, 1941 against the Chicago Blackhawks, and Boston won 3-2. But it didn't say who the goalie was so I dug out my NHL Players Ultimate A-Z Guide by Andrew Podnieks (you want the ISBN too? lol) and comfirmed it was Sam LoPresti. This LoPresti guy also enlisted in the US Navy during WWII, and spent 42 days on a lifeboat before being saved. Hmm... interesting. Also I did confirm the Tugnutt thing, and that happened in March 21, 1991 also against the Boston Bruins. In fact Boston has 3 of the top 4 places for most shots in a game. Speaking of records, how the heck did you find the time to get so many edits? Probably from stealing edits from guys like me, eh? Croat Canuck 08:23, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

I mean I think I'm cranking a devilish pace and then hiyo! Croat Canuck 08:26, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

I think Jimbo Wales should pay for you University with all the contributions you've made... A Wiki-Scholarship! Croat Canuck 08:32, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
I actually made some userboxes on that topic of bandwidth theft and Jimmy Wales chasing me with henchmen... ay do your toilets flush clockwise in Ottawa, mate? Something in the water that causes you guys to go Wiki-Crazy? Croat Canuck 08:43, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
Why does everybody assume I'm from Kitchener? Geesh, a city boy I ain't. Check the userboxes, they'll tell you (and a lot more unfortunately), although I am more proud that I grew up in Wellesley than the place I am living in now. That SimonP's userpage is kind of bland for a guy who is almost at 100,000 freaking edits, thats just insane. Oh well at least he's Canadian. Croat Canuck 08:48, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

Yes, but enough of a difference that if they were in the correct location, they could be in separate hemispheres. I'm signing off, keep on trucking! Croat Canuck 08:54, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Errors in 2006 Canadian Election Page

Hi,

I saw your comments about the 2006 election figures having huge errors, could we tag it appropriately so no one takes that information for true in the future? I'm not sure what to tag it with nor do I know anything about the figures. Thanks Sinblox 22:28, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

== You are a vandal who has no respect for correct information. Your continual reverts of correct modifications are annoying and a disgrace to wikipedia. Like you, I am a Carleton student. I work for the government. I respect fact, and try to make wikipedia better. You are disrespectful, and are hell-bent on what you 'think' to be correct, offering no true basis for your reverts. This is highly disappointing to me. I suggest you keep a more open mind to what may be errors on your part. I respect everyone, and everyone's opinions. I do not respect those who continually shut out others, and trample on the truth... Intothedark


[edit] Election Template

Hey, I saw that you created the CanElec6 and that is all good. However, is it really necessary? I have done quite a few of them, and residence doesn't seem that important when you just want the straight facts. Anyway, my real concern is that when you switch the template to CanTemp6, could you fix the box so that the bottom three boxes are colspan='4'? The reason is because it really messes up the way the information is presented. Cheers --Omnieiunium 06:50, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

Awesome. Just keep an eye for it. If I see it, I will fix it for you. Cheers --Omnieiunium 03:23, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Laws on Homosexuality Map

Hey, so it says you are the creator of Image:Laws on homosexuality.PNG in the copyright info box. It's a great map, but there's a small error in it. The maps shows South Africa as having same-sex marriage, which is not true. While there was a court ruling in South Africa requiring same-sex marriage to be legalized, it has yet to come in to force. If you weren't the one to make the change, no problem, but it would be great if someone could correct it. I would do it myself, but i don't have any image editing software. NoIdeaNick 01:52, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, I think I'll do that. NoIdeaNick 02:24, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

That Map is out of date. YOu can have same-sex marriages in United Kingdom, Venezuela and Denmark is't marked for same sex marriage as that country is the first one to legalize it! regards Allie

[edit] Any suggestion on what to do with User:Orthodoxe

After losing some recent arguements on the Montreal West, Quebec page, trying to rename everything to Montréal-Ouest, Quebec, he has gone and moved the Dieu et mon droit page to God and my right to make some kind of perverse point. Looking at his recent contributions it also looks like he renamed the Martin Luther King III page to Martin Luther King, son! This is starting to be vandalism. I'm not as familiar with process here as you. Do you have any suggestions? Nfitz 00:13, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] No source image

Image:Aljabir.JPG has no source; just saying it's from rulers.org isn't saying much, as they don't have anything there about who created the image. Anyway, I've put a different, free, image on Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah; I don't know if we need a fair use photo, but if we have one it should have a good source: i.e. be an official portrait. Thanks.Pharos 09:51, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Canadian politicans

Please tag images of Canadian politicinas with {{Canada-politician-photo}}--nixie 23:02, 15 January 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Proposed CanCon barnstar

I have proposed the creation of a new barnstar to recognize Canadian contributions of significance. I thought, given your support of CanCon at Wikipedia, that you might be interested in commenting.

--JTBurman 12:11, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sheila Copps photo

Although I hate it when people tag my stuff for deletion I am kinda tempted to in this case but wanted to run it by you first. You uploaded the image Image:Coppss.jpg as your own creation and release it into public domain. I just notice, though, that it is the same image as the one on her parlaiment bio. When I saw you user name I though it was entirely possible that you are in fact Andy Schott the creator of this work. If that is the case then im sorry to bother you (although I suggest that you add a little more info to its description to avoid this kinda mistake in the future). If you aren't Andy Schott then I took a couple of photos of her when she delivered an alumni speech at the University of Western Ontario a while ago which might do for her page. Please respond to this on my talk page. thanks Dowew 06:59, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Warmuseum.jpg listed for deletion

An image or media file that you uploaded, Image:Warmuseum.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Please look there to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you.

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[edit] Canada Election Graphic

Your map of the results of the 2006 Canadian election has a minor error that I've noted on its talk page - the NDP won three seats in Manitoba, not two. - Cuivienen 03:59, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Election Map

Good job with that Canadian Election Map! I redecorated the NDP templates, do you think it works out OK? Thanks --Colle 04:29, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Colour scheme

Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Green

Why do you like the light (ndp) green for the Green Party? The Green Party uses a dark green in their logo.

Is this going to be a big consensus building operation? Where should I discuss the greens greenynish?--Colle 05:09, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
Can I just hold a Greenynish green-off at Green Party of Canada?
Okay, Green Talk is decked out in green for the greenoff. This sure is a lot of work, good thing I love colours. and have an IQ of 65. --Colle 05:50, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bribe?

NDP logo Earl Andrew Better, no? Maybe we can reach an "agreement" regarding the green party colour? (; --Colle 06:26, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Raymond Samuels

We have a situation developing on this page. Could you please look it over? CJCurrie 01:56, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

  • An anonymous poster has been adding information that may (or may not) be accurate, and seems defamatory to the subject. S/he is using court documents as source material. Could you provide an assessment as to whether or not, in your opinion, these edits are appropriate?

Thanks, CJCurrie 02:00, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

  • My problem with the information is that it seems like original research. There have been rumours about Samuels short-changing his web designer before, but I'm reluctant to leave it up without proof. CJCurrie 02:09, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] On another matter

You're probably the right person to ask about this ...

Have you seen any formal clarification as to whether incumbents defeated in this week's election should be listed as MPs until 2005, or 2006? The parl.gc.ca site suggests the former, counter-intuitive though that may seem. CJCurrie 02:36, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

But, for succession boxes, I'd suggest using 2006.

That was my initial inclination, but I changed my mind after reviewing the parl.gc.ca site. As a matter of precedent, incumbent MPs from 1979 who lost their seats in January 1980 are listed as MPs "to 1979".

The parliamentary site isn't always accurate, but I'm inclined to trust them on this one (barring information to the contrary).

In earlier times, it was acknowledged that there were no "Members of Parliament" between elections. I'm not certain there's ever been formal or legal clarification on the point for the modern political scene. CJCurrie 02:59, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Huh?

Hello! I am most curious (puzzled, actually): is there a specific reason why you resurrected this now obsolete template/redirect? I nixed it/nominated it for deletion precisely because it was inconsistent and redundant with the other provincial/territorial templates (e.g., {{ON}}). E Pluribus Anthony | talk | 06:27, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

TY. That's very odd, because I took explicit care to persue the 'What links here' for the template and change them over before nominating it for oblivion ... at least I believe I did. If you don't object, I'm going to change it over to {{BC}}, which no longer applies to Boston College (egoists!).
Do you know if there are any others? If there's nothing else, I'll tag it again for oblivion. This is the sort of thing that's analogous to an unpaid bill: I need to get rid of it for sanity. :) Merci! E Pluribus Anthony | talk | 06:34, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
TY! E Pluribus Anthony | talk | 06:57, 31 January 2006 (UTC)


[edit] OC Turnout

I got the 2nd highest claim from the citizen [1] when I do a quick check at elections.ca of the 5 ridings with ottawa in their name, OC had the most votes cast with 66,950. I don't have time to do the math at this moment, do you know of a source with the turnout already calculated? thanks Ottawan 11:16, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Request for comment

Hey Earl, an editor has been changing the order of the results of an election in riding article from the current standard (ordered by the number of votes the candidates received) to alphabetical order. I think we should develop a consensus. Given your past interest in these articles, your comments would be welcome at Wikipedia:WikiProject Electoral districts in Canada/Election results. Ground Zero | t 02:38, 3 February 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 17:11, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] About page with Active number of troops

I read your comments about that page.

I am also very frustrated.

I have been working on the Military of Pakistan, Pakistan Army and History of Pakistan Army page and each time I have to change info on those pages to coincide with changes on this page.

I think this page should be retitled and remade with proper sub-heading.

Here is a sample of what I have created.

Tell me what you think.

Also, we need to create sub-pages where each country is sorted by the size of each individual service. Such as countries with the largest armies, etc.

Rank Nation Army Navy Air Force Marines Paramilitary Forces Other TOTAL Armed Forces per
thousand citizens
3 Flag of the United States United States 500,203 375,521 358,612 176,202 National Guard # 40,151 (US Coast Guard) 1,427,000 4.79
7 Flag of Pakistan Pakistan 620,000 27,000 65,000 0 288,000 0 1,000,000 6.23

[edit] Active troops list

The article needs a complete rewrite. I pretty sure that Indian Armed Forces is the second largest after PRC but the article lists India as the largest army. Merc2k's version seems good but the figures need to be backed by verfiable sources. --Deepak|वार्ता 18:00, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Participating NOC list

I saw that you contributed to the 2006 Winter Olympics page and was hoping you would be willing to weigh in with your opinion here.[2]

Jonel and I agree one way, with another user feeling a different way. 2-1 does not a consensus make, and I would like to get this resolved one way or another before Friday.

Sue Anne 19:19, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 2006 Winter Olympics

Please stop taking out 9th and 10th place finishes. 10 is a better number than 8, and consistency really doesn't matter. If it's such a big deal, I edited the 2002 Olympics one so that it has Top 10. Besides, there are so many differences between the 2002, 2004 and 2006 pages that having top 10 rather than top 8 really shouldn't matter.

Since you care about consistency so much, why don't you spend a lot of time to make all 3 articles just like eachother? ~Scorpion0422


[edit] WikiProject Ice Hockey

As a member of WikiProject Ice Hockey, I urge you to check out the current discussion that is going on at This Place, it is regarding how the WikiProject can be improved. Croat Canuck 03:53, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Warwick Smith

Hello, could you add a source from the Olympics site (or other site about his feats) to keep things verifiable. Thanks a lot. Matt White 04:06, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

Also for Scott Bard and anyone else you may have done in relation to the Olympics. One thing, though, wasn't the luger woman from the Virgin Islands the oldest? I'm not too sure, but that's what I heard... Matt White 05:05, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

Great! Thanks a lot. Matt White 05:09, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Beckie Scott

Image:Beckiescott.jpg

This image is from where? -- user:zanimum

[edit] Copyright on Image:Censusdivisions.PNG

I have a question about the PD copyright claim on Image:Censusdivisions.PNG. Another user User:Cadillac has use dit as a basis to produce a range of maps. In trying to figure out the copyright status of his maps, I found that your map doesn't clearly state the PD status of the map. Where was the original government map found and why did you think it was a free image. --Martyman-(talk) 03:18, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

You can not use a copyrighted work as a basis for a derivative work. My understanding is that copyright does not work that way. If it was in the public domain and you do enough changes you can claim copyright on it, but if it was copyrighted to begin with you shouldn't use it. On the other hand using a government map to trace the outlines into a new file which you then use to create a new map would be fine, if that is what you mean. I am going to choose to believe that that is what you have done. ;). --Martyman-(talk) 07:54, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
Well, thats great then. Keep up the good work. --Martyman-(talk) 08:27, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Saskatchewan election

Think you could make a map for the 1999 election?

[edit] 2006 Olympics addons

I don't want to have to report you, but I will if you don't read the tags on the main and talk pages of the said page. Please, I ask you to take part in the debate on Wikipedia:Olympic conventions so that you may voice your opinion. Thank you for paying attention to wikipedia law. --Jared 19:33, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

I'm not an admin, so I guess I'll let it go this time, but in the future, please just follow what the page says and don't go off doing what you want to do. That's how fights start. That's why we started a civil discussion. I don't want to catch you doing it again. --Jared [T]/[+] 22:42, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your signature

Hi!

I've noticed you through your contributions on curling related articles. Thanks for all your work on that subject.

I see you're using the logo of the NDP in your signature (Image:Ndpsmall.jpg). That image isn't licensed for use on Wikipedia, so we're just claiming Fair use and that really only extends to uses in articles which directly relate to its subject. Your use of it in your signature doesn't really fit with that purpose. It's also not really related to the project to wear your political affiliation on your sleeve like that. Would you consider changing it? Thanks!

kmccoy (talk) 04:16, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

That is an excellent choice for a new signature icon! Do you mind if, at some point, I have an automated editing thingy (i.e., a bot of some sort) replace the NDP image with the stone image in the signatures that you've already placed?
Thanks again! kmccoy (talk) 04:46, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Reform

Wikipedia began as an open effort to create an encyclopedia of the people, by the people, for the people. Sadly, its bureaucracy has put an end to those goals. To this end, we must promote a peaceful revolution to reform it. We must eliminate the undue influence of certain people and remake Wikipedia as a people's encyclopedia. We, the reformers, are led by TJWhite who endured only briefly before suffering an indefinite block. Visit his user page to see our ideology, roughly outlined. I for one do not condone his call to vandalism. Instead, by using the power of the people, we can reform wikipedia. Join us to recreate an encyclopedia where all are equal; an encyclopedia that does not strive to become Brittannica, but rather seeks to be a one of kind encyclopedia for all of the people of the world. Please pass this message in some form to as many people as you can. Secondly, petition for the unblock of TJWhite, the one who began our glorious movement. Finally, link to his page from your user page and express your sentiments for reform on your page. Thank You, fellow wikipedians. LaRevolution 15:36, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Curling tables

I noticed that you have reverted my edit of the curling tables at 2006 Scott Tournament of Hearts, citing prior World Championship articles. However, existing Wikipedia conventions on data tables suggest that the edited table form which is used in Curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics is to be used. This form also reflects similar tables used in other sports. Please take this into consideration before making any further changes into the teams tables. kelvSYC 19:41, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

In regards to your response on my talk page: I am referring to table conventions in general. Your format lacks the semantic ease-of-use factor that we may need in the future - the usage of <br/> tags are not recommended, and tabular data are better suited in data tables. The colors are largely irrelevent and of no practical use. Furthermore, with my views, it looks ugly and takes up too much space (the entire table can be seen without scrolling with my table, while with yours I have to scroll). All in all, good web design guidelines state that layout tables are to be avoided. kelvSYC 20:58, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

Again, the problem is that the tables are not compact, and does not optimally express semantic value. Just to make another example, which one is better, this table:

Dominik Hasek Ray Emery
Paradubice, Czech Republic

Number 39, catches left
Acquired 2004
Salary: $1,520,000

 Cayuga, Ontario

Number 1, catches left
Acquired 2001
Salary: $450,000

... or the one that is actually in Ottawa Senators? I'm partial to the latter.

Another problem is that it is not scalable. It is a considerable pain if we were to augment the above table with, say, the list of Sens forwards and defensemen. There is also the issue of the ability to linearize the table for those of us who access Wikipedia from a text device or through a hearing device. Using the above table, one would assume that Emery and not Hasek would be from the Czech Republic with a hearing device, for instance.

On the comment of the relevance of colors: colors are actually very distracting. In a lot of places we limit ourselves to only one or two colors: for example, 2005-06 NHL season has only a green to tell us which teams are in playoff position and which aren't. If you were to replace the row colors with the team colors, even if they were lightened, the result would still be unreadable and look cluttered.

kelvSYC 22:23, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

I still vehemently disagree - the site you stated has horrible design in my books (nested tables... ugh). The issue comes down to content semantics and presentation semantics: the way you have it, you put presentation first when content is more important. The general view on good design is that one has to design with content in mind - presentation can be added later. By putting presentation first, you obfuscate the content. My design, however, is simple, elegant, and conformant to other data tables that are used throughout Wikipedia. kelvSYC 22:51, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

The problem in the content design is that it is not apparent on the column associations. Team Canada lies in the same column as Manitoba and Nova Scotia, implying that the rinks have something to do with each other (so Jennifer Jones and Colleen Jones are both Team Canada, right?), which they do not. The rinks are in the same convience only for logical cohesion, which in terms of design is undesirable. With my layout, there is no ambiguity. kelvSYC 23:43, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

If you think the above is the worst argument, fine. Keep those opinions at the door. We're here for civilized discussion.

However, an audio reader can (and sometimes do) make these kinds of assertions. An audio reader can easily make the mistake of saying that the Harvey rink is both Team Canada and Manitoba, the Jones rink Canada, Manitoba, and Nova Scotia, and the Belisle rink under Canada, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, and Quebec, just because all are in the same column. Maybe it is the case that anyone can read it out and see which rink is associated with which team, but for those of us who use the internet without the luxury of visuals, life is often quite difficult.

Then there is also those of us who surf without tables. The way I have it, you can still tell easily who's playing what role on which team. With yours, we have "Team Canada", "Alberta", "British Columbia", "St. Vital Curling Club, Winnipeg...", "Saville Centre Curling Club, Edmonton", etc. It takes quite a bit to see that the Jones rink represents Team Canada, the King rink represents Alberta, etc. It's even harder to see that Gagnier is the third for NWT/Y who throws skip stones, or that Hollands is the lead for Quebec. Now, imagine that you put six teams in one row instead of three. We could probably tell that Andrea Kelly was a skip, but could we easily tell which rink she belonged to? Not as easily compared to the way I have it.

kelvSYC 04:07, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Clara Hughes

The images in the Clara Hughes article are not under a license usable in Wikipedia. Please don't put them back in the article as they will be delted in a few days. Cheers, —Ruud 23:19, 27 February 2006 (UTC)



[edit] Vancouver map

Hey, I was wondering if you could help. I want to use the new infobox in the Victoria, British Columbia article, but have no idea how to find and/or create the map template that would highlight the municipality. I noticed that you did it for Vancouver. Thanks! Fishhead64 05:21, 28 February 2006 (UTC)


[edit] The map you created Image:Yukonwikimap.PNG is not correct...

The degrees of longitude should be decreasing as you go eastbound from 141°W at the Alaska-Yukon border, not increasing. — CJewell (talk to me) 17:47, 2 March 2006 (UTC)


[edit] List of Alberta provincial highways

I believe that the original page that you used to update this page on July 23/04 came from [3] especially since the typo error on Highway 11A shows a closing parenthesis after Rocky Mountain House on both pages. However, I think the same results could have been generated anyway. Also the page has been modified many times since then and is obviously useful. Is it possible that they copied you? By the way, I have appreciated much of your entries since they have paralleled mine. Cadillac 15:26, 3 March 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Couchiching Terriers of the OPJHL

Ok... I looked at a map... they are located on Rama Road on the edge of Lake Couchiching. Is there a town or village actually called Rama, Ontario? Because I set up that column specifically for the centre they play out of and have absolutely no clue... I played against them twice when I played for the Durham Huskies... but I have no clue where that arena was. DMighton 21:58, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Rama, Ontario is a community just outside of Orillia, Ontario. It's the home of the Chippewas of Mnjikaning First Nation. Their arena is called the "MASK" or 'Mnjikaning Arena Sports Ki' (Ki is an Ojibway word, I think meaning 'land', but I'm not certain on that). It is located at 6145 Rama Road, Rama, Ontario (very close to Casino Rama actually). One of the best on-line sources of info about the arena is The Ramakings Lacrosse team website. In particular, check out the community page and the arena page. I believe the Couchiching Terriers play in the MASK. ColtsScore 13:27, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Max Keeping

Hey, I started an article on Max Keeping. Would appreciate your comments/changes. Cheers -- Samir ∙ T C 06:22, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

  • Appreciated! Would be great if you could have a peek at the Ardeth Wood article when you get a chance also. -- Samir ∙ T C 07:34, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] NB redistro maps

Earl, per our chat on MSN, here are the details...

[edit] Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak

1995 to 2006: Beginning at the point where the western banks or shores of the Nashwaak River meet the easterly prolongation of the northern boundary of the lot with NBGIC PID # 1546241, the said lot being on the northern side of Veteran's Drive; thence northwesterly along the said prolongation and the said northern boundary and continuing northwesterly along the rear baseline of the lots fronting on the northern right-of-way of Veteran's Drive and its prolongation to a point on the eastern boundary of the Indian Reserve No.30; thence northeasterly along the said eastern boundary to a point on the northern boundary of the city; thence easterly along the various courses of the said city boundaries, crossing the Saint John River, and continuing along the said city boundaries to a point on the eastern right-of-way of Regent Street; thence northerly along the said eastern right-of-way to a point on the northern right-of-way of Route 2; thence westerly along the said right-of-way to a point on the centre line of Regent Street; thence northerly along the said centre line to a point on the westerly prolongation of the rear baseline of the lots fronting on the northern right-of-way of Beaverbrook Street; thence easterly along the said prolongation and the said rear baseline, crossing University Avenue, and continuing easterly along the northern right-of-way of Beaverbrook Street to the intersection of Forest Hill Road and Waterloo Row; thence easterly along the southern right-of-way of Waterloo Row to the western right-of-way of the Princess Margaret Bridge; thence northeasterly along the said western right-of-way, crossing the Saint John River, to a point on the northern banks or shores of the said river; thence northwesterly along the said northern banks or shores to a point on the western banks or shores of the Nashwaak River; thence northeasterly along the said western banks or shores to the place of beginning. (map)

2006 (new): Beginning at the point where the Saint John River meets the centre line of the Westmorland Street bridge; thence northeasterly along the said centre line to meet the centre line of Ring Road; thence northeasterly and continuing along the said centre line to the centre line of Brookside Drive; thence northeasterly along the said centre line to the NB Power transmission line; thence northwesterly along the said transmission line to the eastern boundary of the lot having PID #75394791; thence northerly along the said boundary and its prolongation to the northern boundary of The City of Fredericton; thence easterly and continuing along the said northern boundary and its prolongation to the western boundary of Sunbury County; thence northeasterly along the said boundary and continuing along its northern boundary to the eastern boundary of the parish of Maugerville; thence southwesterly along the said boundary to the northern boundary of the Burpee Wildlife Management Area; thence easterly along the said boundary and continuing along its eastern boundary to the southwestern corner of the lot having PID #60124245; thence southeasterly along the southwestern boundary of the said lot and its prolongation to Little River; thence southwesterly along the said river and continuing along Indian Lake and Portobello Stream to the western boundary of the parish of Sheffield; thence southwesterly along the said boundary to the Saint John River; thence northwesterly and continuing along the said river to the place of beginning, including a portion of The City of Fredericton, Saint Mary’s No. 24 Reserve, and Devon No. 30 Reserve. (map)

-- Thanks Earl, will add the Saint John Harbour info in a bit. - Jord 01:17, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Saint John Harbour

1974 to 1995: please see this map, Harbour is district #45

1995 to 2006: Beginning at the point where the northern right-of-way of Route 100 meets the western banks or shores of Marsh Creek; thence southerly along the said western banks or shores, crossing Courtenay Bay Causeway and the Saint John Harbour, to a point where the western banks or shores of Saint John Harbour meet the southeasterly prolongation of the rear baseline of the lots fronting on the eastern right-of-way of City Line Road; thence northwesterly along the said prolongation and the said rear baseline and its prolongation to a point on the northern banks or shores of the Saint John River; thence westerly and northeasterly along the various courses of the said river and the eastern banks or shores of Marble Cove to a point on the southerly prolongation of the rear baseline of the lots fronting on the western right-of-way of Cedar Street; thence northerly along the said prolongation and the said rear baseline and its prolongation to a point on the rear baseline of the lots fronting on the northern right-of-way of Main Street; thence easterly along the said rear baseline to a point on the rear baseline of the lots fronting on the western right-of-way of Albert Street; thence northerly along the said rear baseline to a point on the westerly prolongation of the rear baseline of the lots fronting on the northern right-of-way of Metcalf Street; thence easterly along the said rear baseline to a point on the rear baseline of the lots fronting on the northeasterly right-of-way of Main Street; thence easterly along the said rear baseline to a point on the eastern right-of-way of Wall Street interchange; thence southerly along the said eastern right-of-way to a point on the southern right-of-way of Route 1; thence easterly along the said southern right-of-way to a point on the western banks or shores of Marsh Creek; thence southerly along the said western banks or shores to the place of beginning. (map)

--- Thanks again Earl - Jord 01:53, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

Hi Earl, just wondered if you had a chance to do these or if they were on your radar? Sorry to be a nag, but thank you very much for agreeing to do them in any event! - Jord 16:59, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
Hi Earl, the harrasser in chief here again wondering if you'd had a chance to look at this? Thanks fo much again!! - Jord 19:37, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

Sorry Earl, in response to your message on my page, I thought you had only needed maps that referred to PID#s. The one riding I didn't have a map linked for (1994 Saint John Harbour) is now linked to a map. Let me know if you need anything else and thanks again! - Jord 20:55, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

I can convert them to another format if you like? Alternatively I suppose it is almost June anyway. Which do you prefer? - Jord 20:59, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
I've uploaded all of the converted files (to PNG) to here. Thank you AGAIN SO MUCH for this, I appreciate it! - Jord 19:32, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 1968 Liberal logo

Please see Talk:Liberal Party of Canada leadership convention, 1968 - I think that logo was not in use yet. Homey 22:16, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Page playoff system

Hey Earl, I've seen many of your edits (particularly since some of our interests overlap--Canada, politics (esp. NDP) and curling are just a few examples) and they've always been very good, especially those pretty maps. I noticed recently that there was no article on the page playoff system, so I wrote one to get it going. However, I don't know that much about curling history and I'm sure there are other things that you could add that would help improve it, possibly up to a DYK level. This would probably be great to do right now, considering the world championships that are going on. So if you want to have a look at it and/or can think of a good DYK line, feel free.

Also, I'm planning on being in Boston the first week of April, so I may wander up to Lowell for the Men's Worlds. I'll try to take some pictures, but if you had any suggestions (specific or general) of free curling (or other?) pictures Wikipedia might benefit from, I'll do my best. (And I'll try to start 2006 World Men's Curling Championship soon if I'm not too busy.) Cheers! Telso 01:47, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] re: playoff template

I created Template:PagePlayoffBracket. However, because I cut and pasted much of it from the other bracket templates, I still might make minor modifications later such as trimming some of excess vertical spacing a little more. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 18:00, 24 March 2006 (UTC)




[edit] Nunavut MLA's

Thanks for catching the errors on those, especially the Joe Allen one. Yt would have taken forever to live that down if he had seen it. Cheers. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 06:17, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image source information

Hi. It seems that you regularly respond to images that you have been uploaded being tagged with Template:Nsd by simply removing the template but not providing a source. This is really not okay. Please provide a detailed source for every image that you upload, per Wikipedia:Image use policy. Jkelly 21:25, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Blanking warnings and uploading unsourced images

Just so you know, removing warnings from your talk page is considered vandalism and can get you blocked. Continuing to upload images without proper source and licensing information after you've been warned not to can also get you blocked. I suggest you stop doing both. Angr (talk • contribs) 06:24, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

If you want to save space here, why not archive all the old talk, say up to the end of February? Angr (talk • contribs) 06:34, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mario Silva

Um...Category:Mayors of Toronto? Huh? Either you have him confused with somebody else, or you're working from a source that has him confused with somebody else, but Silva's never been mayor of Toronto or any of the former suburban cities. Bearcat 18:56, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

If he'd been an interim mayor for an extended period of time, I would put him in the category. But he was only ever "acting mayor" in the sense of "Mel's sick this afternoon but will be back in the office tomorrow". Bearcat 04:40, 31 March 2006 (UTC)



[edit] Ottawa District Hockey

Hey, I was wondering if you might be willing to look at the leagues I've done in the Ottawa District Hockey Association. I have a detailed history entered for the CJHL and a few of the teams that were willing to put their actual team history on their websites... but I am missing a lot of stats... and the history of teams I could obviously never know (I live on the other side of the province). I'm also looking for history for the EOJBHL and the EOJCHL... but there isn't a lot out there. DMighton 07:33, 1 April 2006 (UTC)


Alright, I need help... Central_Junior_A_Hockey_League#2005-06_Bogart_Cup_Playoffs... I can't figure out how to adjust the chart. DMighton 08:04, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

If I write in 8 team playdown... it will adjust the chart... but it will not show the teams. DMighton 08:06, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

Do you know if there is a round of 4? I am also going to do this with the SIJHL I think. DMighton 09:16, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

Hello, this is user:JackO'Lantern. You blocked i.p. 216.221.81.98 last night - an anon vandal - but this address is part of a proxy server and I can't edit most of the time because it's my IP address as well. I ask you to unblock it. Thank you. 24.141.147.6 21:26, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for unblocking it. This used to happen a lot more in February and January - some of these IPs got blocked practically every day. JackO'Lantern 21:53, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] User:Earl Andrew/54nl) 80X

I just updated the above to point to Havre St. Pierre, Quebec. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 15:47, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

OK. I'll move it in a few minutes. I found it yesterday at Havre St. Pierre and moved it to the same but with Quecebc. I see that "Havre-Saint-Pierre" has slightly more hits in Google than any other variation on the name. The only name I am sure about is the airport. Thanks. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 23:44, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for catching. I've moved it and fixed all the redirects except for the ones on this page. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 23:55, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Red Tory

Hey, Earl, wondering if you as an administrator could help resolve a dispute on the page Red Tory. Merci, Habsfan|t 01:50, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

Don't think it really needs to be protected (I'll leave that up to you), but just thought another voice to look at it wouldn't hurt...I think you can see my reversion on the edit history, and the current one. Me and User:HistoryBA have been reverting to my version, and User:TrulyTory has just been blindly reverting my changes. Thanks for your time.Habsfan|t 01:53, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
Perhaps returning the page to Habsfannova's last version and then blocking it until TrulyTory can explain his objections might help. I've been trying to draw his views out, but with little success. In any case, it's his responsibility to explain his views, not mine to solicit them. HistoryBA 02:00, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image Tagging for Image:Pauldewar.PNG

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[edit] Country subdivisions

need your help, kind of urgent, someone wants to split the cats and articles of "subdivisons of XY" to "Administatrive divisions of some countries" and "Political divisions of some other countries".

could you maybe vote on Wikipedia:Categories_for_deletion/Log/2006_April_4#Category:Subdivisions_by_country_to_Category:Political_divisions_by_country (take care, there are actually three votes)

IMO the thing should be taken with more care and discussed on the project page

Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Subnational_entities/Naming#Umbrella_terms

first. It is really is mass rename, since it not only involves the cats and subcates but also lots of articles. As Lorenz pointed out the most important seems to be that we find clear definitions of what the terms mean. Tobias Conradi (Talk) 08:06, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

  1. Talk:Administrative division has a vote
  2. Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Subnational_entities#Project_rename too -- Tobias Conradi (Talk) 12:05, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Clanwilliam,MB. vs. RM of same name

Hi! I noticed your recent edit on the above topic. I could be wrong but I don't believe that Clanwilliam is even in the Rural Municipality of the same name. In any case, they should/could potentially be two separate articles. Maybe not! Thanks! Stormbay 02:15, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

  • Hi again! I noticed your recent revert on Rural Municipality of Clanwilliam. Clanwilliam, Manitoba is in the RM of Minto which is south of the RM that I was editing. I think standardization is great but it may not be accurate. (as an aside, Cartier, Manitoba which was also reverted, doesn't really describe anything to someone looking for thr RM. I can help if anyone is interested. No reply necessary. Thanks for reading this. Stormbay 02:29, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
For further discussion on disambiguating RMs that you might want to partake in, I have left a comment on Stormbay's talk page. Qutezuce 03:48, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Green Party of Canada

I have nominated it for peer review. Ardenn 07:06, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Disambiguation

Hi Earl, I'm fixing disambiguation links that route to the disambiguation page "Medium", and one of the flagged entries is from one of your posts on your user page. It looks like the link is supposed to be to the TV show "Medium" so the link to that would be: Medium . If you would be so kind as to link it to an actual article or just delink it, I would appreciate it. I can take care of it for you, I would just need your permission. Thanks! - Dreadlocke 20:00, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your response! I appreciate the advice on dabs, I only recently started doing it and was trying to be as thorough as possible. Plus it gives me a chance to say hello to editors that I might otherwise never encounter! Nice to meet you! - Dreadlocke 02:03, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] What is Up with that?

Hey, what is up with you editing my first (and last) political article creation in Harold Albrecht (the one Wiki-notable person I know)? Did I do something wrong? Ha ha, just kidding, I just needed an excuse to gloat over the Leafs 5-1 victory over the Sens on Saturday night (I like to eccentruate the positives). Alfredsson better than Sundin? Ha! Not since the Olympics! Croat Canuck Go Leafs Go 03:21, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

Well I'm actually not conservative, I'm all over the map with my political views so I couldn't say I am Conservative or Liberal. I myself actually don't like the party politics game, so its all good. And, ahem, Sundin has been on in the top 25 for the last 13 years, I don't think Alfredsson can brag about that, and even saying that Sundin had 79 points this year (and that's with the help of those Sens who knocked him out for those twelve games at the beginning of the season). If you give Sundin those 12 games back, plus the time it took him to get back into form following the injury, AND give him Heatley and Spezza as linemates, Sundin would smoke Alfredsson. By the way, earlier in the season you said Alfredsson would smoke Sundin's career high in points this year? Uh Alfredsson only finished with 103, so he's still 11 points short of Mats' high. Croat Canuck Go Leafs Go 18:52, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Help

I need some help, log on to MSN, please. Ardenn 02:21, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WCityMike

User talk:WCityMike. You blocked this guy and he wants to talk about it. Your email isn't verfied for some reason. Anyhow, just thought I'd let you know.--Commander Keane 04:50, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

Seeing your block on this user I am currently inclined to unblock. The only potential 3RR violation I can see occurred some 24 hours prior to the block being enforced. From the blocking policy "In all cases, blocks are preventative rather than punitive, and serve only to avoid damage to Wikipedia", clearly blocking someone 24 hours after an edit war has finished is not prevantative but punitive. I may have course got the wrong end of the stick here so I'm not going to unblock just yet, but please let me know any other background I am unaware of. --pgk(talk) 09:24, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
OK I guess you aren't about so I'm going to undo the block, I'll keep an eye on the user in question if they start to edit. Thanks. --pgk(talk) 12:51, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Barnstar

Earl, in honour of all your helpful work on the Project: Ice Hockey and articles surrounding ice hockey, please accept this barnstar. Eric B ( T • C • W ) 08:50, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
Earl, in honour of all your helpful work on the Project: Ice Hockey and articles surrounding ice hockey, please accept this barnstar. Eric B ( T • C • W ) 08:50, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] I like your user page

I find it interesting Ω Anonymous anonymous Ψ: ''Have A Nice Day'' 23:31, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hello

Thank you for the barnstar, I appreciate it. DMighton 05:07, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your unblock of User:Ardenn

Hi, Earl. I've reinstated InShaneee's block of Ardenn, in view of the dialogue at WP:ANI, section "Demonstrable Bias by Admin Earl Andrew". Everybody who commented there seemed to be in accord with such an action, so I hope it's OK by you. You or anybody else is free to reverse my re-block, I certainly don't mean to wheel war about it. Please respond to ANI if you have a comment, rather than to my page, as I'll be asleep for some hours now. Best, Bishonen | talk 05:56, 23 April 2006 (UTC).

[edit] Ottawa Raiders

Hey Earl Andrew, I noticed that you created a page back in January for the Ottawa Raiders. I just created an infobox template (Template:NWHL team infobox, ripped off from the NHL infobox) that you might want to include on the page, if you're still keeping up with it. Although I guess the page requires more information before an infobox is necessary. Even the Brampton Thunder page I've put it on needs a little more work before the infobox will really look like it fits. I'm planning on creating pages for all the NWHL teams eventually--perhaps if you're interested, you could help.  OZLAWYER  talk  14:20, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

Actually, I don't follow the NWHL very closely either--I've never been to a game. Like you and the Raiders, I created the Brampton Thunder page to contribute to knowledge of Brampton, which is an incredibly boring city, but is where I've lived all my life. I just thought about doing the NWHL team pages because, well, they needed to be done. It'll probably be awhile before I get to them, though. Thanks for your interest.  OZLAWYER  talk  12:00, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ridings

Earl, just to let you know, I have been preparing election results tables offline for several months now, and am beginning the process of loading these tables into the articles. I have created tables to provide complete results for all federal ridings (current and defunct) up to and including the 2004 election. These tables are pretty basic: candidate name, party, # of votes -- they do not include %s, and the names are in the "LASTNAME, Firstname" format, rather than the more pleasant "Firstname Lastname" format. But they are a start. It will take me several weeks to load these. For obvious reasons, I started with New Brunswick, and will continue with Nova Scotia and then other provinces. Please keep an eye out for errors in my work, and feel free to improve on it. Regards, Ground Zero | t 12:06, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Keep up the good work, Ground Zero! I will keep an eye out for errors for sure. --curling rock Earl Andrew - talk 17:13, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Bernardbigras.jpg

I upload the new official photo of Bernard Bigras. Can you delete October 5, 2004 picture because I update the picture. Let me know if you're going to delete the picture. Okay? Thanks! Steam5

[edit] Image:Canada team.jpg

Hello. You removed the copyright tag I had placed on this image, and pointed to a new web site. The copyright on this site seems to indicate that fair use is not permitted. Could you kindly point me to the exact URL where this image is located? http://www.curling.ca seems to be a rather extensive site. Thanks! --cholmes75 11:54, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

  • Thanks for the clarification. --cholmes75 19:11, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ottawa Senators protection

Thanks for protecting the Ottawa Senators page. Holy smokes, that's alot of vandalism to happen all at once, eh? -Joshuapaquin 19:53, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Team Canada

A year and a half ago, you created Team Canada as a redirect to the Canadian National Team article. However, I was wondering if you would approve of me removing the redirect, and moving the article of the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling stable Team Canada, currently named Team Canada (professional wrestling), to the Team Canada name. It already has a redirect line at the top of its article to the Canadian National Team. --Kitch 16:02, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Revert

Uh, an user who has been colaborating in Ice Hockey Project isn't neutral for to revert my edition. --84.122.201.34 19:08, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Nova Scotia Party

I guess there's no way of doing a little Nova Scotia tartan square for the NSP, is there? Pity. Ground Zero | t 16:23, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Different Subject

Hello, I am a fellow wikipedia user. I do a lot of work with the Embrun, Ontario article, with my friend. I was wondering how you know so much history about Embrun? Loghead1

[edit] Remove an image that you uploaded

Hi there! I'm new here on WP and I probably made a mistake when I uploaded an image. I saw that I could upload a new version of an image but I had already uploaded the new version as a new file. The new version is Image:Frolundaindians.gif and your old version is Image:Vastrafrolundahc.gif. The new image that I have uploaded is a few more pixels larger and is more detailed. And it has the new color scheme of the team. I didn't know how too procced so I decided too send you a message since you uploaded the original file. I hope it's not a problem. --Krm500 01:35, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Hi! Just saying thanks for editing the map of Barrie.

Wikada 20:13, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Request for comments on article naming

Talk:World Junior Ice Hockey Championships If you're interested. Thanks.
ColtsScore 09:30, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Census Division maps/graphics

Hi, Noticed that you placed the Canada wide census map on Wikipedia. How would one get a census map of Newfoundland and Labrador? Appreciate any help you can offer. Thanks, HJKeats 19:57, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

WOW, that was quick. Thank you very much. If I could impose upon you a little more, how would one go about placing the numbered divisions in the map? If I could impose a bit further... The map will get used within articles for each of the divisions; a coloured portion highlighting the division in question would be exceptional. Thank you in advance for all your help. HJKeats 23:00, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] NFLD Census page

Thanks for your help on the unlinked census pages on the NFLD communities project. Much appreciated. One to go, I will see what I can get started. CanCon barnstar WayneRay 20:48, 14 June 2006 (UTC)WayneRay

[edit] Vaudreuil-Soulanges

Hey Earl, what was you source for changing this article from an emdash to a hyphen? The www.parl.gc.ca page ([4]) shows this riding with a double hyphen, which is its standard notation for an emdash. Regards, Ground Zero | t 01:12, 15 June 2006 (UTC)



[edit] 2006 election popular vote map by polling division

On the Ottawa South electoral district page you have a map of: "2006 election popular vote map by polling division" that shows the polls within the riding. May I ask where I would be able to find a base map of another riding such as Peterborough, Ontario?

Thanks. MRJ 22:43, 15 June 2006

Check with elections canada. I think the maps cost a few dollars, but you can buy them for sure. You may also try asking your local MP. I worked on a local campaign in my riding, and had access to a poll map. --curling rock Earl Andrew - talk 03:57, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Saskatchewan Party

Hello,

Can I request that you add Saskatchewan Party to your watchlist (and revert the current version, if no-one has done so already). Two SP partisans seem to have a very limited understanding of NPOV. CJCurrie 23:54, 25 June 2006 (UTC)



[edit] Little known fact

At the time of the Gloucester and Cumberland proposed merger, I proposed the name Gloucester-land for the amalgamated city, and was laughed at by Gloucester city council (your edits to Maureen McTeer reminded me of it :). Cheers -- Samir धर्म 06:05, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My talk page

User:Netscott didn't vandalize my page, Earl...he posted a perfectly legitimate comment in response to a joke I made in a CFD discussion. You didn't need to revert anything. Bearcat 03:15, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Proposed Georgia Move

As a past participant in the discussion on how to handle the Georgia pages, I thought you might be interested to know that there's a new attempt to reach consensus on the matter being addressed at Talk:Georgia (country)#Requested_Move_-_July_2006. Please come by and share your thoughts to help form a consensus. --Vengeful Cynic 03:28, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Greater Sudbury municipal election, 2006

Pssst...your map has two Ward 12s and no Ward 10. Bearcat 08:17, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Electoral district maps

The Geography Barnstar
I award you the Geography barnstar, for your excellent work on Canadian electoral district maps. Ground Zero

[edit] Townships of the Regional Municipality of Waterloo

Earl Andrew, I was curious as to wether or not you would mind if I, Tom H., or you, would relocate the townships in Waterloo Region from their current short-named pages (ie. "Wellesley, Ontario") to their official-named pages (ie. "Township of Wellesley" or "Township of Wellesley, Ontario") because I realize that when I had done this before, you had reverted the page back to its previous condition. I would appreciate this very much for when people attempt to access a site on the town of Wellesley (the largest community in the Township of Wellesley) they must always go through the township site. This would also be the same for the comunity of Wilmot in the Township of Wilmot. So if these changes were made, people that were seeking information on the townships would be able to locate the township pages, and they would also be able to find the towns' pages better by simply being taken to "Wellesley, Ontario" (holding intelligence on the community and not the township). I'm familiar with your other work on Wikipedia and am quite impressed. Thank you for your care, concern, and passion in helping to bring knowledge to the masses. I hope you continue your excellent work. Sincerely, Tom. H.

[edit] Maps

You've basically got exactly what I had in mind. I am not sure whether it might be worth shading the overlap to show those areas that were carried over? Thank you very, very, very much for this Earl! - Jord 14:34, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Riding of Trinity-Spadina

Thanks for reverting the Hamilton-Centre riding back back to my most recent version. The IP is also trying to establish a reverting war with my most recent edits. Which I can't justify why? Could you please step in and take authority at the Trinity-Spadina entry. Pete Peters 20:24, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] BOT - Regarding your recent protection of Trinity—Spadina:

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[edit] Image:Flag of Ottawa, Ontario.svg

Can you do me a big favor and figure out what the copyright status is of this image. I know there is a number to call at http://www.ottawa.ca/city_hall/visual_id/policy_en.html, but not sure if non-Canadians can call it. I created the SVG myself (no tracing), but one thinks the flag is fair use. Thanks in advance. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 20:44, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, FOTW makes that mistake too. I am still refining the flag, though I am close to making it perfect. I am alsoseeing if I want to get a Ottawa table flag so I can use that as a guide, since all Internet images are bad, except for ours. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 20:58, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
I think the SVG flag is perfect now, though I am not sure how big the Ottawa flags are, or how I can get a construction sheet. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 00:44, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

I decided to launch the city an email about the flag and see how things go. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 07:23, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] O-Train @ Carleton Picture

Did you really take that picture? Because we can see it on the site of the City and on the site of OC Transpo. --Deenoe 22:08, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

Seems like the picture has been took off, or maybe I was just wrong :p. --Deenoe 23:41, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your Map for Kington

Hey just wondering where you got your outline Map of Ontario and if I could use it for some other city/town entries. Also if you could point me to a place to find more outline type maps, even for smaller areas then provincial level that would be great :) Talking to me on my talk page would be the best, thanks.

--Asoulwhoseintentionsaregood 15:09, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your signature

Hello there, I was wondering if you would please modify your signature to conform to the guidelines laid out at Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages. The general guidelines are that signatures shouldn't contain images, they shouldn't contain unnecessary internal links or any external links, and they shouldn't be unnecessarily long in Wiki source. The reasoning for this final bit is that overly long signatures tend to overwhelm the actual comments in edit mode, making it hard to track down and respond to specific comments. You can fix your signature by removing any images and external links, any unnecessary links (like links to Wikipedian organizations, articles, or subpages in userspace), and removing excessive color, font, and formatting code. Thank you. --Cyde↔Weys 21:22, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Electoral districts for fr.wikipedia.org

Hello. I'm currently involved with the Canada project on the french-language wikipedia, and looking to create articles for every federal riding (most of the links are red, as you can see on fr:39e législature du Canada. Since there are very few of us working on this project and the time required to do them all manually is daunting (even prohibitive) it was suggested to me by User:ADM to contact you for help. Simply put, I was wondering if you would be able to help me with some sort of process (such as a bot) to automatically create stubs for every federal riding, which we could later take our time to expand. Any help or suggestions which you could offer would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. DH 22:08, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Well, I don't know about any automated processes for making pages, but I wouldn't mind helping out. My French isn't the best however, so you'd have to watch my grammar and all :) Bonne chance! --curling rock Earl Andrew - talk 22:17, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
Ok, thanks. I'll go ask the italian wikipedians, they had a bot that created a few thousand articles that way on the french wikipedia, which is why I was asking. If you want, I'll keep you posted if I make any progress, if you are still interested in participating. DH 22:33, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Village Template

Earl, is there a good village template on Wikipedia? If you could let me know of one, that would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Tom H.

[edit] Trinity is safe

This user supports the New Democratic Party
of Canada .

What do ya think??? Oh, I think it is safe to lift the sprotection on the Trinity Spadina. Pete Peters 01:20, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] List of Ontario municipalities

I created this page as a way to a) stop WikiWoo from adding all the municipalities in Ontario which are census subdivisions and not divisions to List of Ontario census divisions, since he doesn't listen to reason, and b) to try to put some sort of control over his edits which would otherwise have been to create several oddly-named articles containing his anti-regional government POV--I created the list to replace WikiWoo's Single and Double Tier Municipalities fo Ontario (sic). I am perfectly okay with the removal of the page, although I do think there probably should be List articles on Ontario's regional municipalities, counties, and districts. I know there's one on the separated municipalities already. Anyway, my main concern was to try to limit the damage WikiWoo has been causing. JzG and Btball have recently helped out a bit on this front, and Garywill and JChap2007 have been, like me, trying to keep his edits in check (sometimes with little success). OzLawyer 22:33, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Toronto municipal election, 2006

  • As a you were listed in the edit history of the article, I wanted to pass along a comment I added to the talk page which may be of interest. — MrDolomite | Talk 03:23, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
  • I chuckled at your comment. I'm sure as long as you don't wave your Sens colors too much, there could be room for everyone. PS - Go Wings!  — MrDolomite | Talk 04:32, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
  • Touche, eh. Anyone who can make me explain to others why I am laughing out loud at WP is definitely ok in my book. — MrDolomite | Talk 04:38, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Alberta1907.gif

Hi. I was patrolling the uncategorized images page and saw your flag Image:Alberta1907.gif. Is this a flag that you created yourself? If so, would you consider indicating this on the image description page and providing a license, for example, {{PD-self}}? If not, could you provide the source for the image? BigDT 19:33, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Independent city

I saw your edit, but when I looked at List of Quebec Regional County Municipalities, it's not clear what the "independent cities" in Quebec are. Could you please clarify? Besides, it would be nice to have more than one line under the Canada section of the article. Argyriou 19:03, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Maple Ridge, Ontario

I've added the "{{prod}}" template to the article Maple Ridge, Ontario, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not and Wikipedia:Notability). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, or, if you disagree, discuss the issues raised at Talk:Maple Ridge, Ontario. If you remove the {{dated prod}} template, the article will not be deleted, but note that it may still be sent to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached.

I did this, as it seems odd to have a disambiguation page that has nothing to disambiguate. ONUnicorn 20:51, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Signature image

Just thought I'd let you know that I've vectorized the image you use in your signature, in case you want to use the new version: Curling stone.svg. (Although, if I may be allowed to throw in my opinion, I'd rather you not use an image in your signature at all, per WP:SIG#Images...) ~ Booya Bazooka 07:02, 5 August 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Alex Munter

Yes I am working for the Munter camapign, it is going very well and is a lot of fun. We do have a campaign office, though it is not yet officially open. It is located at 253 St. Patrick in the Byward Market at the corner of St. Patrick and Dalhousie and is open from about 8:00 to 7:00 weekdays. Feel free to drop by, it would be great to meet you in person. - SimonP 13:16, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Info Box

I see you have put infobox I created to good use. I am planning on expanding it to include Cabinet Portfolios. Any other ideas of what can be included? Pete Peters 18:53, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

Done. :) Pete Peters 18:59, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
Wow I worked day and night on the Olivia Chow Campaign. I personally made the difference of a thousand votes. Finally a NDPer respects me for my engineering/Computer opinion. Thank You!!!!, I am bitter at the NDP treatment of me, I worked harder than Olivia herself, and after the Campaign they just showed me the door. (Okay I am drunk right now, :) )
Can you specify, do you want more than one party Stripe? I am not to sure what you mean, please specify and I would more willing and try to accomodate your needs.  :)
BTW, the NDP tech people are idiots. I offered to volunteer and make the NDP database far superior than anyone else, they just shrugged their shoulders. I am ranting, I am pissed off at Eric Hebert, who is an Amateur at Best. Okay, Sorry for getting all ranty on you, I am drunk right now, and I want to see the NDP be the Government within the next ten Years. I just wished the elite in the party had the same desire.  :) Pete Peters 07:11, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
Boy I got hammered last night. A once in a year thing. I am still confused what you are asking for. Is this what you mean? With the Colours mixed like that? Pete Peters 19:02, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
Hon. Gordon O'Connor
Image:Gordonoconnor.jpg
Incumbent
Assumed office 
2004 election
Born May 18, 1939
Political party CPC
Residence Kamata
Profession Soldier, consultant
Cabinet Min. of National Defence
I altered the Info box to include present Cabinet Mins as a title. Pete Peters 03:50, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you

Thank you for the award, it's much appreciated. --Qyd 12:05, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Liberal Logo

I noticed you were the one who uploaded the old Liberal Logo[6]. I have been searching for Old Party Logos, but to no luck. I would really like to use them for old Elections and such. I was wondering if you know where I could locate such logos. Pete Peters 20:54, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Zoé Laurier

Just wondering if you have a reference confirming that her name should be spelled with an accent on the e; in French it's far more typical for the name to be spelled Zoë with an umlaut. Bearcat 02:24, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

OK, thanks. Just thought I should check. Bearcat 02:30, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fixed

I jave fixed the problem Pete Peters 16:43, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] NB regions

Earl, I see you've split and changed some of the regions for the upcoming NB election. I think some of the changes you made sense, but FYI the way it was broken down was not done arbitrarily but it is the regions as defined by the electoral boundaries commission [7]. I think in this case it is better for us to stict to regions that are defined by the same people that drew up the ridings so I am going to revert your edits. - Jord 20:40, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tada

This user supports the New Democratic Party
of Canada .

Pete Peters 02:12, 19 August 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Bilingualism in Ottawa

Thanks for adding a better image to the article. I noticed though, that the image shows the signage for the intersection of an Ave. (av.) with another Ave. (av.). It might emphasize the bilingualism a bit more if there was, instead, an image showing the signage for the intersection of an Ave. (av.) with a Street (rue). I don't have a digital camera, so I can't download such an image, but if you have time ...

--Aquarius Rising 18:37, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Newfoundland Islands

Hi, I noticed you reverted User:AshleyMorton's edit on the List of Canadian islands by population page. I believe AshleyMorton had subtracted the population of a numer of small islands off the coast of Newfoundland, like Fogo Island, Twillingate, etc., not the population of Labrador. You might want to discuss this with him to make sure you are both talking about the same thing. Cheers. Luigizanasi 05:04, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Alberta1907.gif

Hi, could you source Image:Alberta1907.gif? We may need to delete it for lack of a source, and it may be historically significant. Cheers, :) Dlohcierekim 21:27, 23 August 2006 (UTC) Forget I wrote that. It's an insignia, or could have been. Cheers. :) Dlohcierekim 21:29, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Request for image information

Do you have any furthur information on the creation or source of Image:Bmcpc.PNG? I clean up image description pages and its not clear to me why the image is public domain. Let me know, thanks! Kevin_b_er 21:16, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

So are all the maps, that you have User:Earl_Andrew/maps that resemble IMage:Bmcpc.PNG in style created by you and released to PD? Also, if you remember, where'd the maps come from, as they could've been copyrighted. Kevin_b_er 22:12, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
Ok, just one more question. The base map (that is, the outlines of the regions presented in the maps), where are they from? I can add that when I go and update the tags for each of those maps so noone can question their freeness. Kevin_b_er 23:48, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
Any luck? Just need to know the source of the colorless version of maps. From there I can retag them all properly with full information about their status. FYI, yes, this is annoying to have to do, and I read something you put on ANI around a year ago about confusing image policies. But if I can get where the map without the outlines came from, I can fully tag all these images perfectly. Thanks again :) --Kevin_b_er 05:35, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
Well crap. That makes them all noncommercial images. Was worried about that. Everything the canadian government publishes is not public domain, unlike the US federal government's work. I'll figure out what the heck to do later. May have to try to remake them all if I can find those maps in PD sources. Kevin_b_er 06:16, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Template talk:National flag infobox

I am trying to fix this now, but I am not sure what is going on with this thing. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 06:42, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

I posted my suggestion at [8]. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 06:49, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] CCOTW

You showed support for the selection of a Canada Collaboration.

This month None was selected for improvement.

We hope you can contribute.

[edit] Query at WikiProject Country subdivisions

Hi,
I'd be grateful for your input as a participant in this WikiProject to the above linked; thanks!
Best wishes, David Kernow 23:08, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] BOT - Regarding your recent protection of Joe Volpe:

You recently protected[9] this page but did not give a protection summary. If this is an actual (not deleted) article, talk, or project page, make sure that it is listed on WP:PP. VoABot will automatically list such protected pages only if there is a summary. Do not remove this notice until a day or so, otherwise it may get reposted. Thanks. VoABot 00:01, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Joe Volpe protection

Currently, the dispute is between CJCurrie and I and we have reached an impasse.

Even before you instituted protection, he has stated that he has "said everything" and is trying to bring closure to the debate, so he has not bothered to answer my last few posts. The problem is that he has no incentive to get back to the table if you keep the page protected...unless you alternate between my version and his.

Perhaps a true third party mediator, that both of us agree upon, is needed. GoldDragon 17:56, 7 September 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Judy Wasylycia-Leis

Are you certain JWL is Jewish? I tried to look this up once, and didn't find anything -- I believe her background is Ukrainian. CJCurrie 19:52, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

Her pro-Israel stance isn't unusual for the Manitoba NDP: Pat Martin and Gary Doer hold similar views (and perhaps Bill Blaikie -- I'm not certain). For a variety of reasons, NDPers in Winnipeg tend to be more pro-Israel than those in the rest of the country.

I can remember that she had a strong emotional investment in the disputed Ukrainian election two years ago. (Of course, people can be both Jewish and Ukrainian, so this doesn't automatically prove or disprove anything.) CJCurrie 20:14, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

This article seems to suggest that she isn't Jewish; I think the CJC would have mentioned it if she were. CJCurrie 20:24, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

re: Google hits, I don't think it's a good idea to assume a link between being Jewish and supporting Israel. Many of the most vocal critics of Israel within the NDP are themselves Jewish, after all. CJCurrie 20:48, 13 September 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Extreme communities of Canada

Three things.

  1. Is Cape Spear not the most eastern point in Canada? Cape Spear's article states it is (Blackhead doesn't even have an article).
  2. Quoting Wikipedia:Administrators#Reverting "Do not use one-click rollback on edits that are not simple vandalism; please revert manually with an appropriate edit summary.
  3. Please use edit summaries.- Trevor MacInnis (Contribs) 22:06, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Nb2006.PNG

There is an error on the map. You have Fundy-River Valley as PC though it went Liberal - Jord 18:21, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

I fixed it :) - Jord 18:26, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] reminder - edit summaries!

G'day. Thanks for your cleanup of John Reynolds (Canadian politician). I know you're an admin, but hey, even you guys sometimes need edit summary reminders! Cheers and happy editing! Jpe|ob 05:46, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Reminder - civilty and consensus

Please don't use capitals as it is regarded as shouting. Also, please don't threaten to ignore consensus, as it creates the impression that you are a disruptive user who does not respect the community. Golfcam 18:40, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 2005-06 curling season

Your article, 2005-06 curling season was marked {{unreferenced}} for not listing any sources, external links, references, or bibliography. Please do not remove the template until any of the three items have been included. Thank you. Mkdw 06:39, 23 September 2006 (UTC)


My apologizes. Did not see your newly added references. Mkdw 06:56, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Simon Pulsifer

Yes I noticed the AFD discussion, but I thought I could safely override it with the "dude, seriously" card. SimonP is noteworthy for a Wikipedia article because he edits Wikipedia a lot? Adam Bishop 00:58, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

Well, what can I say...you were wrong. Sorry... Adam Bishop 02:41, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
I think I do, if common sense overrules policy wonks. Shall we take this to some sort of mediation or arbitration? It's going to get boring deleting and restoring it over and over. Adam Bishop 03:02, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
Yeah, I'm openly admitting that I'm not going to abide by the AFD decision here. I don't know how arbitration stuff works, so you can set that up if you wish. Adam Bishop 03:07, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
Alright, well, it's on AFD again anyway. Adam Bishop 03:50, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Canada provincial maps

I've seen the excellent maps for Manitoba and Saskatchewan you uploaded (Image:Saskmap2.PNG and Image:Manmap.PNG), and I was wondering (for private uses) if you uploaded similar maps for the other provinces. Tompw 23:52, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Request

Would you mind looking over the current disputes on the Howard Moscoe and Joe Volpe pages? GoldDragon is driving me insane with his endless, mindless reverts -- I'd like to finally bring some closure to these matters. CJCurrie 18:05, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

I opened a formal request for mediation regarding these two, but the results have been disappointing- CJCurrie doesn't want mediation and GoldDragon hasn't said anything at all. Neither of them have said either yay or nay on the mediation page but they aren't really coming closer to agreement from my perspective. This is one gargantual ball of yarn they're tangled up in, and I don't see any knots loosening soon. Ex-Nintendo Employee 12:05, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Category:Derivative highway designations

Here is how the Quebec Autoroutes are derivative:

RaccoonFox • Talk • Stalk 01:43, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

I thought that's what the definition is, since many of the roads are incorporated into multiplexes with Autoroutes, and they generally bypass the older roads... They are clearly noticable as derivative roads. Why not include them? :) RaccoonFox • Talk • Stalk 01:49, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
Should i append (add to) the definition to include Quebec Autoroutes? Or even mention their relationship? It seems to still fit the definition, to me... i'd like to hear your input. RaccoonFox • Talk • Stalk 01:53, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
So that means you're open for me to append it (the definition of highway designations) for closely-following routes? RaccoonFox • Talk • Stalk 01:59, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
I think it's an appropriate definition. It fits it, anyway. Example would be: Road 1 drives along the river. it is later bypassed by Road 101. It's a spur, and a derivative designation. RaccoonFox • Talk • Stalk 02:02, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Under the Umbrella Tree

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[edit] Saginaw Spirit

Thank you for preventing further vandalism to the Saginaw Spirit page. These Colbert changes are annoying. Flibirigit 03:57, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

Does anyone have verifiable evidence of the second mascot being named for Colbert? I am searching the Saginaw Spirit web site for news right now. I'm extremely hesistant to add anything that stems from a satirical web site. Flibirigit 04:07, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Flags

Hello. Have you by any chance got any idea what happened to the Lieutenant-Governors' flags, other than Ontario's? They've all vanished for some reason. Biruitorul 01:18, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

OK, thank you. Biruitorul 01:53, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] FYI

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CJCurrie 21:57, 6 October 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Ottawa municipal election, 2006

Sorry. I did make one incorrect statement about chronological order (I missed "2005").

You are wrong about "no poll results being worthless". There is absolutely no perspective, proof of fairness or gauge of accuracy (MOE) to the stats provided in the 8/25 poll. For example, this "poll" could have been taken very informally by one biased reporter using only a very tiny group of his friends (all in the same race and socio-economic group) around the office. Who would know? Without the name of a respected polling firm attached to them to give them an "air of credibility", these stats are 100% worthless and should not be listed.

If you want to split up the "other" column to add Kilrea, be my guest. I had considered that myself.

It is important to know the full options available to those polled (for example, were the smaller candidates prompted as an option?). It affects all of the other percentages. Simplifying the symbols key at the bottom of the chart to make several things "—" results in things being too vague and, in a small but definite way, inaccurate. For example, a — under "other/non runners" could mean that we don't know the exact number or that the names were not prompted at all (which would certainly affect the percentages the other candidate's received).

Sorry, but I'm going to extra picky about any edits to this chart because; 1) I know something about polling, and 2) I was the one who created this chart and I took great effort to make it 100% accurate to each polls' question/responses.

I'll let you fix it up now if you want, but I'd suggest just using my original template and adding a Kilrea column and the one other Decima poll if you want. Wolfchild 06:05, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

Hey. I just read your bio ("I currently work for Ekos Research Associates as a telephone interviewer"). lol. You must know what I am talking about. Wolfchild 06:15, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

I've made some changes to incorporate a Kilrea column and the Decima poll. Check it out. It's a bit busy, but it's also 100% accurate to the polling data which is more important.

I agree the other poll looks about right, but it still lacks any proof of accuracy or credibility. Sadly, unqualified numbers being printed in a newspaper means nothing these days as many reporters don't do their job properly. For example, the Toronto Star recently wrote about "the only male candidate" in a specific race when, in fact, 4 of the 7 already registered candidates were male. For all we know, this reporter was misquoting another poll that is already represented in this graph. There's a number of polls in the graph anyway, so one more isn't really needed to get a clear-ish picture of the race.

You are right about Toronto polls in that a graph showing 38 candidates would be impractical. However, as far as I know, the stats don't even exist to make such a graph. I've never seen a polling firm "prompt poll" all of the individual candidates in Toronto like some of them do for the smaller Ottawa mayoralty race. Wolfchild 19:21, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Canada election maps en français

Hi. Just thought you would like to know that I've been translating some of your federal elections popular vote maps for the French Wikipedia. I've uploaded them to Commons. You can see them here (I made sure you are identified as the author). DH | 2¢ | 06:58, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Alex Munter

I saw on SimonP's talk page that you support Munter? I was volunteering for him in August and I met him. Pretty nice guy. If I could vote I'd vote for him. If you want to volunteer now's the time because they need volunteers to make phone calls and such. Oh, and the new poll results should make you smile ;) --Deenoe 10:45, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Perhaps we volunterred together, with Jordan at Opinion Search? "Hi my name is Dominique and I am calling on the behalf of the Alex Munter's Campaign." :p Keep up the good work with your edits by the way. I know I seemed a bit "bitchy" about the French councils things, but don't worry, it didn't piss me off or anything, and your edits are really some quality stuff. --Deenoe 20:34, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Need Help

Hello, you may remember me from before, when I asked you if you had participated in the Embrun, Ontario article. I decided to ask you for help, because the usual guy I would go to for help apparently got blocked, and left Wikipedia.

I usually contribute to the Embrun, Ontario article, and the WikiProject: Wikiproject Prescott-Russell. I need your help because the WikiProject: Wikiproject Prescott-Russell, created an article called, Embrun Airport, and the Embrun Airport closed down a few years ago (obviously who ever created the article doesn't know that). So I was thinking of putting that article in the Embrun, Ontario article, and saying that it is no longer running. The reason being is because there is no use giving it it's own article. Thank you,

Loghead1 13:52, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] User:Luther von cool

You've blocked the said user without any block reason, would you mind reblocking with the reason specified? Many thanks. --WinHunter (talk) 02:23, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Protection for Wayne Gretzky article.

I am suggesting semi-protection of the Wayne Gretzky article due to recent, and persistent vandalism by non-registered / anonymous users. Please see what you can do. Thanks. Flibirigit 04:01, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Replaceable fair use images

Hi, Earl Andrew. Why did you reverted teh {{Replaceable fair use}} tag from some images? As described in the template text, if you think an tagged image is unrepeatable, you should rettag it with {{Replaceable fair use disputed}} and explain your point in the image's talk page. Let me know if you need any help, --Abu Badali 22:48, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image tags

Hi, I'm very concerned about your edits. You've tagged so many images that it will have a large impact on Wikipedia's coverage of Canadian politicians. Why can't we replace these images as we get pictures to replace them with? That will save a lot of trouble, considering how much work people have put in to uploading these photos. -- Earl Andrew - talk 23:00, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

The point is that it's believed (and I agree) that the use of an unfree image in the article give editors less motivation to produce a free picture than the absence of images. So, these articles are much better off to have no photo than to have a fair use photo. --Abu Badali 23:06, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
I disagree. As Wikipedians, we are told to be bold, and so for a bold encyclopedia, and for a complete encyclopedia, we should have all of our MPs at least with pictures. There have been people replacing the photos with ones they took, but it is a slow process, but in the mean time, photos should still be on their pages. -- Earl Andrew - talk 02:42, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
Using an unfree image is not to be bold, it's to be lazy. These images should not stay. Wikipedia:Fair use criteria item #1 cleary says that such images are not acceptable. Jimbo himself has stated that in such cases, it's better to have no picture at all than to have a non-free one. --Abu Badali 10:02, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Rossrebagliati.jpg

Do you remember the source for this image? -- Zanimum 15:37, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Amaro Silva

Could you please review the request that someone has made on this page. CJCurrie 01:23, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Orphaned fair use image (Image:Ndpsmall.jpg)

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[edit] Warning

Please do not re-upload images that were appropriately deleted previously. Thanks, – Quadell (talk) (random) 16:42, 27 October 2006 (UTC)


Earl Andrew, please consider adding fair use rationales explaining what makes it "impossible" to create free replacements for the unfree images you (re)upload. The text "It is not currently possible to replace this image" is not informative enough. Let me know if you need any help. Best regards, --Abu Badali 00:07, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mayoral candidates pictures

You're playing with fire man, someone already deleted the pictures, and then he deleted them again (why? I don't know. Do I agree? No.) But anyways, your call :p --Deenoe 23:46, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

I agree with you, people that try to find the deepest problem with picture but hey, it's the policy. Did you contact Chiarelli's and Pollock's office (if Pollock HAS a campaign office.. maybe it's on myspace too!) to see if we could use their pictures? I can do it if you want. --Deenoe 13:04, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
Let's not even talk about Larter, we know nothing about him! I mean, no picture, no known adress... NOTHING. --Deenoe 00:08, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
No no, you didn't mix them up, I didnt even mention Larter. By the way, what is Center 507? --Deenoe 00:41, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
Me and my mom (who is a amateur photographer, and my grand-pa was a pro photographer) can try to do that! That would fix the "Fair-use images" issue once and for all. --Deenoe 00:50, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
Okay sure, only I don't know when are the future debates (in Downtown or East if possible). Any idea where I could find the info? --Deenoe 00:58, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Jim Maddin

Would you mind reviewing this page for POV concerns. Someone put the notice up several months ago -- I think it's frivolous, but I don't want to remove it myself because I wrote the page. CJCurrie 03:56, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. CJCurrie 04:21, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Problems with images

First of all, let me say thank you for providing public domain images for Jane Scharf and Larry O'Brien (businessman). I wish more Wikipedians would do what you did and request free images from subjects like this. It sometimes works! Thank you.

But there's a problem with some of the other photos you keep re-uploading. As you know, these photos were deleted in-process: someone tagged them with {{replaceable fair use}}, and after 7 days they were deleted by a different admin. You might disagree with the process, but they were deleted in process. General criterion #4 in Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion says that such re-uploads may be speedily deleted by any admin. I know you're an admin too, and the last thing I want is a wheel war. The appropriate way to deal with the situation would be for you to go to Wikipedia:Deletion review.

I know we disagree on our fair-use guidelines. A non-free photo of a living person, used to show what a person looks like on Wikipedia, is not allowed. The fact that no free replacement exists at present is not a reason to keep the non-free image -- this is according to FUC#1, FUC counterexample #8, Jimbo Wales, and the Wikimedia foundation. This isn't just my opinion; this is Wikipedia policy. If you disagree with it, you can try to change that policy. But we're admins. We should be above violating policies because we don't like them.

Lastly, I deeply resent being called an "image nazi". It's hurtful and offensive. Please remember: no personal attacks.

All the best, – Quadell (talk) (random) 05:06, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Eastern Ontario Portal

In the Eastern Ontario Portal, they state that Embrun has plans for an International Hockey School. The town did talk about it about 4 years ago or so, but no plans had been made, or anything like that. Where is their proof? Are they aloud to write that Embrun has plans, when they don't even know? I was wondering if you could look into that for me. Now you are my go-to guy.

Loghead1 18:07, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Requested Move for teams with Jr. in the title

I am requesting that Detroit Jr. Red Wings and Montreal Jr. Canadiens be moved to their respective non-abbreviated titles as Detroit Junior Red Wings and Montreal Junior Canadiens as per naming conventions. Would you be able to help? Thanks. Flibirigit 20:18, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

Many thanks Earl Andrew :-) Flibirigit 19:48, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] re:These guys deleting all your images

I just want to say I think it's awful that these guys "Abu Badali" and "Quadell" think they can just go and quietly undo all your hard work. I'm not an admin and I don't really know about these things, but there must be some way to stop this from happening. Could we make a Request for Comment page on this issue? Then they might have to agree to a moratorium on deletions of your images while the discussion is ongoing. If I can be of any help in this please let me know, these two guys don't control Wikipedia. - Mcasey666 18:54, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] New RFC

You may be interested to know that an RFC has recently been initiated regarding Fair use images of Canadian politicians. Please feel free to participate in what I hope will be a fruitful discussion. - Mcasey666 05:17, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mayoral endorsements

In terms of public endorsements you're missing Diane Holmes, John Godfrey, Michael Cassidy, and Peggy Feltmate for Munter; and Maria McRae, Bob Monette and Clive Doucet for Chiarelli. For O'Brien I'm not certain O'Connor has come out publicly in support of him. He does have the support of a former Kanata mayor Merle Nicholds. - SimonP 00:47, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Hi Earl Andrew

Thank you for removing the prod tag I added to Trim Road (Ottawa). I apologise for forgetting that being able to asssrt the encyclopaedic value (or shortcomings) of an Ottawa-related article can only be done if you're from Ottawa. Accordingly, I have taken the article to AFD, to seek clarification on this groundbreaking idea. Regards, Proto::type 09:48, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] St. Catharines municipal election, 2006

Could you look over the controversy here? CJCurrie 05:08, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sandra L. Smith

Hello. I appreciate your contributions, such as Sandra L. Smith. Most of this article appears to be a direct copy from http://www.cpcml.ca/NatLeader/NatLeader.html, and therefore a copyright violation. The copyrighted text has been or will soon be deleted.

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Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 22:55, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

That's strange, I never made those edits. It must be a glitch in the system. I dont copy stuff at all. -- Earl Andrew - talk 05:36, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
Yes, it seems very odd. It was a long time ago too. Maybe there was some corruption in the history database. Anyway, it is reverted now. So unless the CPC-ML also want it purged from the edit history, there is nothing more to say. --Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 09:27, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
By the way, it seems to be material first added by an anon IP, then deleted, then restored under your name. --Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 10:23, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Census divisions of Ontario

Just wondering why you reverted Darren Lee's changing of Lambton's county seat to Plympton-Wyoming. Since Wyoming no longer exists, I wonder how it can still be the county seat. └ OzLawyer / talk ┐ 16:21, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

I'd also suggest the county seat for Haliburton, Ontario be changed from Minden to Minden Hills. The website for that township uses the terms interchangeably, with Minden being the commonly used name, Minden Hills being the proper name. I moved the article from Minden to Minden Hills. While I understand that for single-tier municipalities the place listed as the seat (if it even needs to be listed) has to be a local community since there are no other municipalities to name, in a county with several municipalities, a proper municipality should be listed. That the website of Lambton county says their offices are in Wyoming isn't evidence of the "officialness" of that place being the county seat (if there's even such a thing)—it is simply an internal designation of placement within Plympton-Wyoming. └ OzLawyer / talk ┐ 16:48, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
I think the opposite—I think an actual municipality should be listed since it's a real "something" whereas community names (and mailing addresses) are highly mutable (there are no proper boundaries for such places). As an example of why this should be, note that the Region of Peel's headquarters are located in the "Bramalea" part of Brampton (and most people in that area use "Bramalea" as their postal address—although, granted, I don't think the region itself uses "Bramalea" in its postal address), but you wouldn't think of changing the seat to Bramalea, would you? └ OzLawyer / talk ┐ 17:06, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
Proper sourcing does present somewhat of a problem, but at the same time, they're not actually claiming that "Wyoming" is the "seat" of Lambton county. They state that the address of the "Administration Building" is in Wyoming. The whole idea of a "seat" seems to be original research itself!

[edit] Post election

Hello Earl. The office is pretty much shut down now, and I actually have your book of maps. We should get toghether sometime and discuss the results, and I can give you back your map book. - SimonP 19:14, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Alta Vista ward was one of one of the few pleasant surprises on e-night. I'm unfortunetaly going to London for the by-election later this week, so you might need to wait until next week to get your book back. - SimonP 19:25, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
I'll be back Tuesday. - SimonP 19:38, 20 November 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Image:HILL.jpg

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[edit] Hi

Recently you reverted my edits explaining how a number of images were not replacable and told me to follow proper guidelines. I then progressed to opening up a discussion on a talk page of one of the articles to open up debate. The image was then DELETED within 24 hours. This is incredibly sneaky, and frustrating for people like me who are trying to play by these new rules. I would reccomend that next time this happens you do not revert unless the person refuses to discuss the matter, because images (and their talk pages) could get deleted in the time it takes for a discussion to occur. We are trying to make Wikipedia a better place, but if actions such as these continue to happen, a lot of good hard working Wikipedians may become too frustrated to continue, at the projects integrity will suffer. Now I will have to go through all the trouble of re-uploading the images, and then having to debate them once again when one of you warn me about re-uploading deleted images! -- Earl Andrew - talk 19:14, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Do not re-upload the images, or they will be speedy deleted per WP:CSD#G4. You should use Wikipedia:Deletion review for that. I don't know which images you're talking about and would be interested in the specifics. --Abu Badali 19:19, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
Just to let you know I've just tagged Image:Anettenorberg-sweden.jpg as replaceable. For what I can see, this is a picture of a group of living people. A free alternative could be created by repeating this image, or by asking this one to be freely licensed, or by making a collage of (to be produced?) free images of the individuals. --Abu Badali 19:22, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
The images that were deleted were similar images. Here is why they are not replacable (including the one you just tagged as being so.) They are promotional images depicting the team for a past event. The event is in the past. We can no longer aquire images from a past event. Therefore they are not replacable. The image is being used for an article profiling this past event. We cannot replace the picture with a newer one, because it would not make sense to use a photo from 2006-07 for an event from 2005-06. We have already determined with Image:Bobrae-premier.jpg that photos of living persons from the past are not replacable. -- Earl Andrew - talk 19:27, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
All pictures show past events. What we need to take into account is what part of information contained in the picture is essential information to the article. If I recall correctly, these where images of athletes, just showing their faces. This is not an "event" in my interpretation of the word. Anyway, this is the kind of discussion we should have had in the image's talk page (instead of removing the tag), and now, this is the discussion we should have in WP:Deletion review, so that others could participate. --Abu Badali 19:40, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
I had opened a discussion, but the image was deleted before anyone could put any input in. That's the problem with the method that is being used, and is something I would like to see addressed. But anyways, these images are of curling teams, and curling teams change over time. Think of it this way. If we had a picture of the 1995-96 Ottawa Senators, would you put it up for deletion saying it was replacable? Certainly not! You cannot replace an image of a team from a past season. Curling is much the same. -- Earl Andrew - talk 20:05, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
Considering that we should keep unfree images to a minimum (and I hope you agree with that), is it really necessary to have a picture showing the whole team (or congress) together? It's surely nice-to-have, but hardly essential information. --Abu Badali 20:09, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
Yes, I'd say it is essential to illustrate the people involved in an event. The images can also be used to show the evolution of a team over the time, and therefore can be used in the historical context. -- Earl Andrew - talk 20:23, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
As I said, we could use (a collection of) different image to "illustrate the people involved in an event". As for "the evolution of a team over the time", I think we could not only do that we free image, but also with no image at all. --Abu Badali 20:31, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
I disagree. How are we supposed to know what a team looked like if we don't have a picture of them? -- Earl Andrew - talk 20:40, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
Considering we badly need to, with a collation of free images--Abu Badali 20:42, 27 November 2006 (UTC).