User talk:GoldDragon

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[edit] GameCube

  • Thanks for experimenting with Wikipedia. Your test worked, and has been removed or reverted. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Thanks. Xizer 00:27, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
Please stop adding nonsense to Wikipedia. It is considered vandalism. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. Thank you. Xizer 01:30, 2 November 2005 (UTC)
About your edit:The GameCube had support for online play, but very few games had support for it. Ever seen the bottom of a GameCube before? Quit reverting the RIGHT edits by User:Xizer.--72.49.19.124 22:09, 6 November 2005 (UTC)

Please do not mark major reverts as minor edits. Some people might call that vandalism. Ashibaka (tock) 22:33, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

Your edit quality has much improved. Thank you! :) Ashibaka tock 04:46, 15 December 2005 (UTC)


[edit] Mediation

Hello, Brazil4Linux has filed an RFM. You may accept or decline the mediation. For an intoduction to what mediation is, see WP:M. Redwolf24 (talk) Attention Washingtonians! 21:40, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

Ok, but please do a request for arbitration then or something. This conflict is spilling over to other articles. Jacoplane 21:22, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] He's at it again

Hi GoldDragon. This is user Doom127 (I've had to login under an IP because Brazil4Linux is monitoring my User Contribs). Just thought you should know he's at it again. Right after Quackshot got banned, he started using anon IPs again to attack the Nintendo Revolution section, repeatedly reverting the "tech specs" section to to old inaccurate versions. I can't revert the article anymore today, think you could lend a hand? -- (Doom127)

[edit] Semi-protection needed on Kutaragi

Brazil4Linux has returned, again. I think the only viable option is that Kutaragi become a semiprotected article... Daniel Davis 00:53, 27 December 2005 (UTC) (Doom127)

[edit] Your Suspicions

Your concerns were well founded. The IP address you listed (201.29.9.154) traces right back to Brazil4Linux's veloxzone.com.br ISP. It's him. Daniel Davis 23:22, 1 January 2006 (UTC) (Doom127)

[edit] Update

He's going at the NeoWin article again. It looks like he's created another username (Dungeon Seige) and is using it to enforce his page blanking. If it gets beyond the point where a simple revert can take care of it, I'll alert the rest of the individuals who are aware of him, and let them know that B4L is once again violating the terms of his block. Daniel Davis 02:37, 2 January 2006 (UTC) (Doom127)

Bet you'll never guess who this is. :) I'll get to the reason why I'm hiding behind it in a moment.
I've been watching the edits, writing style and posting history of Dungeon_Siege (including his use of a so-called "anonymous IP", calling everyone vandals, etc, and I'm now thoroughly convinced that he's another sockpuppet of Brazil4Linux. Alkivar's got his page protected (because B4L vandalized it a while back repeatedly), so I'll have to notify him about it via my regular account. Can we get someone who can do user traces to track this latest one back to B4L? I think this might be the cataylst for a Permablock. I'm sure he's tracking the Doom127 contributions, that's why I've created this Sock. I'll put this message on everyone's page so you guys are made aware of it, and you can put your responses here. Doom127sSecretSockPuppet 11:12, 2 January 2006 (UTC) (Doom127)
Just updating you on that certain someone...
I gathered up his "paper trail" and posted it onto the Wiki notice board, and Alkivar is trying to get full verification. :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&oldid=33621891#Brazil4Linux_again Daniel Davis 19:00, 2 January 2006 (UTC)(Doom127)

[edit] Even With A Permablock

What's gonna keep him from just creating a new username... Daniel Davis 18:17, 3 January 2006 (UTC) (Doom127)

[edit] Mediation request

Hi Jacoplane, GoldDragon and Doom127 —

I'm sorry that there has been no response until now about the mediation request left at WP:RFM#Ken_Kutaragi. Is there still a desire to hold a mediation? Please remember that both parties involved must agree to the mediation — it's entirely voluntary and everyone must be trying to reach peace. If not all parties want mediation, your better alternatives may be WP:RFC and WP:RFAr (the latter only if previous dispute resolution steps have been followed).

If there is a desire from all parties to be involved in mediation, then one can be set up. Otherwise I can delete the entry.

— Asbestos | Talk (RFC) 17:18, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] How goes the fight?

What has Brazil4Linux been up? Jedi6 23:34, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. Is Brazil4Linux doing anything particully bad right now? Jedi6 06:11, 11 January 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Well, it was nice while it lasted

Banned user Brazil4Linux is vandalizing pages. Again. So far he's been spotted at Neowin, enforcing his old old edit. I may need your assistance once again. Daniel Davis 02:58, 25 January 2006 (UTC) (Doom127)

[edit] Welcome back

Nice to see you return to Wikipedia. As for Brazil4Linux, his original account was blocked indefinitely, so he won't be using it. Same with Microsoft fanboy. The last I've seen of him, he used a sock called LaMaroche in the NeoWin article and some "anon" IPs, but nothing really lately. Daniel Davis 04:29, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sam Sullivan

Regarding your reversion of my edits, I was wondering if you'd be prepared to look at the dialogue concerning this on the talk page and reconsider. I'm planning to create a separate article on the civic election, where the Jim Green-James Green imbroglio can be fully aired. The discussion on the talk page also explains my rationale for excising detail that, imo, adds nothing substantial to Sullivan's buiography. Thanks! Fishhead64 04:34, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Call for a truce

GoldDragon,

This may sound difficult to believe, but I'm actually trying to resolve our current impasse on the David Miller page.

In the last 24 hours, I've made two separate comments about you "earning the trust" of other Wikipedians. You may have interpreted the tone of these remarks as hostile, but this was not my intent (not entirely, at least -- I'll acknowledge I was somewhat frustrated when I wrote the original message). Implicit within these comments is the fact that you have the potential to earn my trust, and it may be less difficult than it seems.

During my time on Wikipedia, I've crossed swords with a number of different contributors. Most of these confrontations have ended with a viable compromise, and I've come to trust and respect a number of former adversaries. When this hasn't happened, it's usually for one of three reasons: (i) the poster wasn't a serious contributor to Wikipedia, (ii) the poster was a vandal, or (iii) the poster was a political extremist. The first two reasons clearly don't apply to you -- and, notwithstanding our apparent ideological differences, neither does the third. So why are we still at this impasse?

You obviously have an interest in Canadian politics, and a willingness to contribute to several different pages on the subject. I've often taken issue with your edits, and I stand by the comments I've made in the past, but I would not deny that you have something to valid contribute in this field. May I request, however, that you please make an effort to present material that is NPOV in nature, and not skewed in one direction or another? I am not reverting your edits simply for the sake of reverting them, but because I believe many of them are inappropriate to the project; I would request that you take this as professional criticism rather than a personal attack.

My period of exclusion from the Miller page will end in a few minutes, and I plan on revising the page again when that happens. I will give my reasons for so doing, and will request that you present your counter-arguments on the discussion page before reverting. This will not be done in a spirit of hostility. I may be able to find a compromise wording on the "police" section this time, actually.

I'd also invite you to continue this discussion on my talk page -- perhaps if we can dialogue for a bit in less formal setting, we can reach some sort of arrangement as to a compromise. CJCurrie 04:38, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

  • Compare the articles of Jack Layton and David Miller. Yes, the Layton article is a lot less formal but it is more about the facts. Just facts. Andrew Coyne's editorial was brought in because I felt that his column best described Layton's election strategy. At the same time, the reader does not get a sense of whether his direction is right or wrong.

I have two different responses here:

(i) Concerning the Layton article, I don't consider our differences to be that significant. The NDP campaign was clearly directed more against the Liberals than the Conservatives for most of the election period, but (in my judgement) there was a shift in the last two weeks when the Conservatives were clearly ahead in the polls. Coyne's article may be accurate for most of the campaign, but not (I think) for all of it. I may try to revise this section in the future, bringing in material from other sources.

(ii) As far as style goes, I've been expanding and adding footnotes to several articles, on parties and figures from across the political spectrum. Some of these contain more "critical" observations than others, depending on what information is available. (Feel free to look over the list at User:CJCurrie). I'm not sure if this was your point, but I don't think the arrangements and references are at the heart of our disputes.

  • By contrast, the David Miller article is rather apologist and supportive. The facts are arranged in such a way so that the reader is driven towards a conclusion, whether it may be a sly dig at his opponents or a vindication of Miller's actions, even though the raw information might be NPOV on their own.
  • One example is the "police in jail comments" which was described at great length and ends with Miller having an 82% approval rating.

The "82% approval rating" line was added before I became involved in the page, and I'd never really seen it as problematic. You're right, though -- it is inappropriate to the setting. I'll fix this shortly. I don't think the length is problematic, though -- if we're going to mention Fantino's response, we should explain the context in detail.

  • Likewise, the garbage dispute which despite the Mayor's optimistic outlook has not been resolved and still remains at the mercy of Michigan politicians.

I believe this is already mentioned in the article. More could be added, but I don't think the wording for this section is leading.

  • In our recent dispute, I feel that while you afford lots of attention is given to the downloading issue and the board of trade criticism, the spending policies are barely discussed and they are reduced to a footnote despite the abundance of material.

I agree that more could be said about spending issues; I've simply taken issue with the specifics of your edits (particularly the Globe and Mail summary, though we don't need to get into that again just know). I'm open to suggestions as to what else should be included.

  • Raising the formality of the article effectively sets that apologist tone in stone, and that essentially stiffles any potential criticism whatever. Because of these constraints, there is less room to manuever and suddenly those minor words become all important. That is what I feel is causing the impasse.

I don't agree on this point -- if there are problems vis-a-vis "an apologist tone", I think they can be corrected within the current structure.

  • Another article that has a similar problem is Joe Clark. Although I do admire his policies and his style, I do take issue with the way that his PC leadership comeback has been presented. It runs contrary to many pundits who feel that the effort had mixed results at best, or even a failure.

At the risk of overusing this phrase, I don't think we've crossed swords on this particular point (my understanding is that your edits were mostly about his tenure as PM). I think most observers would say his comeback had mixed results at best, although I wasn't involved in drafting that section of the article. CJCurrie 05:21, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] XBox

Don't call major edits minor. Minor edits only deal with things like spelling and grammer. Jedi6-(need help?) 05:08, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

I know you don't like the term lost but you are also adding spelling mistakes with your revert. Jedi6-(need help?) 05:14, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Regarding the anon users

Did an IP check on the addresses you put out. And they (with the exception of 212.240.81.165) belong to... *drumroll* none other than...

Brazil4Linux.

So, yeah, he's probably got your "recent changes" page on his watchlist and his foffling along and reverting any changes you're doing. Wouldn't be the first time- he did it to me, too. Daniel Davis 17:32, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Since he's using anon IPs, it seems that the only way to prevent what he's been doing (outside of requesting a generalized IP block on veloxzone and dialuol) is just carefully watching any edits we make and erasing B4L's vandalism. I'll do what I can on my side with regards to that. Daniel Davis 21:17, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Axworthy/Vellacott

Can I ask why you've been reverting this point? While it's true that there's still a cloud of suspicion around [name removed], he hasn't been conclusively identified as the caller (unless something's happened in the last week or so). Unless and until he is, we should clarify that the accusation is only an independent suggestion, not verifiable proof.

I've also been doing some research on Hengen: it seems that he was a worker for the Saskatchewan Party in the late 1990s. This means that he would have been an opponent of Axworthy provincially and (possibly) a Vellacott supporter federally after 2000. This doesn't nullify his judgement, but it may make him something other than a disinterested observer. CJCurrie 02:56, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

It doesn't clear [name removed] -- it just indicates that the charges are as yet unproven (which is true). I'm worried that the other version comes close to defamation, in the absence of proof. CJCurrie 03:07, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Name removal

Gold Dragon,

I just noticed something rather significant about the Axworthy/Vellacott situation. In the fallout from the original controversy, not one mainstream media source printed the name of the alleged caller. His name only appears on the affidavit reproduced by the Lifesite.

I don't know about you, but I suspect the Canadian Press knows more about Canadian libel laws than does the Lifesite. If every newspaper in the country refrains from printing the name, I'm led to conclude there must be a valid reason for it.

In light of this, I'm going to request that you not return the suspected caller's name to either article. This goes beyond our usual disagreements, and could (in theory, at least) lead to legal complications for the entire Wikipedia project. CJCurrie 05:42, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Moscoe

I may do that shortly (I'm finishing up something else right now). CJCurrie 03:20, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

GoldDragon: you are in violation of the 3RR on the Howard Moscoe page. Please revert your last edit to the previous version to return to compliance with Wikipedia guidelines. CJCurrie 18:18, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Jedi6

Just thought you might like to know, our good friend Jedi6 is being considered for the adminship. The page can be found here, if you might want to lend your voice in regards to his qualifications.

Cheers! Daniel Davis 05:25, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

Jedi6 is a good guy- he deserves a fair shot at an adminship without interference from the likes of Brazil4Linux and the associated sockpuppets. So it's really just a matter of monitoring what happens there to make sure that a pile of socks doesn't fall into the machine and clog the workings. ;) Cheers! Daniel Davis 06:01, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
Regarding the XBox article, I'm sure he doesn't hold any sort of a grudge about it. People have differences of edits and/or opinions on these things all the time- it only really becomes a problem when people don't let the situation resolve and keep digging at it. Daniel Davis 06:16, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

Don't worry about the XBox article. It was a honest mistake! :-) P.S. You should try and make a user page or at least redirect your userpage to your talk page. That way you aren't a red link. Jedi6-(need help?) 20:53, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Userpage

You are welcome. Jedi6-(need help?) 03:12, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Dalton McGuinty

There is an edits war going on with that page that you and CJCurrie need to work out. SFrank85 14:28, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 1974 General Election

The impression I got from Pierre Trudeau's memoirs was that he got his majority back by attacking Robert Stanfield for advocating wage and price controls. Instead, it turned out that Trudeau accomplished the majority at the expense of David Lewis' NDP. Some said that Lewis may have played his hand too much during Trudeau's minority government, but I have found little info on this. Any thoughts?

I don't really think this is a dichotomy. Trudeau's most memorable activity in the '74 election was ridiculing Stanfield's wage/price control promises, and many believe this approach was key in allowing him to defeat the Tories. There was also a decline in NDP support in British Columbia and Ontario at the same time, mostly to the benefit of the Liberals (part of this decline was due to the unpopularity of Dave Barrett's government in BC, although this isn't often mentioned).

So, it was really a combination of both factors. CJCurrie 18:32, 12 April 2006 (UTC)


[edit] A Merry Bunny Day to you!


May all the eggs you find in the bushes of life be happy eggs. Woof!
May all the eggs you find in the bushes of life be happy eggs. Woof!


Never Cry Wolf 10:00, 16 April 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Yo yo

I saw your edits on the Battle of kursk and they are wrong with a reservation. Your numbers cover ONLY the first 10 days of the battle they do not cover the WHOLE battle. The numbers given are for the whole battle not just the first 10 days. This chap David Glantz has written alot about ww2 and written many many books. He has also written some reports for the US army and even one about kursk.


To see that the numbers are only for the first 10 days go here, also buy the book or borrow it, you wont be sorry. http://www.kansaspress.ku.edu/glabat.html

To see the report he made for the US army go here http://www-cgsc.army.mil/carl/resources/csi/glantz2/glantz2.asp


(Deng 02:25, 24 April 2006 (UTC))


The article covers the whole battle even the Soviet counter offensive, read the article and you will see. The article in wiki covers the time period of July 4, 1943 – August 23, 1943. Just because Hitler stoped advanceing dosent mean that the battle was over. Also the german casulties were not completly correct because when Hitler first recieved the casualties report he was pleased, thinking that a major tactical victory had been won. When he recieved the susequent requests for replacements he was horrified, as he realised that a disaster has befallen his army. (Deng 03:01, 24 April 2006 (UTC))

[edit] eMac

I use these from time to time. I work part-time at a radio station, and I often contribute to Wikipedia while previewing music; the machine in the preview room is an eMac. My comment on the '93 page had to do with the fact that, until recently, it wasn't possible to edit long articles from eMacs -- the text kept cutting off at the bottom. They still aren't my first choice, but the situation has improved now.

On other matters: I still disagree with you on the Miller article, and will continue to oppose changes there. I plan on expanding the Moscoe page shortly (though I might be busy in the next week); I'll add criticisms of the fare increases and other matters, and will cover the "taxi" situation in more detail. CJCurrie 02:51, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Reversions

When you revert articles to restore your preferred wording, take care not to restore spelling and grammatical corrections that have been made by other editors. It is poor form, and diminishes Wikipedia. I have made other changes to the 2006 Liberal ad article, the most important of which I have explained on the talk page. Let's work toward consensus on this instead of perpetuating the revert war. Thanks. Ground Zero | t 14:41, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Buzz Hargrove page

I think it needs some further information and reorganization beyond your revert, but I am not entirely sure how to go about it. See Talk:Buzz_Hargrove. Robbie dee 14:40, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

--I got your response on my talk page, thanks. Do you have a link to Buzz Hargrove taking credit for holding the Conservatives to a minority government? I think I remember that too, but I haven't turned up the quote yet using Google. Most of the stuff written on Hargrove and the 2006 election is not mine in any case - I just added the "suspension from NDP" and "CAW leadership race" info. Thanks again for your interest in the article and please feel free to edit away if you think you can make it more balanced.Robbie dee 22:05, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 24 hour block

You have been blocked for 24 hours for removing another editor's comments from Talk:Howard Moscoe. It is a violation of wikipedia policy to tamper with or remove someone else's commetns on a talk page except in very specific circumstances none of which apply here. Do not do this again. Homey 01:09, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Edit wars

GD,

In an attempt to bring closure to these controversies, I've asked other Canadian editors to look over the Moscoe, Elliott, Longfield, Snobelen and Davis pages. Please do not revert the pages again until some discussion has occurred. In four of the five cases, there's a small consensus against your wording -- in the fifth, your edits (concerning the teaching unions) seem somewhat out of place.

Also, please note that I had nothing to do with the decision to block you. CJCurrie 04:20, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

I'm not going to engage you on the political aspects of this dispute, since CJCurrie's already doing that...but what I'd like to know is, why do you insist on undoing the correct footnoting format in the process? Bearcat 05:42, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your edit to Howard Moscoe

Your recent edit to Howard Moscoe was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to recognize and repair vandalism to Wikipedia articles. If the bot reverted a legitimate edit, please accept my humble creator's apologies – if you bring it to the attention of the bot's owner, we may be able to improve its behavior. Click here for frequently asked questions about the bot and this warning. // Tawkerbot2 03:29, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

Notwithstanding the above, your edit also removed several unrelated changes (including all information about the 1974 election). Please stop doing this. CJCurrie 03:35, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
Actually, the problem is a direct result of your puzzling decision to just repost the old edits. If you must make the same changes to these articles over and over again, please integrate the material into existing versions. CJCurrie 03:42, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] John Snobelen

GD,

You're in violation of the three-revert rule. Please return the page to my last edit. I think that some of your changes are legitimate, but we should wait until tomorrow before resolving the matter. CJCurrie 03:19, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

No, you have to self-revert all of your recent changes to avoid being in violation of the 3RR (note that I don't fully support this policy, and that I tried to change it not long ago). CJCurrie 03:22, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

I think two separate references to unpopular NDP policies is excessive. (One would suffice.) But this is more of a technical matter, and isn't really about content. CJCurrie 03:25, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Joe Volpe

You're over the three-revert rule again. Please self-revert your last edit. CJCurrie 03:05, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

  • Thank you. Please note that I could have had you banned for violating the 3RR, but decided not to do so on principle (since it was probably accidental). I hope you'll show the same restraint if I accidentally make the same mistake at some point in the future. CJCurrie 04:18, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Toronto Star

I've reverted your edits. The only circumstances under which you should remove a {{fact}} tag is once you've supplied a source, or having cleared it in the article's talk page. You've done neither, and further couldn't be bothered to add an edit summary for your change. This is unacceptable. Mindmatrix 16:21, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Something amusing

Notwithstanding our current differences, I thought you might find this interesting:

Looking over the official Hansard, I've discovered that the Legislative Assembly of Ontario held an unusual number of thirty-minute bells during its evening session of June 7, 2004 -- including two consecutive bells between 10:00 and 11:00 pm.[1] No formal explanation was given for this unusual turn of events, although it may not have been entirely coincidental that the final game of the 2004 Stanley Cup Playoffs was taking place at the same time.

I would refer readers in particular to Marilyn Churley's comments after the legislature formally resumed:

While I was reflecting on my earlier comments, I was watching the end of the hockey game. I have to say that we're very sad. Calgary just lost. I don't know, Speaker, if you had an opportunity to leave the chair and see, but they lost. But we do want to congratulate both teams on games well played. It was a pleasure to see all the great hockey being played up until tonight. Again, I just want to congratulate Calgary -- yay, team -- for playing a good game. There you go.

I'm looking forward now to getting into baseball, which for me is more of a spring-summer kind of game anyway. It's kind of weird playing hockey in the middle of summer, with the weather in Florida, what, over 80 degrees or something.

Mr Speaker, I will have an opportunity to have a few more comments about the bill before us in my two-minute summary.

If anyone who follows this discussion page plans to watch tonight's game, if might be worthwhile to turn to the Legislative Assembly channel every twenty minutes or so to see if they'll do something similar this year.

(Originally posted by me to Talk:Legislative Assembly of Ontario a few minutes ago.) CJCurrie 23:05, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Doom127

He seems to have gotten in some kind of argument over signitures. Jedi6-(need help?) 04:15, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Diego Simeone

If you care to revise article Diego Simeone, please also check its talk page. I left a message regarding your edits, to which you did not reply, and ignored when you edited again the article. I'm restoring the previous versions, which implied certain compromise between the old version, and your version. Mariano(t/c) 06:34, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] sure

i 've seen that you've worked hard on all those articles... I hope france will go all the way.. you rooting for france? Abdelkweli 20:58, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Howard Moscoe and Norman Gardner

I have removed the NPOV tags from both of these articles. If you intend to readd them, you will list specific and concrete examples of what you consider to be the bias issues. A general "it's biased because I said so" statement is not acceptable; nobody on Wikipedia has a responsibility to be able to read your mind. Consider yourself warned that I may impose a temporary editblock on you if I ever see you add another NPOV tag to any article without discussing your specific concerns in depth. Bearcat 04:51, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] TTC

To be honest, it doesn't look like there was ever actually any discussion. It was listed for peer review at this link, but the only comments there are from User:Radagast, who listed it in the first place. There's no recoverable history at the link provided on the Sheppard line's talk page, so I don't think anything was ever posted at that title — it appears that Talk:Toronto subway and RT is the only place where any discussion actually took place. And there's no recoverable history at the peer review link on that talk page, either, for what it's worth. I can't even begin to guess why people are posting empty templates pointing to pages that never existed. Bearcat 01:23, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bearcat's threat

I have responded on my talk page. Regards, Ground Zero | t 06:18, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Argentina national football team

That should go (and already is) at the wc 78 article, or perhaps you want to add the 66 final and quarterfinal match details on the england national article too --Jor70 17:12, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Land Raider Crusader

Hi, i was just wondering if you could verfiy the edit you made saying most chapters were restricted to the use of one crusader? Lowris 10:53, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Howard Moscoe

GD, you and CJCurrie have been at it so long that it's pretty impossible for anyone to sort out who's right here. I have, instead, compared your last two versions and tried to work out what sounds reasonable to me. I'm sorry that I don't have time to sort out the voluminous arguments on the tlak page. I haveposted explanations there, and some questions that, if answered, would be the basis for adding somethings back in. I hope that this helps. I am afraid the two of your will have to work it out between you otherwise.

An alternative would be to freeze the article (e.g., at my imposed compromise), and work out one issue at a time, make the change to which you agree, and then move on to the next issue. Best of luck. Ground Zero | t 23:05, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Volpe

You're over the 3RR. Please self-revert. CJCurrie 22:11, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] FreeSpace and the GTD Orion

Thanks, GoldDragon. I agree with the splitting of Descent: FreeSpace, as much as I do with Descent. Once we have enough information crammed into the relevant articles of FreeSpace, we may make our move. -- A. Exeunt 07:56, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

You might want to look here to see the articles I have amended so far. The problem with editing articles in the FreeSpace universe is that there are so many. I believe, however, that if we edit the articles one by one, we might finish the job eventually. -- A. Exeunt 07:57, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Well said. I do that too. We should use it as a point of reference, in my opinion, but nothing more. What we want in Wikipedia are articles written in the form of an encyclopedia entry. We do not want too much or too little information. -- A. Exeunt 11:50, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

You could try "a strong hull" or something like that. In FreeSpace, hitpoints is the same as hull integrity. When the GTVA Colossus was about to be destroyed by SJ Sathanas, didn't the captain say, "Colossus here! Command, hull failure seems imminent! We've bought the Bastion all the time we could! Let's hope this plan works." -- A. Exeunt 11:23, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Volpe protection.

Yes, a third party is necessary. Just don't ask me though. I only protected the page because that's what one should do during an edit war. -- Earl Andrew - talk 20:07, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] George Best

Hi, I reverted your edit to the above: see the edit summary bigpad 08:47, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

Hi again, your point about "Bobby Charlton" is fair enough so I have moved it up a little to fit in better with all his awards in the 1960s. All the best, bigpad 08:22, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Quake III Arena maps table

Hi, why did you remove table of tiers and maps I've created for Quake III Arena entry? [2] In my opinion, it looked very much better with that table ^^ Best Regards, Visor 22:33, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Howard_Moscoe

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[edit] Middle-earth WikiProject

Hello, GoldDragon!

Thank you for your contributions to a Tolkien-related article. If you are interested, feel free to join WikiProject Middle-earth, a WikiProject focused on improving Tolkien-related articles in Wikipedia. We would be glad to have you join in the effort!

Here're some good links and subpages related to the WikiProject.

If you have any questions or concerns, don't hesitate to ask on our talk page.

Thank you for your contributions and have fun editing! —Mirlen 01:14, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

Hopefully you will find your niche in WP:Me. We are always glad to have members. :) (BTW, make sure to read the Standards for Tolkien articles, if you haven't.) Otherwise, feel free — no, please do — to jump in the talk page and post your opinions or any issues you find. —Mirlen 17:56, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your edits to Batman Begins

Hello. Your recent edits to the Batman Begins article have been deemed inappropriate and reverted. Please do not assertive that an article or section is cited when it is not. Also, do not make further uncited claims. These kinds of edits can be viewed as damaging to the encyclopedia and thus vandalism. ACS (Wikipedian); Talk to the Ace. See what I've edited. 03:30, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

I read both this and your reply on Ace's page. I'd appreciate it if you could find that older section with critiques of the film-mkaing techniques, and create a section on the film's talk page for discussing re-adding it? I'd like to see more of that sort of thing in the film articles if it can be substantiated with citations. ThuranX 22:50, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] National Hockey League rivalries: reverting good faith edits

I'm troubled by the fact that you reverted my edits to the NHL rivalries article (NYI/NYR section) without providing an edit comment or anything at all explaining why you did. We've collaborated on articles before, particularly Alexei Yashin, and I don't think there's anything that would indicate bad faith on my part. I feel that my changes to the article were beneficial, in some cases doing little more than cleaning up writing that had become garbled or messy. I hope that your reversion was a mistake, perhaps because you were editing at the same time and there was just some sort of edit conflict. I'm going to put my version back for now. If we have differences of opinion as to what belongs or does not belong in the article, let's discuss them on the talk page. Croctotheface 04:11, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

I'm glad to hear that, as I expected, the reversion was unintentional. I know that we have a difference of opinion as far as the business about the NYI/NYR rivalry setting the hockey teams apart from other New York area teams. I'd be OK with you putting it back, though perhaps we could pare it down a bit. Croctotheface 04:28, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Blanket revert on Doom 3

Do not, under any circumstances, engage in a blanket revert as you did here. You caused the loss of several months' editing while reinserting unsourced information. I will remind you right now that the prohibitions against unverified informatino and original research are policy. If you have sources for the information, you may add it manually, wholly and fully cited with reliable sources. But do not revert back to your preferred version again. Captainktainer * Talk 02:26, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Actually, it is a greenlight to just delete. Please read the policy on verification, particularly "Burden of Evidence". Unsourced material should be deleted, and may be restored if and only if sources are provided. I gave contributors a month to find sources, and none did. If you were gone, I'm sorry that the version I edited was objectionable to you. But Wikipedia's credibility demands that we follow the policies, and the article was not - and still is not - in compliance with those policies. Captainktainer * Talk 04:43, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
I appreciate your accusations of POV-pushing. Your pleasantness is truly awe-inspiring. Captainktainer * Talk 07:40, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mississauga, Ontario

Please don't remove fact tags from articles. I'm sure you are correct, however, someone has placed the tags for a reason—if you source the statements, then you may remove the tags. └ OzLawyer / talk ┐ 15:31, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Michael Di Biase

  • I happen to agree with you about the salary issue, unfortunately, every time you try and take it out, the PoV Army that is VaughanWatch's SockFarm step in. If you're feeling brave, go ahead and take it out - I'll support you. -- Chabuk [ T • C ] 04:29, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Reverting good faith edits, again

I've tried my best to be cordial regarding our differences on New York Islanders. I don't appreciate the fact that you simply revert to the version you prefer with no regard to anything that I have said. I said several times that we should leave the article alone, or in a tenuous state of compromise, until we can get some more opinions on the content. Wikipedia runs on consensus and discussion. You continually revert my good faith attempts to improve the article to the version you wrote without any consideration for the work or opinions of other editors. I have to strongly encourage you to take a step back before this escalates. Croctotheface 05:58, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Response

I did. CJCurrie 01:26, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 3RR again

Moscoe. CJCurrie 18:29, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WP:CIVIL

Please review this article. Calling CJCurrie's use of an NPOV tag, explained on the Talk:Conservative Party of Canada page, "vandalism" is not on. You must not behave this way if you want to continue as an editor here. Ground Zero | t 02:44, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Ground Zero, if you're going to be an advocate for CJCurrie you may want to disclose that position somewhere so we know where you're coming from. Alan.ca 07:08, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
Alan, I posted this comment because I believed that calling a long-time editor's use of an NPOV tag "vandalism" constituted a personal attack violated the Wikipedia policy on civility, and not because I have any interest in being an advocate for any editor. Ground Zero | t 12:00, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Gentrification

Thank you for experimenting with the page Gentrification on Wikipedia. Your test worked, and it has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you may want to do. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Gzkn 03:24, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rae Report

Heh, I'd completely forgotten about that. Further expansion certainly couldn't hurt, but I don't see the current state of the article as raising too many POV issues, so I've removed the tag. Bearcat 04:50, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] CJCurrie Revert Wars

I noticed you were in a revert war with admin user:CJCurrie. This is my second conflict with him and I have engaged in a cabal case with him. If you have further problems or have an interest in filing complaint about him, please contact me on my talk page. Alan.ca 23:05, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

  • Please note that Alan.ca is currently involved in a content dispute with me at the Judy Marsales page, and has a history of threatening to file complaints. CJCurrie 23:08, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
Actually, I have a history of filing complaints. Do you want to have a discussion somewhere or shall we just play ring around the rosie? Alan.ca 06:46, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
  • GD, I appreciate that you're trying to stand up for what we believe is the correct edit on the Judy Marsales article, but I think we should just leave it at the agreed neutral form CJCurrie and I settled our truce on. I have a MEDCAB case filed and an AMA Advocate. CJCurrie has agreed to participate in the process and until I see evidence otherwise I think we should just push forward with dispute resolution. Alan.ca 07:06, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
  • FYI, It seems that CJCurrie wants to start the discussion on the article's talk page. Please participate in the discussion. Talk:Judy Marsales Let's see if we can stay focussed on the argument of the validity of the sourced information. Alan.ca 12:22, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] By way of a truce

GoldDragon,

In light of Chabuk's comments, I'm willing to leave the Lapierre page in its current state (pending further discussions on specific points).

Could I please ask that you leave the Volpe page as it is. It should be clear by now that the consensus favours my version; if you have specific complaints, could you please raise them on the talk page rather than engaging in more blanket reverts. I'm getting quite tired of endless revert wars, and I'd like to see a more constructive way of dealing with these disputes. CJCurrie 05:46, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

CJ is a squirrely girlie! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.163.38.189 (talk) 23:37, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Harry Rosen trivia

I noticed you added some Harry Rosen trivia. Do you have sources for this? I'd like to incorporate this info into the main part of the article, but would need more context. Plus I like to verify things. MRoberts <> 02:15, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] True Crime: Streets of LA

Please refrain from undoing other people's edits repeatedly. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions in a content dispute within a 24 hour period. Additionally, users who perform a large number of reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring, even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. Rather than reverting, discuss disputed changes on the talk page. The revision you want is not going to be implemented by edit warring. Thank you. Wangry 05:25, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

On his December 11 edit, Can't sleep, clown will eat me brought up the issue of using Wikiquote for long list of quotations. According to the Wikipedia Manual of Style's Guide to layout,

Usually, the most relevant quotes can be placed directly into the article text in order to illustrate the topic, and only a few quotes should ever be part of such a section. Longer lists of quotes are generally moved to Wikiquote and the Quotations section as a whole is replaced with a wikiquote badge, usually placed at the top of the "External links" section.

However, Can't sleep, clown will eat me did not actually move the quotes to Wikiquote before deleting them, which is why you reverted his edit, correct? I've moved the quotes you saved to Wikiquote and added the link to them under the "Voice cast" section. If you think the link should be somewhere else, go ahead and move it. However, if you disagree with the Manual of Style's guideline, we should bring this up to the Guide to layout's discussion page.
I have assumed good faith on your previous actions of reverting Can't sleep's edit, and I made sure to note the changes made in the edit summary so that everyone knew exactly what happened and the door would be open to discussion if someone disagreed. Obviously, you do. However, both times that you reverted the page, you made no explanation as to why you believe the revert is justified.
Again, I believe you are just wanting to make the article as good as it can be. I would appreciate if you respond in kind. Wangry 06:02, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Problems with your Bose edits

Your edits to Bose was reverted and/or edited mainly because it had excessive amount of weasel words and/or it was to the tone that it had excessive POV (See comparo here). I attempted to tone down some negative rhetoric you've done on the article only to know that Rivertorch reverted our edits. In the future, if you don't have any noticeable NPOV content to put in, please don't do anything as I have to go through all the trouble of having to tone down some negative rhetoric and/or risk getting reverted by Rivertorch.

Also, I understand that there's been a lot of Bose-bashing before, but again, please be sensitive when editing such articles, and try not to edit the article that it carries an unnecessary anti-Bose bias. Thanks. — Vesther (U * T/R * CTD) 13:53, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Volpe again

In the interests of avoiding an edit war, I'll invite you to review my comments on the talk page. I've made one factual correction to your last edit. CJCurrie 05:39, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Dion 3RR

GoldDragon,

You're over the 3RR on the Dion page. Please self-revert now. CJCurrie 22:46, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] NPOV

GD, I'd like to make a suggestion on how to make your edits less POV and therefore less contentious. One of the edits you have been trying to make on Stephane Dion has been to describe the Liberals' performance in Quebec in the 2006 election as a "resounding defeat". This can be made NPOV by sticking to the facts, e.g., "the Liberals' share of the popular vote in Quebec declined from almost 34% in 2004 to just over 20% in 2006". This lets the reader decide for her or himself whether the defeat was "resounding" or not. There is a useful discussion at WP:NPOV#A_simple_formulation that provides a better explanation. I hope this helps in your editing. Regards, Ground Zero | t 23:32, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Article Disputes

Hey man, I see you and your famous opponent are at it still. I have to tell ya, he has ruffled my feathers at times, but at some point you have to draw the line. When you find yourself arguing a point all by yourself, you must ask yourself if maybe you're not representing a consensus viewpoint. Remember, we're here to build consensus and that doesn't always mean it will be the truth. Sounds strange, but believe me when I say there are much more important ways to spend your time than to argue with an editor over his view point. I could really use your help with WP:CITY. Alan.ca 00:47, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Joe Volpe

I am trying to move along the three points of dispute at Talk:Joe Volpe. You and CJCurrie have come to a consensus on the Apotex donation, so I have implemented that change. There remain two outstanding issues. I would appreciate your attention to them so that we can resolve them and move on. Regards, Ground Zero | t 09:59, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Hi GD. Actually I was going to write about Joe Volpe although not directly related to the Volpe content. I noticed that you tagged a fairly substantial edits as "minor" there. I don't know if that was an accident; I know that some prefs. automatically mark edits as minor. If it was an accident, Help:Minor edit suggests making a "dummy edit" to note the mistake. My prefs. include minor edits but some people don't and with all the back and forth with you and CJCurrie, I'm sure that some people want to scrutinize everything. =) Cheers. --JGGardiner 10:01, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] David Miller

Goldie, you reverted here an edit that I made and explained on the talk page. You provided no explanation for your reversion on the talk page. This is not an effective way of contributing to Wikipedia. This sort of behaviour leads to edit wars, which are a waste of everyone's time. If you think that that phrase must be there, explain why on the talk page, and if you convince other people of it, your edit will stand. Otherwise, it will just be reverted. Ground Zero | t 01:13, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Edit Summaries

I take my hat off to your determination. However, I would appreciate it if you would stop making talk page arguments in your edit summaries. I know that you and CJCurrie are having a protracted fight, but you're not doing anything positive by dragging it into the edit summaries. I have made the same remark to CJCurrie. Alan.ca 07:17, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Removal of templates

Hello, please do not remove {{fact}} "citation needed" templates from Wikipedia as you did to NVIDIA, unless you have a good reason and state it in your edit summary. For details, refer to the verifiability policy -- intgr 10:36, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] John Baird

GD, acting on your comment about the "Provincial politics" section of this article being biased, I have reviewed the section and made seven suggestions for deletions and revisions to make it more balanced. Your comments would be appreciated. CJCurrie has already provided some comments, and I think that we should be able to get consensus on improving the article. Thanks. Ground Zero | t 13:27, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

  • I have now reviewed three points of contention that remain between you and CJCurrie and made recommendations. Please review. Thanks. Ground Zero | t 21:17, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Cities Participation

Any chance I could get your assistance on WP:CITY? Alan.ca 11:20, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Volpe

[3] CJCurrie 21:26, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Continued removal of fact tags

Please do not remove {{fact}} "citation needed" templates from Wikipedia as you did to F4U Corsair and F6F Hellcat, unless you have a good reason and state it in your edit summary. For details, refer to the verifiability policy. You've been around long enough to know better than this, and have been asked not to do this in other articles. Continued removal of such tags in these or other articles will be treated as vandalism. Thanks. - BillCJ 00:52, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Please use edit summaries

Hello. Please be courteous to other editors and use edit summaries when updating articles. The Mathbot tool shows your usage of edit summaries to be nearly nonexistent:

Edit summary usage for GoldDragon: 3% for major edits and 5% for minor edits. Based on the last 150 major and 150 minor edits in the article namespace.

Using edit summaries helps other editors quickly understand your edits, which is especially useful when you make changes to articles that are on others' watchlists. Thanks and happy editing! --Kralizec! (talk) 13:04, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Your edits to County class cruiser

The information you recently added ([4], [5]) to the County class cruiser article does not have citations. Can you provide verification from published, reliable sources on the items that have been tagged {{Verify source}} and {{fact}}? Thanks, --Kralizec! (talk) 02:01, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Volpe again

GD,

I've put forward a suggestion for the "placement agency" paragraph. Please let me know if it's acceptable. CJCurrie 23:45, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

I've put forward another compromise. If you agree, we can probably just go ahead and change the text. CJCurrie 01:44, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Elizabeth May

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions in a content dispute within a 24 hour period. Additionally, users who perform a large number of reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring, even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing. Please do not repeatedly revert edits, but use the talk page to work towards wording and content which gains a consensus among editors. Thank you. GreenJoe 00:09, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Yes, they did say that, but you're not balancing it out with any quotes from Dion or anyone who said anything positive about it. --GreenJoe 00:17, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Lexington class battlecruiser

I notice you've re-added the link to http://www.combinedfleet.com/furashita/lexing_f.htm in this article. I really don't think that meets the criteria as a source for a Wikipedia article since it describes fictional ships of the class that were never actually built and fictional battles in which they fought. The site does not claim to be historically accurate - the home page { http://www.combinedfleet.com/furashita/furamain.htm } specifically says: "The following series of essays and pictures regard a fictional set of Imperial Japanese naval vessels, and others, developed by my friend Admiral U. Furashita. These units never sailed the seas, except in the Admiral's imagination, as part of his "Victory Through Seapower" World War II wargame. I hope you are as amused by them as I am." I think it's pretty confusing for the article to reference a fictional source.

I added the link back in because of the line drawing that it included. www.warships1.com used to have a photo but they took it down. GoldDragon 17:14, 23 April 2007 (UTC) Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Dave_w74"
I can't accept that it's a good idea to link to a page that's mainly fictional information. It's really confusing reading that page as most of the information sounds plausible but it is totally and utterly untrue. I can't see any sense in which this page meets http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability guidelines. The line-drawing is nice but that page will just confuse more people than it helps. Dave w74 20:55, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Toronto Eaton Centre

Hi. Don't mean to nitpik your edits, but your revisions to the "Redevelopment" section are still highly problematic, despite your removal of references to the distinctiveness of the spiral ramp (thanks for that, BTW). In no particular order:

1) The work in what used to be called the Dundas Mall, at Dundas and Yonge, was not the first project to proceed. The work on Albert Street was first.

2) The Timothy Eaton Statue was never located in the Dundas Mall, nor was it removed as a result of the redevelopment of this portion of the mall. The statue was located in the old Eaton's store, it was removed due to the Eaton's bankruptcy, and its removal is addressed in the Eaton's article. This statue has nothing to do with the redevelopment of parts of the Eaton Centre.

3) It is not clear why you feel the need to mention two of the tenants that were displaced by the redevelopment, but not any of the others (such as Pantorama, etc.). Moreover, it's not clear why a list of former tenants is noteworthy enough to merit mention (we haven't mentioned displaced tenants due to other renovations in the mall) - tenants come and go in the mall all the time. Just because something is true does not automatically mean it is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia. Finally, the information in your proposed revision is not accurate. Club Monaco moved out of the Dundas Mall two or three years before the renovations, and that space had been occupied by Stitches or Sirens or something like that for at least a couple of years. And the police did not have a precinct in the mall -- the Toronto Police are not organized into precincts, but rather divisions, and the kiosk in the mall was certainly not a division. I think in its later years it was referred to as a liaison office or something to that effect, but I can't be sure, and frankly, it's unclear to me why it merits mention in the article in any event. But we could certainly talk about that if you feel it is important to mention.

4) I'm not sure that the demolition of the garage was one of the "largest changes". I suspect to most people the changes to the interior of the mall and to the Yonge facade were far more noticeable and/or significant. Ultimately, its all just opinion and inappropriate for the article. Same goes with the characterization as "massive" -- if it was significant somehow in size or height, that should be sourced. Otherwise, it's just a personal opinion. Also, not sure why the spiral ramps are noteworthy enough to mention, as I can think of a number of parking garages from that era with that type of ramp.

5) The new parking garage doesn't have an exit on Yonge Street, just on Bay. Again, location of parking garage exits starts to border on trivial minutia, and one wonders why it would be included in an encyclopedia article.

6) Small nit -- the Ryerson building opened in 2006, not 2005. And that building didn't just replace the garage, as your wording suggests, but replaced the garage and the empty site that occupied the southeast corner of Dundas and Bay.

I am happy to work with you on this revision if you would like. Thanks. Skeezix1000 20:33, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

BTW, this article is seriously lacking in proper sources. One of my next projects might be to properly reference everything in the article. Let me know if you'd be interested in helping. Skeezix1000 20:38, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
The latest version is better, but still full of inaccuracies. Whether they are serious or not is beside the point -- the article must be factually correct. My comments, in no particular order:

1)The statue was at the Dundas entrance of the store, not the mall. You will recall that it sat in the aisle location adjacent to where Sears now sells Adidas products. Its removal had nothing to do with the redevelopment (and, in fact, predated the redevelopment plans by some time), and was solely the result of the Eaton's bankruptcy.

2)The new garage does not have access on Yonge. Its sole access is on Bay Street.

3)H&M did not replace Club Monaco. Club Monaco was long gone by the time of the redevelopment.

There were a few other minor inaccuracies, which don't bear mentioning. Again, I am not trying to nitpik your edits or give you a hard time, but we have to be careful with the facts in the article. Skeezix1000 11:40, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

The old Club Monaco store wasn't all that large (it moved into much larger premises when it moved into the old East Side Mario's space), and I have no idea if it was a "sub-anchor" or not. An anchor store, or sub-anchor for that matter, is not just a larger store, but is also a tenant that has a greater drawing power than the other tenants. In the old days it was easy to identify the anchor stores in a mall (i.e. the department stores, and in some malls, the grocery store), but today, unless one is privy to sales figures, it is impossible to know what is an anchor and what isn't -- one can speculate, often correctly, but such speculation can't be included in the article due to WP:OR and WP:V.

In any event, Club Monaco was not relocated because of the redevelopment, nor was it replaced by H&M. Skeezix1000 17:41, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

The residency of BMO's CFO is not analogous with the Gardner situation. There were a number of criticisms over the years of the fact that a Toronto City Councillor and then chair of the Toronto Police Services Board didn't live in the city whose bylaws he was voting on and police force he was governing. No criticisms of the BMO's CFO's residency that I am aware of and, of course, the Bank of Montreal has not actually been based in Montreal for decades and has not limited its operations to Montreal for centuries whilst the Toronto Police and Toronto City council are not only based in Toronto but are confined to the city's limits. What would be analogous would be, say, a federal politician who didn't live in Canada or an Ontario cabinet minister who doesn't live in the province. Loaf of bread 16:34, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Battleships in World War II

Thanks for all the contributions you've been making to battleship lately. Since the article is getting very long, I've started a discussion at Talk:Battleship about forking out the World War II material to Battleships in World War II. What do you think? The Land 10:13, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Die Hard 2

I undid your restoration of original research ("errors" section), restoration of inconsequential minutiae ("trivia" section) and removal of {{plot}} maintenance tag in this article. If you take exception to my edits and/or rationale in the edit summaries, please bring it up on the talk page. At the very least, please use edit summaries yourself. --EEMeltonIV 18:34, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Norm Gardner

I've been aware of the dispute at NG for a while, but I was hesitant to join in because of the volume of points of contention. Thanks for the invitation. I have undertaken a point-by-point review, and provided my comments, which are pretty evenly split between your edits and CJCurrie's. I will take another look at the length argument that you make. Best regards, Ground Zero | t 21:55, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] David Miller

Hey GFD, why did you remove "The government of Ontario has commited itself to funding two-thirds of the project" from this article? The Ont gov did in fact make this commitment through its MoveOntario2020 announcement. Ground Zero | t 18:54, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Canada's Royal Family

I have no real issue per se with the Eatons being referred to as Canada's royal family. But if we are going to make the claim, especially in the article lead, we really need a source that shows that the term had some widespread use. In other words, we need to know that more than Rod McQueen used the term. As I stated on the talk page, I will check the McQueen book and see if he attributes the term to anything -- if the book shows that the Eatons were referred to as Canada's royal family, I will send you the page reference for you to use as a source. If you also happen to have the book, let me know if you find anything. If the McQueen book does not contain what we need it to, I will also check some of the more recent Eaton's sources, such as Eatonians or The Story of a Store.

"Merchant princes" isn't as big a deal (although it still needs a source), because that term was widely used to apply to the old stock department store families.

In the end, if it turns out that the term was only something that McQueen came up with, then it really only merits inclusion in the downfall section of the article, something along the lines of "When Eaton's went bankfrupt, one notable commentator likened it to the fall of 'Canada's Royal Family'." In fact, that's something you could add now. But unless we can show that its usage was more widespread, it doesn't belong in the lead. Skeezix1000 18:01, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

I agree - I would remove the phrase altogether, until either royal family or merchant princes can be sourced. Attributing it to the author doesn't make as much sense, because Rod McQueen's opinion doesn't necessarily merit inclusion in the lead paragraph. Having said that, there's nothing wrong with adding a reference to the bankruptcy section, as I suggested above. I'll let you know when I have the chances to flip through the sources (likely this weekend). Skeezix1000 22:29, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mel Lastman factoid

"He played a key role in the negotiations that had the Empress Walk condominium complex developed and two leading schools refurbished, all without using public funds."
Do you have a citation for this statement? Atrian 00:17, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Jocelyn Coulon

Looking at his biography [6] , he looks to be notable enough to pass WP:BIO, even if he failed to be elected. 4 major books on major issues like the war in Irak, the Canadian military, etc should be enough to gave him notability. Maybe, that would be a good idea to talk about the elements you were mentionning on the Thomas Mulcair page.--JForget 23:52, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Stephane Dion, and your violation of the three-revert rule.

You have clearly been making more than 3 reverts per hour on the Stephane Dion article in the past 24 hours. This is in violation of WP:TRR. If you don't stop constantly reverting the article back to your controversial version which no one supports, you will be reported. Thanks. Sima Yi 21:31, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Your comments on my talk page

Hi GoldDragon - I assume it was an accident, but this edit you made wiped out about a third of my talk page's content. Just wanted to let you know, in case it was something you needed to keep an eye on in the future.

As for the Joe Volpe dispute, I don't plan on having any further involvement. My opinion was solicited, I provided it, and it doesn't seem to have done any good. I think the two of you are well past the RFC (whether formal or informal) stage, and should be thinking mediation. Best of luck, in any event. Sarcasticidealist 06:23, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Caroline Mulroney

A tag has been placed on Caroline Mulroney, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article appears to be a repost of material that was previously deleted following a deletion debate, such as articles for deletion. If you can indicate how Caroline Mulroney is different from the previously posted material, or if you can indicate why this article should not be deleted, I advise you to place the template {{hangon}} underneath the other template on the article, and also put a note on Talk:Caroline Mulroney saying why this article should stay. An admin should check for such edits before deleting the article. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Please read our criteria for speedy deletion, particularly item 4 under General criteria. If you believe the original discussion was unjustified, please feel free to use deletion review, but do not continue to repost the article if it is deleted. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself. We welcome your help in trying to improve Wikipedia, and we request you to follow these instructions. Victoriagirl 06:02, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

Hi GoldDragon. Concering the deleted Caroline Mulroney article, I wish I could help. It wasn't I who deleted it, but Flyguy649 (an administrator). I'd suggest contacting him. Frankly, I don't know how these things work... but I'm assuming he'd be able to assist in some way. Good luck!Victoriagirl 02:57, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Autoblocked

Hi GoldDragon, if you've been affected by the blocks on User:Tweety21 and socks it must mean you've been autoblocked--I have to admit I don't know much about dealing with these, but if you follow these instructions you should be able to get help. Sorry for the inconvenience. --Akhilleus (talk) 02:04, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

Not sure if this works to get myself unblocked from autoblocking.GoldDragon 02:27, 2 October 2007 (UTC) 127.0.0.1

You need to copy the code from the sandbox onto your user talk page (i.e., this page right here), if I'm understanding the instructions right. If you can't get it to work, try the {{helpme}} template instead. --Akhilleus (talk) 02:29, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

This user's request to have the autoblock on his/her IP address lifted has been DECLINED.

original block message

  • Decline reason:

reason — GoldDragon 02:37, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

Maybe this will work. GoldDragon 02:37, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

GoldDragon, I don't know why I didn't think of this before, but if you're not at your work computer right now, you won't be affected by the autoblock. (If you are at your work computer, I think you might not be autoblocked right now anyway.) In any case the autoblock should wear off by tomorrow anyway. --Akhilleus (talk) 02:42, 2 October 2007 (UTC)


Hopefully this will work. GoldDragon 17:25, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

Y

Your request to be unblocked has been granted for the following reason(s):

Autoblock of 142.205.212.203 lifted or expired.

Request handled by: Yamla 17:29, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Tweety21

Note that the blocked vandal, Tweety21 (talk · contribs), has continued to use the same IP address as you to continue vandalising the Wikipedia. This is not particularly surprising as I am sure you have a number of co-workers at your place of business. However, I am just warning you so that you understand why this address may have to be blocked again. If you could email me the address of a network administrator there, that would be great. I understand if you do not want to do so, however. --Yamla 21:33, 2 October 2007 (UTC)


I'm sorry, Tweety21 has continued to attack Wikipedia and so we cannot unblock this address at this time. Please send me the contact information for the network administrator there who can take action against this banned vandal. Note that nobody is accusing you of being this vandal. --Yamla 17:13, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
No hard feelings about this, as I understand that admins have to do what is necessary. However, I don't want to alert the network administrator, as my organization is Toronto-Dominion Bank (estimated 52,000 employees), who then might put wikipedia on their list of banned sites. GoldDragon 17:59, 15 October 2007 (UTC)


Has anyone tried a long-term soft-block on the IP? Block account creation and annon editing, but permit editing from existing accounts. ---J.S (T/C/WRE) 19:57, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
The problem is that Tweety21 creates accounts from other addresses. I'll try switching to a soft-block. GoldDragon, you should be good to go within five minutes. If so, please remove your unblock request. --Yamla 20:14, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Candaian Politics Troll

GD, I just reverted the Canadian Politics Troll's post on your talk page. It's here if you wish to read it. I actually reverted it by mistake (I intended to hit the diff button but hit admin rollback inadvertently) but that user is banned from Wikipedia anyway (not blocked, but banned and so I am leaving it reverted because they are not allowed to edit Wikipedia at all. Cheers, Sarah 14:15, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Karygiannis

You're over the 3RR. Please self-revert. CJCurrie 21:25, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

Btw, you may wish to review this discussion again. CJCurrie 21:55, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] In Remembrance...

Rememberance Day


--nat Alo! Salut! Sunt eu, un haiduc?!?! 00:56, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Indy Racing League

Please remember to use edit summaries, especially when making major edits as you did to Indy Racing League. It's hard to figure out what was done throughout your two edits and if everything is the same as in the original version. -Drdisque (talk) 19:18, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] AfD nomination of Chelsea F.C. and FC Barcelona football rivalry

An article that you have been involved in editing, Chelsea F.C. and FC Barcelona football rivalry, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chelsea F.C. and FC Barcelona football rivalry. Thank you. – PeeJay 23:33, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Article length

My apologies if you're already aware of this: you may want to check out WP:LENGTH, which goes into maximum article sizes and how they are measured. Some of the articles you work on regularly are quite long already. I don't think any of them are at the upper limit yet, but it might be worth considering. Cheers. 4u1e (talk) 18:54, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] March 2008

In a recent edit to the page Chinatown, Toronto, you changed one or more words from one international variety of English to another. Because Wikipedia has readers from all over the world, our policy is to respect national varieties of English in Wikipedia articles.

For subjects exclusively related to Britain (for example, a famous British person), use British English. For something related to the United States in the same way, use American English. If it is an international topic, use the same form of English the original author used.

In view of that, please don't change articles from one version of English to the other, even if you don't normally use the version the article is written in. Respect other people's versions of English. They in turn should respect yours. Other general guidelines on how Wikipedia articles are written can be found in the Wikipedia:Manual of Style. If you have any queries about all this, you can ask me on my talk page or you can visit the help desk. Thank you. In Canada, "centred" is the correct spelling. Johnny Au (talk) 23:00, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Please do not delete content or templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to Dreamcast and Nintendo 64, without explaining the valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your content removal does not appear constructive, and has been reverted. Please make use of the sandbox if you'd like to experiment with test edits. Thank you. --Silver Edge (talk) 00:16, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Response

When a sentence is tagged with a fact tag, a date is added to it stating when it was tagged, so if the text is not sourced after an amount of time (e.g. a month to a few months), the text may be removed; however, when you remove those fact tags, especially the numerous ones in the Nintendo 64 article requiring a source since December 2007, without removing the text or adding a source, it doesn't really improve the article. The newer fact tags can be replaced with an {{Unreferencedsection}}. --Silver Edge (talk) 04:18, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Improving Nintendo 64 to Featured Article status

I am aiming to improve Nintendo 64 to Featured Article status, and I noticed that you have edited the article substantially recently. If you have time, please help out by contributing to the article. Thanks! Gary King (talk) 06:26, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Terry McAuliffe

What would be the best way to fix the problem of undue weight? Would it be good enough to say that McAuliffe's attacks on Bush have merited why he is worthy of scrutiny in his own business interests? GoldDragon (talk) 18:05, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

I think it would be editorializing to draw the connection between McAuliffe's attacks on other politicians, and any discrepancies that may or may not be present in his own conduct. I think this is the kind of thing Vassyana was criticizing as an "improper synthesis". If that critique can be grounded in a fair and reliable source, that's one thing -- but Wikipedia shouldn't be the originator for such a critique; if the only sources are partisan publications, it's more debatable, but at the very least the sources of the critique should be identified.
As for "undue weight," I think what's needed is to show that a mention of the controversies occurs in the context of a broader discussion of McAuliffe and his career. A profile from a major news magazine or newspaper would be helpful in this regard. Does that help? -- Shunpiker (talk) 01:53, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] May 2008

Hello. Please don't forget to provide an edit summary. Thank you. DoubleBlue (Talk) 04:12, 6 May 2008 (UTC)