User talk:Johnny Au

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Hello, Johnny Au, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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[edit] You are invited to join a WikiProject!

Hi Johnny Au,

First of all, welcome to Wikipedia. I, hereby, representing other members of WP:GHR, would want you to join our project named Golden Horseshoe Roads. (Read the article Golden Horseshoe if you don't know what it means). Click here to read our project's scope, and our participants. What we are currently doing is to create road articles, York Regional Roads and Peel Regional Roads for now. In the near future, we will be expanding our project, so that the scope includes creating articles of, not just roads, but communities, landmarks, and structures around the Golden Horseshoe. I have reviewed your contributions, and find you have a great potential.

If you do want to join the project, and we hope so you do, please inform me, and I will tell you what to do next.

 Smcafirst | Chit-Chat  posted at 21:32, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Golden Horseshoe Roads, Outreach Department

[edit] WikiProject Template

Hi again, it's me, Smcafirst.

Well, I added {{Golden Horseshoe Roads}} on your user page, so we will know you are one of our member. Okay?

 Smcafirst | Chit-Chat  posted at 20:51, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

road This user is a member of the Golden Horseshoe Roads WikiProject.


[edit] WP:GHR issues

Hi Johnny Au,

As part of our WP:GHR campaign, from now on, every article you create/edit/view that is related to our porject's scope, please add the template {{Component Golden Horseshoe Roads}}, and notify me, and then I will rate that particular article. It is also a nice idea to start putting this template in articles where landmarks are introduced. (i.e. Splendid China Tower??) We will be expanding our project soon enough, so that everything in the Golden Horseshoe will be covered.

Thanks for joining!

 Smcafirst | Chit-Chat  posted at 21:33, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WP:GHR Update

Enclosed is a map of census divisions (so, counties/ regions / cities), and colour coded to show how are we doing in different parts of the Golden Horseshoe, and how much articles are written. Over the summer, I will create another similar one. The white parts of the map means that we will start to work on these areas, after the expansion of the project. (So, that is, after the creation of WP:QCWC (WikiProject Quebec City-Windsor Corridor).

Smcafirst 19:24, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Golden Horseshoe Sources

My source is the article for Guelph, Ontario where it says the Metro population is 200,425. Looking at the articles for other cities on the list such as Barrie, Toronto, and Hamilton, the metro populations are the exact same as the ones used on the golden horseshoe article. There is also a source for this information in the first paragraph of the Guelph article. If we need sources on both the Guelph and Golden Horseshoe pages for the same information, let me know and I will gladly put the source into that article as well. I just don't understand why all the other cities have metro numbers listed but Guelph uses a city proper number. Thanks for your input. --71.199.196.64 05:21, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Also, I have been a member of wikipedia for some time now and you can see my contributions under the user name Barinade2151. --71.199.196.64 05:29, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Please see Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Vaughan_Road_Academy

Thanks. 199.64.0.252 20:27, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Toronto Meetup


TORONTO MEETUP NOTICE
Hello Johnny Au,

I saw you name on the Wikiproject Toronto page and I would like to inform you about a Wiki Meetup that is being organized. If you are interested, feel free to add your input on the Toronto Meetup talk page.

Regards,

Nat Tang ta | co | em

[edit] Upgraded comments

Hello. I would appreciate it if you didn't upgrade my comments or anyone else's[1]. My choice of template was deliberate - there are first level user notices for a reason. User notices are also used in relation to whether the user has seen them, not how many edits they have made. Thanks. -- zzuuzz (talk) 17:16, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

Additionally, please do not warn users and sign a user name other than your own as you did here [2]. This is considered bad practice, even if you meant well.--Yankees76 21:55, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikimania 2009

Toronto Candidate City for Wikimania 2009
Support TORONTO in its bid to become the host city of WIKIMANIA 2009
Visit m:Wikimania 2009/Toronto for TORONTO's MetaWiki page and help build a strong bid.

[edit] In Remembrance...

Rememberance Day


--nat Alo! Salut! Sunt eu, un haiduc?!?! 00:28, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

I wish Remembrance Day were a statutory holiday in Ontario rather than Family Day. Johnny Au 22:26, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] My request for adminship

Please support my request for adminship. I have made two thousand edits in one year, and regularly contribute to warning vandals, placing them in WP:AIV and requested page protection in WP:RPP. Johnny Au (talk) 19:14, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

At your RFA, I know you mean well, but copying the policy page isn't going to help. I'll give you a few pointers if you like:

  • A user that's indef blocked can be unblocked and can start contributing back to the community, so it isn't always permanent.
  • A banned user, who has usually done something more serious than a indef blocked user, has usually used up all their chances and will very rarely be readmitted back to the wiki.
  • Blocks aren't always indefinite, some only last a few hours, or even just a few days, depending on the severity of the edits they have been making, etc.

Hope this helps, Rt. 20:56, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

Thank you. Johnny Au (talk) 20:59, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
I interpreted this to mean you wanted to withdraw your RFA, so I've done so. Please don't be discouraged at the outcome. Take the comments of the opposers in the spirit they were intended - constructive criticism - and consider applying again when you've addressed some of their concerns. When you feel ready to try again, there is also an Wikipedia:Admin coaching program, which you might find useful. Good luck. --barneca (talk) 21:25, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Want a coach?

Hello. I noticed your request for a coach over at Admin coaching, and I'm available.

Keep in mind that I'm not an admin - I've been through 3 intense RfAs (so far), and therefore I understand the process well, though I have not yet overcome the stigma of conflicts I was engaged in early in my participation here (which occurred over a year ago, also, if you want to see what not to do in an RfA, see my first two). But I am an admin coach, and have co-coached 5 users who have become admins, 4 of whom I co-nominated for adminship in their successful RfAs, and strongly endorsed the other as her admin coach. I have experience over a wide range of activities, and I'd say my general approach is progressive and direct.

If you do not currently have an admin coach, I would be glad to be your coach. I do have a few conditions though, and they are that you...

  1. watch your coaching page closely, and reply to every post there in a timely fashion
  2. fill in all of your edit summaries (if you find yourself forgetting, there's a setting in "my preferences" that will remind you)
  3. keep the "VC lessons" template somewhere you can access it easily (usually on your user page or your talk page). I'll place it initially, and then you can move it if you want. It'll include a convenient link to your coaching page.
  4. complete all the assignments you are given to the best of your ability. If you have trouble with an assignment, by all means, let me know, so we can discuss possible solutions and alternatives.
  5. take the advice provided by my fellow coaches and your fellow students to heart (this should be a group effort), and I generally invite others I work with to join in on the fun (which is why I'm usually a co-coach)
  6. (optional, though highly recommended) write a lesson for the Virtual classroom. There's plenty of time to think about this, so don't worry about it now.
  7. don't go for your RfA or accept an RfA nomination except from me - I will coordinate your nomination when I believe you are ready

Please let me know if you agree, and we can get started.

I look forward to your reply.

The Transhumanist 05:56, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

I am ready for a coach! Johnny Au (talk) 15:10, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
Didn't catch this right away. I'll see you on your coaching page. The Transhumanist 02:26, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] York, Ontario

Hi Johnny Au, I just find that from here I can communicate with you. I just deleted one sentence on the the 'York' page: which I think would be better without it. (Income Stereotypes: Firstly, there are significant amount of ‘lower-income’ people living in ‘upper-income’ / ‘middle to upper-income’ neighbourhoods and vise versa. Secondly, advertising a ‘bad’ neighbourhood only made the neighbourhood worse and therefore worsen all its nearby neighbourhoods) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jim Yu (talk • contribs) 21:35, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Let's get started

Your first assignment is waiting for you on your coaching page. The Transhumanist 03:25, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Semi-Protection

Just to let you know, I have semi-protected Americas for one week. Malinaccier (talk) 00:10, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Response

If entries have in any way been of offence, my apologies. In Retro Magazine is not currently supported by advertising -- it is a form of alternative media, and inserted listings/links were placed only among those made by other media as well. Specifically, the sites that references/links were posted to were listings of the media pertinent to those cities... where media listings were already present.

Our regional magazine/media legitimately qualifies as being part of those listings. This is not advertising - but a fair balance of information. This is not spam, but rather showing the world that alternatives do exist aside from the typical mainstream media. I believe this information was wrongfully removed. Advertising is not my intent. If you read the articles in the magazine, you'll see that nothing is being sold. It is merely a medium of information. Is Wikipedia not a place where people go to learn about what exists – and by blocking relevant information is it tampering with the truth? Please respond,

ND —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nduffy (talk • contribs) 17:11, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Well, you should discuss that in the talk page first before adding it. Due to the amount of true spam added throughout the article's history, I assumed that all new additions are spam if they are not mentioned on the talk page. Johnny Au (talk) 18:12, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] MARTA edits

Thanks for your recent edits to the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority. I found it interesting to learn about another transit system which does not receive state/provincial support, and I think this is relevant to the MARTA article. My concern is that you didn't add a citation for the information. I also checked Toronto Transit Commission but couldn't find any references either for this statement. While I don't doubt that the TTC doesn't receive provincial funding, I don't have any evidence MARTA is second--maybe there is another Canadian system larger than MARTA? I hate to be so picky about the references but I am getting the MARTA article ready for a FA nomination in about 1 month and I want to make sure everything is in order. If you give me a reference I would be happy to add it to the article. Biomedeng (talk) 04:03, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Glenn Gould

Pianist who famously gave up live performances is perhaps the worst description of Glenn Gould that could be possibly thought of. He is easily the most recognizable figure in all of Canadian Classical music, perhaps you don't see that, and that is possible, however doubtful it is. Regardless of that, I suggest that someone if not you or I, comes up with a better brief summary for GG, Canada's pianist.

Jonzo12 (talk) 02:13, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Thank you. That statement was not mine. How about this: Glenn Gould: One of Canada's most famous pianists? Johnny Au (talk) 02:21, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] CN Tower

I did not add a personal opinion on this article. I was merely adding a statement from citation #4:

Defining the Toronto skyline, the CN Tower is Canada's most recognizable and celebrated icon. 204.138.127.2 (talk) 17:46, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Well, what you have added is the use of peacock terms. The use of these terms do violate Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy. Thank you. Johnny Au (talk) 20:17, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Rob Ford

Can you provide reasons, preferably on the talk page, as to why you think this article needs Wikifying? It looks pretty good to me. EncyclopediaUpdaticus (talk) 21:34, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

the reasons are there are quite few internal links and there are almost no headings in the article. Johnny Au (talk) 21:57, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] AfD nomination of Grabertising

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[edit] Toronto Raptors

My edit WAS constructive! Someone said that in the transitory season, their record improved to 33-49! Not only did their record not improve, but stayed the same from the previous season, it was posted in the off-season section, and i moved it to the end of the previous season where it shouldve been! It was constructive! Don't tell me it wasnt constructive when it was constructive! I'm being constructive! I know when I'm not being constructive (like now), and that Toronto Raptors edit was not an example of it! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jordan8800 (talk • contribs) 14:39, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Well, please ask Chensiyuan rather than me, since he reverted your edits. I do not know anything. Bye! Johnny Au (talk) 14:43, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Oh......sorry. Yes, I can see that now. You are completely correct. Keep up the good work. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jordan8800 (talk • contribs) 14:45, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Wait though! You still said my changes weren't constructive! They were! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jordan8800 (talk • contribs) 00:49, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Sorry. Johnny Au (talk) 01:19, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Toronto FC

Was asking for full-page protection for Toronto FC really warranted over a simple debate about the info box? The same thing was happening on the pages for the rest of the league, and the whole thing seems to be being resolved there, without locking the pages. Nfitz (talk) 22:25, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Oh yes, it is warranted. As the other pages have been resolved, I was thinking of unprotecting it now. Johnny Au (talk) 00:20, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
It is now unprotected. Johnny Au (talk) 03:49, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

This is the note that was sent on my edit of the Toronto FC page

One or more of the external links you added to the page Toronto FC do not comply with our guidelines for external links and have been removed. Wikipedia is not a collection of links; nor should it be used for advertising or promotion

I am simply doing what all the other supporters groups have done by adding themselves to this section? Why was mine deleted and their not?

216.234.33.22 (talk) 18:50, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

I did not revert your edits. Nakon did. Johnny Au (talk) 19:16, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User:Raptor200

FYI:

After 4 spam warnings, it's time to blacklist a domain. Blocks seldom stop a spammer who ignore 4 warnings -- they just switch IPs or user names. Blacklisting, by contrast, usually shuts them down for keeps. Feel free to bring spam like Raptors to Wikiproject Spam for investigation (to see if other domains are being spammed by the same site-owner) and potential blacklisting.

Thanks for staying on top of this guy. --A. B. (talk • contribs) 01:28, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re:May 2008

What are you talking about i didn't add an inappropriate external link on Toronto Raptors. Erik93 (talk) 21:01, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

I did not revert your link. Kevin reverted your edits. Please contact him instead. Thank you. Johnny Au (talk) 02:19, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Lock on CN Tower

Thank you so much for locking the CN tower Article. This means 3 less reverts to that page a week. Thank you for taking consideration of my opinion.    Juthani1   tcs 01:19, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

No problem. I have been trying to ask administrators to semi-protect that article even before you have requested it. I know how much vandalism is on that article, since I watchlist it. Johnny Au (talk) 02:29, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Canadian University Rankings link

If you think the Canadian University Rankings article shouldn't be in wikipedia then address that with the admin. It is a legitimate article and as such it is legitimate to add it as a link in another article. That is not my personal analysis. Your's perhaps is to remove the link since you go to U of T but that link is encyclopedic and represents part of the unadulterated encyclopedic facts about rankings that are being used in the U of T article. Please do not remove it again as that constitutes a violation of the unbiased access to factual information that wikipedia is based on. Cyril2006

That link I believe is legitimate and should be in Wikipedia. Johnny Au (talk) 21:33, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] List of Toronto subway and RT stations‎

Johnny, thank you for your help in the List of Toronto subway and RT stations‎ page! Your help is greatly appreciated. Lets make this the most informative Wiki Train page possible. AllanVS (talk) 19:55, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Bur Oak Avenue

Bur Oak is an important road in the Town of Markham. I'm not even the one who wrote a ton of articles, I've only written about Bur Oak. The rest are regional roads. And why is the other user using the 1999 edition of MapArt's Toronto atlas? Of course the road wouldn't be on that version, it was built in 2002. Use an updated map. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ilovevancouver90909 (talk • contribs) 21:49, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

I agree with Bearcat on this matter, since I know that The Canadian Roadgeek did not author it. I read the Bur Oak Avenue article, but it left me confused why should it be on Wikipedia? For example, Vaughan Road should be included in Wikipedia because it is not only a local collector road, but also helped lead to the establishment of the Township of Vaughan in 1850. Bur Oak Avenue, on the other hand, is only a local collector road and did not exist in the late 1990s. If you want Bur Oak Avenue as its own article in Wikipedia, then please do not comment for the deletion of similar streets, such as Marlee Avenue, Glencairn Avenue, Oakwood Avenue, or Rogers Road, if there were articles about them. In fact, I can easily create them, but I am unable to find any context for these streets, which may lead to speedy deletions of these articles. I rest my case. Johnny Au (talk) 22:36, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] John Street

You have just edited John Street, Toronto without noticing the silly history that keeps being restored and that Festival Hall has been renamed. This is not really an interest of mine, but since you are a member of the Golden Horseshoe Roads Project, perhaps you could keep an eye on this. -Secondarywaltz (talk) 15:42, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

I should. I just looked at the history and did not realize that the article is being vandalized every few months without being corrected. Johnny Au (talk) 19:24, 10 June 2008 (UTC)