User talk:Michaelm

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[edit] Belinda Stronach

We had this discussion before about you deleting the marijauna use. You agreed last time to stop removing it. Stop messing with it. Cafe Nervosa 00:01, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Canada 2006 Census Form Colours

Michaelm: It was late, and I apologize for not advising you of my deletion on your Talk page. My bad. That said, please elaborate on the encyclopedic nature of this contribution to assert its historical importance. Should you include the colours used on the online questionnaire? What about braille forms? How does this compare with previous census forms? -- Robocoder 20:42, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Buzz Hargrove

Hi Michael - thanks for your contributions to the Buzz Hargrove article. I was wondering if you could add some sources for both the criticism and the defense of Hargrove? I think your description of the debate is accurate but expressions like "Many have said..." etc are so-called "weasel words" which we are supposed to avoid. Here are some tips for improving them. Thanks again! Robbie dee 14:41, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Canadian Action Party

Michael, I wasn't aware that the Canadian Action Party had officially adopted social credit as an economic theory. Could you please provide a reference? Thanks. Ground Zero | t 11:30, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Let me pont this out if you lock up social credit under Organizations and the Canadian Action Party there is a link for Committee on Monetary and Economic Reform (COMER). It will tell you in the COMER link. You can edit the Canadian Action Party page if you don't agree. Michaelm

I agree that there are links between CAP and COMER ("A number of CAP members also belong to the Committee on Monetary and Economic Reform (COMER) and have been influential in developing CAP's monetary policy...." - from the CAP article) and that there are similarities between CAP policy and social credit ideas, but that is not the same as saying that CAP is a social credit party. I think that that is far too strong a conclusion to reach from the evidence that we have. I have reviewed the CAP website, and not found any mention of wanting to provide a social credit dividend payment directly to individuals, which is a keystone of social credit theory. I'll make the changes. Ground Zero | t 20:06, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Miquelon and Saint Pierre Currency

I know that the Canadian dollar is commonly accepted on the islands (as well as the American dollar), but is it really an official currency?--Filll 14:58, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

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See WP:NOP. — Sandstein 07:53, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Telephone Call

Michael, I'm glad I found you here. I have been wanting to tell you that I'm no longer angry at you for call me so late at night. You didn't expect to actually get me on the phone, you thought you would get an answering machine. So do you forgive me for saying those bad things to you? BStronach 20:35, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

Yes. :) Michaelm

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[edit] Archiving

Michael, the normal custom on Wikipedia is to archive your talk page, rather than deleting. this way people ca easily find previsous discussionthey have had with you or comments they have left for you. You can do this by cutting text from this page and pasting it into an archive page, which I have created for you here:


User talk:Michaelm/Archive 1

Be sure to leave the above link on the main talk page so that people can find it easily. I hope this helps. Regards, Ground Zero | t 19:05, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Saskatchewan Party

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[edit] CfD nomination of Category:Canadian communist organizations

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[edit] Belinda

I know you're obsessed with Belinda Stronach, and I know that the fact that the photo we have isn't a precise reflection of her current appearance offends your sensibilities. But unfortunately, Wikipedia has rules around copyright — you can't just upload any random photo you got from another website to replace the current one, if we don't have the appropriate copyright permissions to use the replacement photo. You have to follow the rules of this site. Bearcat (talk) 19:52, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Belinda isn't alone. Many public figures have unflattering pics. vıdıoman 05:19, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Belinda Stronach image

That image is on the Commons. You have to nominate it here. -Nv8200p talk 03:26, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

I'm going to explain this one more time: the fact that Belinda Stronach has changed her hair colour since that photo was taken is not a valid rationale for deleting a GFDL-compatible photo, and does not suddenly render the photo "unencyclopedic". The photo's caption already places it in its proper time context. Wikipedia has no obligation to change our photos every time an article subject happens to dye her hair — whether she's blonde or brunette at any given moment is really, truly irrelevant to why she's in an encyclopedia in the first place. Bearcat (talk) 21:42, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Saskatchewan Party

Can I ask why you added {{Major Canadian Liberal Parties}} to the Saskatchewan Party article? It doesn't make any sense to me. -Royalguard11(T·R!) 17:11, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

The reason the party is a mix of Liberals and Conservatives. Also It makes no sense have a list of conservative partys in the Saskatchewan Party article so its better to removed both list or live both of them in because Sask party members support both the fed grits and the fed torys.Michaelm (talk)

MichaelM, have you noticed that every edit you make, seems to get reverted. Maybe you should think before you make an edit that is obviously going to draw up some controversey. If you would think twice just some of the time, I'm sure you wouldn't cause even close to the amount of trouble you have caused. Using common sense can go along way towards helping your cause. Just thought I would try to help you out bud, cheers. Howdoyoutodaybud (talk) 22:34, 27 April 2008 (UTC)