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Archive 1: NOV 04, 2005 – AUG 06, 2006
Archive 2: AUG 06, 2006 – SEP 23, 2006


[edit] Wikipedia Directory

[edit] CHWI

re: your interpretation of CHWI's callsign, I suppose one could backronym the CH as referring to CHUM Limited, but as CHWI was the station's original callsign when it was first established by Baton Broadcasting, I don't think we can seriously suggest that it was intended that way. Bearcat 08:27, 14 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Superstations

CFTO and CFTM are not superstations in any sense of the word. You're confusing two distinct phenomena.

A network affiliate being made available on digital cable across Canada doesn't make it a superstation; it just makes it a network affiliate available on digital cable. Every major market network affiliate in Canada (and some of the minor ones, too) is available on digital cable across Canada — in actual fact, more Canadian television stations are distributed nationally on digital and satellite distribution than not. (Are you prepared to call CICI, CKLT and CKPR superstations, too? I didn't think so.) And American cable companies do exactly the same thing, so it's not comparable to the superstation phenomenon.

A superstation is an independent station with national analog cable carriage, which consequently schedules and advertises its programming with an eye to a national, rather than local, audience. Canada does not have any individual television stations that meet that definition. But I'll compromise with you and put in links to the system (CH, Omni, Citytv, etc.) articles. Bearcat 07:53, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] TV Market

Hi, I have noticed that in the past you have edited or created a template for a television DMA (market) in North America, or have edited an articles about television stations. Currently their are several different styles of the template being used. Because of this i have set up a workshop to obtain input on setting up a common configuration for these templates. Feel free to assist at Wikipedia:WikiProject Television Stations/markets. Also while you are their, feel free to leave you name as a participant on the Wikipedia:WikiProject Television Stations as well as any comments you might have, to help wikipedia improve articles on television stations. If you know some one else who has helped contribute to these templates or you think would like to help, please pass this mesage on to them.

[edit] Template:London TV

Do the Detroit stations actually reach London OTA, or are you just trying to pad out the template with cable stuff? If the latter, templates simply aren't done that way; they should only reflect stations that actually broadcast to that market over the air. Bearcat 09:18, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Internet Service Providers

Hi Raccoon Fox. Thanks for adding a bunch of articles about internet service providers. However, I'm not sure they meet the recommended standards for articles about corporations. Please consider reading the WP:CORP guidelines. Thanks! --Alan Au 23:05, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

  • Thanks for the follow-up. I ended up adding several of them to the Articles for Deletion page. This doesn't mean that the subjects are inherently inappropriate for Wikipedia, but then again, the current articles don't really explain why the companies are important. --Alan Au 00:52, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Template:User MSN

For your information, I have moved this template that you recently created to Template:User MSN Messenger because the title is too much like User:UBX/msn. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 18:43, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] CA

You mention CA on the disambig page; can you please (a) Rephrase this so that it's more in line with the disambig style, and (b) make clear which countries this applies to. You may have to create a separate article if this goes into any depth, as disambig pages aren't really intended as more than that. Thanks! Fourohfour 11:41, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] ACLU and United Nations

Hi: I'm just curious why you don't support the ACLU and the United Nations. I would have thought for sure, based on your other beliefs, that you would support both of them. :-) Lawyer2b 05:36, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] sql-0 userbox?

Have you ever had sql-0 in your userboxes? For some reason, you show up on Category:User sql-0, and I'm trying to figure out why. :P --Powerlord 09:43, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Response

Rather than post this on my talk page, where you might not see it, I decided to reply here instead. I've done a little clean up work and fixed the user_sql-n template. 1-4 seem to work. I'm currently using an user_sql-4 in my babel box. -- Powerlord 06:20, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikimedia Canada

Hi there! I'd like to invite you to explore Wikimedia Canada, and create a list of people interested in forming a local chapter for our nation. A local chapter will help promote and improve the organization, within our great nation. We'd also like to encourage everyone to suggest projects for our national chapter to participate in. Hope to see you there!--DarkEvil 04:20, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] TV Templates

Please fix the non-standard TV templates with the purple bars at the top and bottom, it is not standard. --CFIF 23:24, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] TV Article names

I have seen you working quite a bit on TV station related pages here on Wikipedia. First off I'd like to thank you, I'm also interested in improving this area of Wikipedia. I would like to bring to your attenting WP:NC#Broadcasting. I know that in Canada most TV stations have a call sign of -TV at the end. This is not the case for over half of the TV stations in the US, and Wikipedia naming convention states that all broadcast station articles, TV included, should be named after the callsign of that station. If you do not agree with this, the proper place to bring up your concerns is either here or here. Until the policy is changed, please do not rename TV station articles unless they do not match the callsign. Thanks for your understading in this matter. —A 05:48, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] CBLFT in Sarnia

Just wondering if there's any chance you could clarify a matter for me. The CRTC has no record of ever approving a license change for CBLFT's transmitter in Sarnia to move from channel 68 to channel 17. Even SRC's own website still lists the Sarnia transmitter as being on channel 68. But Azumanga1 seems to really believe it's on channel 17. Since you live not too far from the Sarnia area, do you know by any chance if the transmitter actually has moved? And if so, do you know of any source where I can confirm that? Bearcat 06:36, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Ah, okay. I still wish I could find a license amendment on the CRTC site, though. Bearcat 20:19, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] List of television stations in Bermuda by call sign

Do we really need List of television stations in Bermuda by call sign? Nothing links to it, there is only 3 stations (which you didn't even sort by call sign) and so it seems to be an unnecessary duplicate of List of television stations in Bermuda. DHowell 03:43, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

In re your reply, I think you misunderstood. I'm not objecting to a list of stations in Bermuda, I'm objecting to two lists of the same three stations in Bermuda. I'm going to make one a redirect to the other. DHowell 05:47, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Templates

Do we really need templates for the British Vigin Islands and insular areas, etc.? After standarizing the UKVI TV template, it looks exactly like the USVI TV template, but without the PR stations. The Insular Areas TV one needs work (neither the Federated States of Micronesia nor Palau are insular areas for starters) and I'm not use it has any use. If not, please clarify why you think so. And one more thing: Why the linking in the templates? Thanks. Kimmykun 09:05, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

Hey, again. WBNB 10 in the Virgin Islands was destroyed by Hurricane Hugo back in 1989, so it's been off the air for quite a while. The other stations I took off were either translators or digital stations that have analog counterparts. Kimmykun 23:05, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
I think the USVI templete should be left alone like it is, but if you want to split it, I sugest doing it in the Hawaii TV style. Maybe something similar can be done with the Guam and Micronesia ones? As for WBNB, according to this, WBNB's licence has been cancelled, so it won't be coming back. Kimmykun 05:26, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Redundant userboxes

Hey, your userpage says it's okay for other users to edit your userpage as long as they leave a note, so I just wanted to let you know that I removed two userboxes from your userpage because they were listed twice in the same section. They weren't just similar to other ones, but were actually the exact same box. Here's the change: [1] If you double-posted them on purpose, sorry about that. If that's the case, you might want to add a tag that says <!-- this userbox double-posted on purpose: please don't delete! --> near each so no one deletes it again. Notes like that don't show up on the actual page, but can be seen when someone tries to edit the page. --Icarus 04:27, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Article categories and user namespace pages

Hi, sorry I didn't provide more of an explanation when I removed those categories from your user page, I was just getting ready to go to bed when I came across it and wanted to get everything fixed before I went offline and forgot about it.

Basically, all the categories I removed from your homepage (either directly or via userboxes you were using) are categories that are intended to hold articles. Articles are always in the main article namespace, the one without a prefix. Pages in other namespaces, such as Wikipedia:, Talk:, or User:, are only here to serve a supporting role for the purpose of helping create encyclopedia content and are not themselves part of the encyclopedia's content. When people go to Category:Canines, they're looking for encyclopedia articles relating to dogs. User pages aren't encyclopedia articles, so they don't belong there. Here's where this guideline is described: Wikipedia:Categorization#User namespace Bryan 04:49, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Puerto Rico TV templates

Well, the old ones can be easily restored, so it's no big deal. The old pages for the repeater stations like WSUR-TV would have to be restored and demerged from their parents, though. If not, pages like WAPA-TV would have even more templates cluttering things up. Kimmykun 06:37, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

I rv'ed the changes to the PR TV template, because they made the template too damn big. If you want, I can break it up again into four separate templates like it used to be (or three... the Arecibo one only has three stations, so it can be marged into Mayagüez's). Kimmykun 01:19, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Template:User_species

thank you for helping me fix the User_Species template.

Raccoon Fox 22:38, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

You're welcome. Sorry for not answering before. --Fibonacci 05:34, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] user pro aviation fuel tax

Hello to Ontario! I lived in Toronto for a year and loved it. As I though you are into environmentalism I though you might be interested in the new box I created. Could you explain me what you mean with that "boi" tag? Sorry, a bit curious. ROGNNTUDJUU! 16:30, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

Ah, ok. Know this? ROGNNTUDJUU! 17:24, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] User:UBX/CW

My apologies!!! The only problem I have with it is that I can't figure out the background color of the logo itself...

If you can help me... I'll be glad to fix it immediately!!!

--WIKISCRIPPS 2.0 8:03 PM EDT MON APR 03 2006 | 12:03 AM UTC TUE APR 04 2006

[edit] {{totallydisputed}} on Common criticisms of Mozilla Firefox

It's good to see that someone still has some sense here! Thanks so much for adding that tag in, and all that good stuff. On a completely unrelated note, I was reading over your userpage and was intrigued to find that you consider yourself pansexual. When my friend came out to me as pansexual, I'd never seen anyone of that orientation before, and it's really interesting to find someone on here. Eh, that was completely random. Keep it up, and thanks, buddy. -Mysekurity [m!] 02:44, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, it's often tough with all the POV-pushers to get around that. I'd say the article, while criticizing Firefox in many places, is actually swing in favor of firefox through weasel words (as discussed on the talk page). I'd really like to rectify this so that it's NPOV and not lame, and was wondering if you'd help. Anyways, I like your answer about the Pansexual part, and though I have to leave shortly, I'll talk to you soon. Thanks again, Mysekurity [m!] 11:27, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
Let's do it, then! -Mysekurity [m!] 14:59, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
I was thinking about it, but it probably has too much potential as an article to be deleted. What this needs, however, is a complete re-write from a neutral standpoint. I love Firefox, but I use IExplore when Firefox crashes too often, or just hogs too much memory. I feel that the way this article is written—blaming site designers or countering any argument against Firefox in a completely over-the-top response—is totally counter to our NPOV policy. Politic and other typical controversial articles are typically dealt with effectively because of our diversity, but the average contributor to Wikipedia is tech-literate and likely uses Firefox, Linux, or some other open-source product, and are therefore much more inclined to speak volumes of its greatness, and completely overlook the fact that it looks ugly as hell and the features aren't as well polished or user-friendly as their big-company rivals. Again, I'm merely stating my opinion, but I really think this needs a re-write, and it probably should be proposed at Collaboration of the Week or some similar location. -Mysekurity [m!] 02:04, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] World Harvest Television

Hi Raccoon Fox! Recently you edited the List of United States over-the-air television networks to reflect there are two networks run by LeSea: World Harvest Television and LeSea Broadcasting. There is no difference. If you look at the List of LeSEA Affiliates, you can see they all have a WH in their call-signs. The WH stands for World Harvest. If you go to the LeSea website, at http://www.lesea.com/ you will see many references to their starting the World Harvest stations. It's not a CBS/UPN comparison: that's like adding CBS *and* the Columbia Broadcasting System, and claiming they're different companies. CBS and UPN are owned by the same company (Viacom), but they have (mostly) different affiliates. In fact, by far the majority of their stations are separate. LeSea/WH doesn't have this: there aren't any LeSea stations that are NOT World Harvest Television affiliates. If you look at WHME-TV, the flagship station, you will see what it says: "The station is owned by LeSEA Broadcasting, also known as World Harvest Broadcasting." WHMB-TV contains the same statement. A statement that a station is owned by "CBS, also known as UPN" would not be correct. That's the difference. And that's why it's just one network, not two. Happy editing! --Firsfron 00:15, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Planned: Template:User MNTV

Say... I wanted to create a userbox for My Network TV like I did with The CW Television Network... You think you can do me a favor of gathering the color codes corresponding with each of the color of the network's logo (Image:MyNetworkTVlogo.jpg)??? Because I don't quite such conding yet. I'll be available for your response... --WIKISCRIPPS2K6 THU APR 20 2006 8:22 PM EDT

Please reply to my message whenever you can!!! --WIKISCRIPPS2K6 SAT APR 22 2006 12:42 AM EDT

[edit] Re: Your old website

Actually, there's now only one TV station in Yorkton, CICC. The former CKOS is now just a CBC satellite.  Denelson83  01:48, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] NRR 8?

This station, if it actually excists, is not on the FCC site, so I'm taking it off the template. And even if it did excist, the Roosevelt Roads base is closed now, so it would be gone, anyway. Kimmykun 03:53, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Holy crap.

Sup Coon? -- N3X15 20:39, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Curiousity [sic]

Why not just click on the "edit" button and see the code I used to make the box?  Denelson83  21:51, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

That's where your preferences come in. Click on "my preferences" at the top-right corner of the page, and type the signature style you want into the "nickname" box. You will also need to turn on the "raw signature" option below it.  Denelson83  22:01, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] North American call sign

Care to explain why you deleted half the content of North American call sign? 121a0012 01:36, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

Here's what happened. Here is where you deleted a large chunk of the article. In this edit you deleted even more. I reverted these edits here. You then re-deleted 3/4 of the article here. You then made several edits, one of which restored some, but not all, of the original content, splicing one sentence in the middle of a word (so you clearly were not paying attention): "List of grandfathered broadcasotected from interference by primary stations use the -CA suffix." CFIF then restored the text that you had deleted, and, finally, you added your new text without deleting what was there. So I think the current state is acceptable, even though it took a while to get there.
By the way, the notion of the Caribbean as a part of North America is not uncontroversial; some consider those countries (particularly the Spanish-speaking ones) to be part of Central America (or at least of the economic region "Central-America-and-the-Caribbean"). 121a0012 17:12, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Trinidad and Tobago TV template

Hi, can you verify the info about the T&T list of stations? sylveStter 05:53, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

ok. thanks. i've fixed the info to the current/relevant status, but i messed-up the template so that all the stations are in bold. can you adjust that for me? Template:Trinidad-Tobago-TV sylveStter 23:53, 3 May 2006 (UTC)


thanks! the info i edited out of the old template are stations that are now defunct. there is no station called WTNT. also why did you put a link to aruba? sylveStter 03:19, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Maps

The original map template was actually created by User:Earl Andrew, and he's already given permission for it to be adapted per need to any other Ontario article that requires mapping. I've already done what you're asking to do. So just go right ahead — but when you upload a new map, remember to tag it {{pd-user|Earl Andrew}} so it's properly credited and doesn't get deleted. Bearcat 03:18, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cheap Logo

The image of Raccon Fox...it is related to Spawn's mask:P Did you steal it from Spawn:P

>x<ino 13:56, 13 May 2006 (UTC)


Hmmm...me no hellraiser...I am a heavenraiser:P

>x<ino 18:20, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Category:Aspergian Wikipedians

Category:Aspergian Wikipedians which you have included on your user page has been proposed for deletion you can comment at Wikipedia:Categories for deletion#Category:Wikipedians by mental condition. The is also a proposal to create an association to meet the needs of users with mental health conditions. --Salix alba (talk) 18:53, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Template:User blogger, and incivility

It is important to keep a cool head, especially when responding to comments against you or your edits. Personal attacks and disruptive comments only escalate a situation; please keep calm and remember that action can be taken against other parties if necessary. Attacking another user back can only satisfy trolls or anger contributors and leads to general bad feeling. Please try to remain civil with your comments. Thanks! Will (E@) T 19:28, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Please note that I've refactored your comment in that discussion to remove personal attacks. // [admin] Pathoschild (talk/map) 20:08, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your signature

Your signature is in violation of the guidelines established at WP:SIG. Please fix it by removing images and removing extraneous formatting that heavily lengthens the raw code for the sig. Thanks so much, Cyde Weys 22:22, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Blocked for incivility and personal attacks

You have been blocked for 24 hours for incivility and personal attacks both here and here. I don't care what your opinions on other editors are, keep them to yourself. Have a good day. Sasquatch t|c 22:26, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Oh, and this. I seriously suggest you reassess your attitude toward other editors. Sasquatch t|c 22:36, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] #wikipedia

Did you contact me via IRC private message yesterday?  Denelson83  03:10, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

yes, that was me. I had to go shortly afterward and i apologize for the inconvenience. User:Raccoon Fox - Talk 03:17, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Canada list

Three months ago, the List of channel six TV stations in Canada was put up for deletion with a consensus to delete, but you created it again. Why?? Georgia guy 01:31, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Just today, it got deleted again by Bearcat. Please write so immediately on his talk page if you think it is a good list to have. Georgia guy 02:07, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] zOMG stalking!

Some cookie-stalking! Enjoy them! — Nathan (talk) 03:17, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
Some cookie-stalking! Enjoy them! — Nathan (talk) 03:17, 29 May 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Hot Wheels

You collecot Hot Wheels? Cool. So do I. How many do you have? WW 30 May, 2006 9:39 AM (UTC)

[edit] How Wheels (again)

Oh . . . that's real cool. I have about . . . 2,000 . . . something like that (every summer, my brothers and I count them. I haven't counted them yer this summer). WW 30 May, 2006 9:46 AM (UTC)

[edit] LimeWire

You use LimeWire??? Sweet!!! I do, too! We have so much in common! WW 30 May, 2006 1:37 PM (UTC)

[edit] Regarding your edit to Fujita scale

I have reverted it, for reasons listed on the talk page. Feel free to state any objections you might have on that page.

[edit] "-TX"

Please provide a more specific citation. I see no evidence of such a thing existing, as witness the CDBS record for W48AV. The other things you added make me similarly dubious, but are less implausible. 121a0012 05:44, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

The first line of that "TV Query" display does not say "W48AV-TX". It says "W48AV". There is no such suffix as "-TX". I'm going to revert that edit. In the future, if there is confusion about how the FCC handles callsigns, please check part 2 of the FCC rules where the assignment practice is specified before changing this article. 121a0012 01:09, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
The point is that this is an article about callsigns and the FCC's internal database identifiers have nothing whatsoever to do with callsigns. 121a0012 01:18, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
You just don't get it, do you? The service class and callsign suffixes are completely unrelated. Go read 47 C.F.R. §73.3550 and when you have understood it, we can talk. 121a0012 01:22, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Removed you from Internet Personalites

Hi I recently was browsing through some categories and saw that you were listed under the Internet Personality category, in the future please refrain from including yourself in categories in the main namespace, thanks. Deathawk 04:51, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ajala and Nakhichevan

Both of these are autonomous republics, not unrecognized nations, and do not belong on Template:Europe. Your use of the minor tag for such an edit, if not accidental, is not appreciated.  OZLAWYER  talk  05:14, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

I said if it's not a mistake. If it's a mistake, then, of course, all is good. It's just that sometimes people try to hide major edits by marking them as minor, that's all. Sorry if I sounded like a dick.  OZLAWYER  talk  20:54, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Local Talent

G'morning, Fox! A quick question... I had brought it up on the TV project page, but was wondering if it'd been addressed elsewhere as well -- I think talent should be removed from the local TV pages entirely. Simply put, I think putting anchor / reporter names up is kinda silly, because they would have to be constantly changed on here. (I also question the encyclopedic value of them.) Thoughts? Amnewsboy 09:18, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RE:Internet Personalities

It doesn't offend me, it's just that it's not really what that category is for, thier are several categories for Wikipedians in which you can link to your profile, just try to keep user pages outside of categories for the main namespace. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Deathawk (talk • contribs) 18:43, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] I figured you'd appreciate this

Happy Evil Day

Today is 6/6/6. Remember to do something evil for a friend! Image:Xytra.jpg.
(This was designed by Nathan)

— Nathan (talk) 02:50, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Deletions

List of channel six TV stations in Canada was duly nominated for AFD previously and lost (see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of channel six TV stations in Canada; administrators are always permitted to speedy-delete content that was previously deleted through proper procedures. If you think it's not fair, you're perfectly free at any time to nominate the US list for deletion; what you're not free to do is recreate previously deleted content without a good reason or a discussion of why the deletion should be reconsidered. Bearcat 06:31, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

The US actually has lists f l VHF channels (though no UHF ones, as far as I know) if you look in the right place. I'm still not sure of the actual encyclopedic value of organizing information in this way, but if you wanted to put together channel lists for Canada beyond just channel 6, I'd be perfectly willing to accept that — there's just no reason for channel 6 to be the only television channel that has a Canadian list of that type.
What other deletions have you so frustrated, exactly? Bearcat 01:43, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
Okay, if you're planning to put together other lists, I'll restore the Channel 6 list to a subpage for you. It just looks weird and pointless as a standalone in article space, though, so I'd ask you to keep it in your own user space until you have at least a couple of the other channels written up, and then you can start moving them into article space. Does that sound fair?
It'll be at User:Raccoon Fox/List of channel six TV stations in Canada. Bearcat 03:25, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
You should be able to just move them yourself (the move tab at the top of the article), but just post to my talk page again if it's a problem for you. And no, I don't mean you have to get every channel on the entire TV dial done first...just get a few done so that the Channel 6 list doesn't look isolated. Like, two or three. (And no, I'm not doing this just to be a pain in the ass — I'm just trying to make sure that it's obvious to everyone that there's a specific project underway, because otherwise any administrator will be able to come along and cite the AFD as a reason to delete the channel 6 list on sight yet again. I'm just trying to protect it for you, basically.) Bearcat 04:09, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome!

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Number 1, June 4, 2006

The Hurricane Herald

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Typhoon Chanchu near its peak intensity
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  • The way to use these assessments is by adding a parameter to the WikiProject template on the articles talk page ({{hurricane|class=B}} as an example). This feeds the article into a category which is read and parsed to create an assessment table, summary and log.

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As a member of the Tropical Cyclone Wikiproject, you are receiving this message to describe how you can better tropical cyclone articles. There are hundreds of tropical cyclone articles, though many of them are poorly organized and lacking in information. Using the existing featured articles as a guide line, here is the basic format for the ideal tropical cyclone article.

  1. Infobox- Whenever possible, the infobox should have a picture for the tropical cyclone. The picture can be any uploaded picture about the storm, though ideally it should be a satellite shot of the system. If that is not available, damage pictures, either during the storm or after the storm, are suitable. In the area that says Formed, indicate the date on which the storm first developed into a tropical depression. In the area that says Dissipated, indicate the date on which the storm lost its tropical characteristics. This includes when the storm became extratropical, or if it dissipated. If the storm dissipated and reformed, include the original start date and the final end date. Highest winds should be the local unit of measurement for speed (mph in non-metric countries, km/h in metric countries), with the other unit in parenthesis. The lowest pressure should be in mbars. Damages should, when available, be in the year of impact, then the present year. The unit of currency can be at your discretion, though typically it should be in USD. Fatalities indicate direct deaths first, then indirect deaths. Areas affected should only be major areas of impact. Specific islands or cities should only be mentioned if majority of the cyclone's effects occurred there.
  2. Intro- The intro for every article should be, at a minimum, 2 paragraphs. For more impacting hurricanes, it should be 3. The first should describe the storm in general, including a link to the seasonal article, its number in the season, and other statistics. The second should include a brief storm history, while the third should be impact.
  3. Storm history- The storm history should be a decent length, relatively proportional to the longevity of the storm. Generally speaking, the first paragraph should be the origins of the storm, leading to the system reaching tropical storm status. The second should be the storm reaching its peak. The third should be post-peak until landfall and dissipation. This section is very flexible, depending on meteorological conditions, but it should generally be around 3. Storm histories can be longer than three paragraphs, though they should be less than five. Anything more becomes excessive. Remember, all storm impacts, preparations, and records can go elsewhere. Additional pictures are useful here. If the picture in the infobox is of the storm at its peak, use a landfall picture in the storm history. If the picture in the infobox is of the storm at its landfall, use the peak. If the landfall is its peak, use a secondary peak, or even a random point in the storm's history.
  4. Preparations- The preparations section can be any length, depending on the amount of preparations taken by people for the storm. Hurricane watches and warnings need to be mentioned here, as well as the number of people evacuated from the coast. Include numbers of shelters, and other info you can find on how people prepared for the storm.
  5. Impact- For landfalling storms, the impact section should be the majority of the article. First, if the storm caused deaths in multiple areas, a death table would work well in the top level impact section. A paragraph of the general effects of the storm is also needed. After the intro paragraph, impact should be broken up by each major area. It depends on the information, but sections should be at least one paragraph, if not more. In the major impact areas, the first paragraph should be devoted to meteorological statistics, including rainfall totals, peak wind gusts on land, storm surge, wave heights, beach erosion, and tornadoes. The second should be actual damage. Possible additional paragraphs could be detailed information on crop damage or specifics. Death and damage tolls should be at the end. Pictures are needed, as well. Ideally, there would be at least one picture for each sub-section in the impact, though this sometimes can't happen. For storms that impact the United States or United States territories, this site can be used for rainfall data, including an image of rainfall totals.
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  7. Records- This is optional, but can't hurt to be included.
  8. Other- The ideal article should have inline sourcing, with the {{cite web}} formatting being preferable. Always double check your writing and make sure it makes sense.

Good luck with future writing, and if you have a question about the above, don't hesitate to ask.


[edit] CBC Television stations

We've confirmed that CBC's O&O television stations actually don't use the -TV suffix, so they should actually be moved back to either just the four-letter CB_T calls, or CB_T (TV) if we have to disambiguate. Bearcat 22:45, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] m Community Channel

How do you figure that airing city council meetings, sports and bingo games contradicts it being a community channel? That's exactly the kind of programming most community channels air; it's a definition of the concept, not a contradiction. Bearcat 01:55, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Asperger's Syndrome

Hey, I came across your userpage from the history page of Asperger's Syndrome. Just wanted to say that I think that I might also be an Aspie (although I don't have a whole lot of evidence to back this statement up) and I dont think have ever had any contact with an Aspie until this. From reading your profile, it doesn't sound like you've had a lot of social success. I wouldn't let it get to you, things soon get better over time. I'm no socialite, but I have managed to have a considerable amount of friends. The key, I have found, is just to do whatever they do. As long as you don't do anything to stand out, (in a bad way of course), you're bound to have a least some social success. Anyways, just thought I'd drop in.



              Thanks,
                Cjwpmm360

[edit] Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #2

The July issue of the WikiProject Tropical cyclones newsletter is now available. If you wish to receive the full newsletter or no longer be informed of the release of future editions, please add your username to the appropriate section on the mailing list.--Nilfanion (talk) 00:32, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] TV station lists by channel number

Recently, per Afd the U.S. TV channel number lists were converted to categories. Please do so the same with Canada TV stations rather than re-creating lists. Georgia guy 18:53, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] CITY-TV is no more a superstation than CKVR-TV, CIFH-TV or CFRS-TV

You added CITY-TV back on to the Template:Superstations. CITY-TV might be carried by a lot of cable systems, but it is now more a superstation than any other Canadian station carried on Satellite. The CRTC used to list these explicity, the most recent explict list I can find is available on their website, and lists: CBFT, CBFXT (sic), CBUFT, CBVT, CBHT, CBKT, CBLT, CBMT, CBRT, CBUT, CBWT, CFJC-TV, CHBC-TV, CHEX-TV, CJON-TV, CJCH-TV, CJCB-TV, CFCF-TV, CFCN-TV, CFTO-TV, CFRN-TV, CHAN-TV, CHEK-TV, CKCK-TV, CKCO-TV, CKCW-TV, CKLT-TV, CKY-TV, CJOH-TV, CFRE-TV, CIFH-TV (sic), CIII-TV, CKMI-TV-1, CKND-TV, CJNT-TV, CFTU-TV, CKEM-TV, CKVR-TV, CICT-TV, CKAL-TV, CJIL-TV, CITS-TV, CITY-TV, CIVT-TV, CFPL-TV, CFMT-TV, CHCH-TV, CHRO-TV, CITV-TV, CKVU-TV, CIVM-TV, CIVQ-TV, CHLF-TV, CICA-TV, CFAP-TV, CFJP-TV, CFRS-TV, CFCM-TV, CFTM-TV, and CHLT-TV.

Now this is now very out of date, and it got out of hand, so now they just have a statement saying "The programming service of any licensed television programming undertaking received from a licensed SRDU". Which covers every TV station in Canada (presuming that it is available on a licensed SRDU.

So either we eliminate CJON or CITY-TV from this template; or we add about a hundred more? Nfitz 22:55, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Market templates

Please don't throw categories onto market templates such as {{Van-Vic TV}} — doing that applies the category to every individual article the template is on. For an example, this causes KVOS-TV and KBCB to be filed as Category:Television stations in British Columbia, which they most certainly aren't. If you want the template itself to appear in the category as an item, which is legitimate, then please put it in <noinclude> </noinclude> tags. Bearcat 02:40, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Location grid

Hi. Did you intend to include Category:Geography in Template:Location grid? The template includes two geography subcategories. I am working on cleaning up the main geography category, and would like the Ontario-related articles that use this template to be only in subcategories, not the main geography category. Maurreen 17:54, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

I put them both in Category:Wikipedia geography. I think that should work for both of us. Maurreen 19:03, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
You're welcome! Maurreen 00:05, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Heya!

Hi Raccoon Fox!

WereWolf 00:37, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Bell Globemedia < CHUM Ltd.

Access, A-Channel, Canadian Learning Television and MTV Canada will probably get sold to another Canadian media giant, possibly Rogers or Torstar. However, the best-case outcome for this particular situation would be for the CRTC to forbid the transaction. --  Denelson83  01:27, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

Well, if CTV buys CHUM, CTV would get the Citytv system and would own two stations each in Vancouver/Victoria, Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg, and Toronto. --  Denelson83  01:36, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
[19:40:32] <Raccoon-Fox> anyway...why would the CRTC forbid Bell from taking over CHUM? they can't own 3 channels per market?
The CRTC does not allow any one company to own more than two television stations per market. That's why Global sold CKVU-TV when it acquired CHAN-TV and CHEK-TV. --  Denelson83  04:54, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:WikiProject Canada Roads

I started this if you like.HurricaneCraze32 23:18, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your signature (again)

Hello there, I was wondering if you would please modify your signature to conform to the guidelines laid out at Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages. The general guidelines are that signatures shouldn't contain images, they shouldn't contain unnecessary internal links or any external links, and they shouldn't be unnecessarily long in Wiki source. The reasoning for this final bit is that overly long signatures tend to overwhelm the actual comments in edit mode, making it hard to track down and respond to specific comments. You can fix your signature by removing any images and external links, any unnecessary links (like links to Wikipedian organizations, articles, or subpages in userspace), and removing excessive color, font, and formatting code. Thank you. --Cyde↔Weys 17:43, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

Seconded - CrazyRussian talk/email 16:03, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] List of abandoned buildings in the United States

Greetings, I just wanted to let you know that the information the radio/tv station gave you for the year of abandonment of the Book Cadillac Hotel in Detroit, Michigan was incorrect. 1984 was when the hotel shut down, yes, but the entire building was not abandoned until 1986. Shops and a few offices still operated in the building after 1984. See the building's profile at forgottendetroit.com. Thanks! --Rkitko 23:28, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

No problem. I'm glad to see someone creating all these pages on these beautiful buildings! Thanks for doing that! Oh, I do have one question for you. It may be my mistake, but are the categories Category:Buildings and structures in the United States by city and Category:Skyscrapers by city to be used on single building pages? I was under the impression that kind of category was more befitting of articles like List of Vancouver's 10 tallest buildings or simply a means of organization of the smaller subcategories such as Category:Skyscrapers in Toronto. Let me know what you think. Thanks! -Rkitko 23:42, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Feces

Please do not add nonsense to Wikipedia. It is considered vandalism. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. Thank you. A diff link of the edit you made can be found here. ViridaeTalk 04:18, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

==Please Use Edit Summaries==
Hello. Please don't forget to provide an edit summary. Thanks, and happy editing.
Martinp23 22:51, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your "enemy" has been neutralised.

That IP who keeps removing sections on your pages has been blocked (by Naconkantari) for a little over a day for constant and persistent vandalism. — Nathan (talk) / 04:38, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism to your userpage

I apologize for the very minor warning I gave to the users that vandalized your /About page. I figured those edits were their first contributions, so I tried to be as tolerant as possible and (mistakenly, it turns out) assumed they were experimenting. When I came back later on in the evening and saw the extent to which these two vandals (particularly the second one I warned) had attacked your user (sub)page, I felt extremely bad. I strongly believe you should consider protecting your userpage and subpage(s).
Please let me know if there is anything I can help you with. I feel obliged to apologize for the vandals' (and so many others') intolerant, rude, and downright immature behaviour. I also apologize for failing to take stronger action against the two vandals I reverted.
Srose (talk) 15:37, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

  • The protection policy is at WP:PPOL. :) You can't prevent your userpage from being visible to anonymous users, but if you request and receive semi-protection, anonymous and new users will not be able to edit it. I'm sure that an administrator would be glad to provide protection to your userpage (specifically your /About subpage) after reviewing the extensive vandalism to it. Srose (talk) 16:34, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Categories on DuMont Television Network

Thanks for adding the categories. I've been meaning to add them for forever, but always get busy with other stuff. Thanks! :) --Firsfron of Ronchester 00:43, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] General fixing-up

I removed the link to your (former) blog on your userpage as it no longer exists, hope you don't mind. — Nathan (talk) / 22:09, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

I also reformatted your GLBT userboxes to remove a 1-userbox gap & removed one deleted userbox in "Political Stances" and reformatted the userboxes on your "Wikipedia Information" page to three per line (there's a gap I'm seeing in every line that could be filled with userboxes) — Nathan (talk) / 22:13, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Four Canada Rds. Desecendants

I hope you like my Projects of Quebec, British Columbia, Nunavut & Newfoundland/Labrador. HurricaneCraze32 23:14, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tampa Bay TV/WZRA-CA/Deutsche Welle

Do you have evidence WZRA actually airs that? --CFIF (talk to me) 23:07, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Removal of AfD tag

Your removal of a valid AfD tag, an act of vandalism, and your weak attempt at a personal attack on me (I hardly nominate for deletion everything I see and you need to remember the directive to assume good faith) do not reflect well on you. I am willing to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you were just surprised to see the article nominated so fast (I peruse recent changes from time to time, which is why I saw it), but please refrain from such disruptive activities in the future. Indrian 16:45, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] USVI TV (again)

What do you think of this template for the USVI (based off Hawaii's)?


Television stations in the United States Virgin Islands

Saint Thomas: WFIG-LP 5 (ABC)  -  WTJX 12 (PBS)  -  WVGN-LP 14 (NBC)  -  WVXF 17 (CBS)  -  WMNS-LP 22 (Ind)    W29CB 29 (3ABN)  -  WBIV 38 (Ind)   

Saint Croix: W05AW 5 (PBS)  -  WSVI 8 (ABC)  -  WVIF 15  -  W34DO 34 (Ind)  -  W35CE 35 (TBN)  -  WCVI 39 (UPN/UATV/The CW)  -  WEYA-LP 52 (Ind)    WEON-LP 60 (Fox)

Stations from Puerto Rico: WKAQ 2 (TEL)  -  WAPA 4 (Ind)  -  WIPR 6 (PBS)   

Digital only stations: WZVI 43 (ABC)  (Saint Thomas)

Past broadcast stations: WBNB 10 (CBS)  (Saint Thomas)

[edit] List of TV Networks

Hi Raccoon Fox!

I've removed your edit adding Kids WB and Fox Kids to the list of TV networks; I did this once before, and placed a note on the talk page explaining why. Neither of these programming blocks are networks. They are programming blocks run by their respective networks. In fact, the very first line of our article on Kids WB states "Kids' WB! is the Saturday morning cartoon portion of The WB's programming." In other words, it's a portion of the network's programming, not a network itself.

Happy editing! :) --Firsfron of Ronchester 23:03, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Canada Building in Windsor, On

Hi there; just to let you know your article on the Canada Building in Windsor, On. is incorrect. It stands on Ouellette Ave. between University Ave. and Park St. The Paul Martin Building (named after the former PM's father) on Ouellette Ave. and Pitt St. is only about five storeys high, although the two buildings are quite similar in style and I assume fairly similar in age.


[edit] Final state highway naming conventions debate

Raccoon Fox, your participation is welcome in the Wikipedia:State route naming conventions poll. Please give your input as to the process by 23:59 UTC on August 8.

Regards, Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 22:00, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Um I'd say if it's about the process put it on the talk page, if it's about the naming put the page on your watchlist and share them once the actual discussion begins. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 22:08, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Aaggh forgot about Canada. Um... I'd say bring that up on the talk page. Personally I'd like to get that dealt with too but we may have our hands full already with 50 states. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 22:15, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #3

The August issue of the WikiProject Tropical cyclones newsletter is now available. If you wish to receive the full newsletter or no longer be informed of the release of future editions, please add your username to the appropriate section on the mailing list.--Nilfanion (talk) 00:20, 6 August 2006 (UTC)