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[edit] My User Name

Hi, Saforrest. Thanks for your message. I love Wikipedia and attempting to make it better. My name actually happens to be "Gerard Kennedy" so that's why I chose my name. Nevertheless, if you think it's confusing, changing it would be fine by me. "GerryK" would be my preference. GerardKennedy

[edit] Removing empty sections

Hi, you removed empty sections from the David Currie article. As you may have noticed, the article is quite new. The section headings are like "scaffolding" or framework, to encourage other editors to add material. Instead of removing framework, perhaps we could put "To be added". Is there a Wikipedia policy on this? Of course, the "ignore all rules if it helps you to write a better Wiki article" rule would suggest that having "framework" cues in the early months of an article's existence would be a good idea. Just some ideasNazamo 01:41, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Johnathan Madden: Spelling

The name is actually spelled Johnathan, and I wrote a stub article called Johnathan Madden yesterday. Maybe the thing to do is to add the content from Johnathon Madden to Johnathan Madden and then propose Johnathon Madden for deletion. --Rrburke 22:20, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

Quite right -- Johnathon. Odd. So why were they identifying him as "Johnathan" prior to the adult sentencing and the end of the publication ban? I think what I'll do is see if there's anything worth migrating from the stub and then convert it to a redirect. --Rrburke 23:23, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

I briefly thought the spelling Johnathon might've been judged sufficiently distinctive that it would've made him identifiable and so was included in the publication ban. Seemed like a good theory. Not true: I googled the name with that spelling and got 1,000,000 hits. Who knew? And like you, I had never even encountered the spelling Johnathan.

It seems likely to me there's more to it than a misspelling: whoever wrote the CBC.ca piece you linked to had obviously picked up on it, and the reporters who sat in the courtroom day after day must have seen the boy's name written any number of times, and it's hard to imagine that none of them would've picked up on the unusual spelling -- unless it was consistently misspelled in court documents.

Creepy side note: when I went to look at my copy of today's Globe after I read your message, I also had a look at the pictures and realized I recognized the mother -- from minor league hockey or baseball, I think, though I can't quite place her. Dawes Road is a little east of me.

So you're in Hamilton? I was born at St. Joe's. --Rrburke 00:51, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

"On coincidences..." Gets weirder: I used to live on Old Ancaster Rd in Dundas. --Rrburke 03:21, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] shiny buttons?

Hi Saforrest, I ran across your name going through some of the old Rwanda pages and wandered by. I saw your statement that you're less article centered these days and wonder if you think getting the admin tools would be useful. If so, I'd be happy to nominate. Cheers, Banyan Tree 01:12, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] One Dead Indian

Hi, Saforrest. I was able to track down information concerning the original Stoddart edition (including ISBN) through Abebooks [1], a site for used and out of print books. The Stoddart edition was a hardcover, while the M&S edition, which appeared two years later, was a paperback. I'm not familar with the latter, so don't know whether there were any revisions. Stoddart was part of General Publishing, a large coimpany that went belly-up about four years ago. I'm afraid I am guilty of having removed the mention of the book under "Reference" - but only because I wasn't aware of any article on a book that cites the same book as a reference. I've taken the liberty of changing the section head to "Editions" - something I've seen in other articles on books. Regards, Victoriagirl 06:32, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] CUPE

Hi Saforrest. I read your comments on the CUPE talk page - an additional view/edit is a very good idea. I like you Category:CUPE, but do think it should be Category:Canadian Union of Public Employees? The acronym isn't very self-evident if you're outside of Canada. Cheers.--Bookandcoffee 17:27, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

The cat's only a couple hours old. I'm just going to create Category:Canadian Union of Public Employees and

{{db|created in error - expanded acronym with {{cat|Canadian Union of Public Employees}}}}

the old cat myself! :) No one's really concerned, and it'll save wandering through the WP:CFD.--Bookandcoffee 18:42, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Boomer - Athena

It may get confusing but any early mention here of Sharon Valarii - (aka Boomer - aka Athena - aka Number Eight) - prior to third season when she took yet another name - should remain as Boomer since that's what she was called in earlier developments of the show. Please leave them as such, thanks. Cyberia23 03:19, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Well I'll just change it to Sharon since Caprica-Boomer went by that name because thats what Helo called her. It's really confusing to write about her because she has so many aliases. Cyberia23 03:36, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

By the way, why did you use such a complex link [[Sharon_Valerii#Sharon_.22Athena.22_Agathon_.28n.C3.A9e_Valerii.29|Number Eight]] when [[Number Eight (Battlestar Galactica)]] would have sufficed? Cyberia23 03:25, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, never mind about the later part - I see what you did there. It just looked weird. Cyberia23 03:32, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Priscilla de Villiers

I noticed your name in the history, this article could really use some help. Alan.ca 06:45, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

I responded to your question on my talk page. I prefer to have the discussion there. Alan.ca 08:15, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Lucien Quelet

It doesnt have to have Charles Darwin anywhere - the mention of evolution infers Charles Darwin because evolution refers to his theory. So I can say that and be right, even if it doesnt say that in the text. But I see your point. We hsall leave it out for the moment, and try to find a more stable interpretation. Thanks, —ÅñôñÿMôús _{Dîššíd3nt} 01:36, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] John Kerr

Please check out my comment at Talk:John_Kerr. Cheers Bjenks 03:33, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Hi Saforrest, I do research as an archivist often political nature, and changed a number of important factual errors on Payne's entry, after checking my own facts. May I suggest you retain the corrected version inserted by me after research, since the original contains important errors. Potentially libelous errors. curious that you reverted all the corrections. Archiviste

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[edit] TTC token image

I'm glad to see an image of the current TTC token in Wikipedia, but the one you've supplied is puzzling: it looks as though the whole thing is brass, when of course the center is actually aluminum or some similar-colored metal. Would it be possible for you to photograph it again while avoiding the reflection or color distortion or whatever it was that made that happen?

(If you're going to reply, please do it here on your page; I am not the only person who has contributed to Wikipedia from this IP address. If you can't improve the image, so be it.) --207.176.159.90 00:38, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

Hi 207.176.159.90: I agree with your comments about the misleading colours in the photo. have uploaded a new image taken under different lighting conditions to commons:Image:Toronto_Transit_Commission_Token-2007.jpg, which I believe fixes the problem. Cheers, --Saforrest 19:37, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, much better. --207.176.159.90 00:20, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Commons

What is it and how do I upload all of my Hamilton images to it? Nhl4hamilton 21:01, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks for your response regarding Commons. I wish someone had explained that to me cause then I would have had all of my images uploaded to Commons a long time ago and also when I had more free time at my disposal. One more question though. Someone has already uploaded one of my images to Commons, the one of the Copps Coliseum on York Boulevard and they didn't need me to upload it to Commons. Some of the images I no longer have saved on my hard drive so would I be able to upload the images straight from my Gallery page here on wikipedia to Commons? Hamilton Photo Gallery, My Contributions Nhl4hamilton 08:37, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
  - No problem. I still have a few more Hamilton photos to upload to wikicommons. I'm about halfway through. Plus there are some new ones as well that I will be uploading there that I haven't yet uploaded to wikipedia. Nhl4hamilton 00:07, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] fyi

There is a relatively new contributor, working his of her way through all the GWOT articles, (1) suggesting a lot of it isn't "notable", (2) removing links, removing material he or she thinks isn't referenced, (3) insisting on a burdensome amount of references. (He or she has demanded references to prove Omar Khadr wasn't housed in Camp Iguana, for instance.)

You started the Zaynab Khadr article, so you might be interested in this challenge to its notability.

Cheers! Geo Swan (talk) 04:50, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Zaynab Khadr Article

Hi - thanks for your thoughts on the Zaynab Khadr article. I should have been more specific when I placed that notability tag on the article, but I made the points that led to me placing that tag on the article on the talk page. Please let me know what you think! BWH76 (talk) 23:43, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Barnstar

		The Photographer's Barnstar
		I'm honoured to present Saforrest with this Photographer's Barnstar for his amazing photo contributions with the Hamilton, Ontario-related articles! Nhl4hamilton \| Chit-Chat 12:24, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] McMaster Engineering Article

Hi Saforrest

I put the picture you took of the engineering building on the McMaster University Engineering article. Hope you don't mind. If not, I can remove it. Thanks 219.77.172.234 (talk) 07:50, 8 April 2008 (UTC)