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Ottawa high schools

I have created a test case for putting school contents by district at Ottawa-Carleton district school board. Why I have done this is explained further on my user page. Anyway, I recall that there were a number of Ottawa area high schools deleted and also that you may have had a hand in them. I would appreciate it if you would put the information that was removed in the district article, where I doubt that anyone will have a problem with it. Thanks, The Steve 14:46, Nov 30, 2004 (UTC)

Canadian election wikiproject?

Hi there. I know that you are a regular contributor to Canadian election topics, and I was wondering if you thought it would be a good idea to create a Wikiproject to standardize some of these articles? --timc | Talk 02:51, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Liberal election results

Geez you're fast. Thanks for completing this table. Will you be doing the other parties? Regards, Kevintoronto 22:22, 2 Dec 2004 (UTC)

I probably will eventually. Earl Andrew 22:31, 2 Dec 2004 (UTC)

If it would help, I could e-mail you the spreadsheets I've been using. Also, I don't know if we really need to put in the recent election at the bottom of the national table as you've just done for 1972 -- after all, all of the elections are now in a box at the top of each article, and the preceding and following are at the bottom of the article, so putting these in a third time seems like overkill, doesn't it? Regards, Kevintoronto 22:58, 2 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Regional Municipalities

Just to clarify, what I'm not clear on is why you would move Sudbury and Hamilton-Wentworth, but leave Ottawa-Carleton and Haldimand-Norfolk as RM of Name. I also have to point out that if "most common name" is a valid criterion, having grown up there I can unequivocally vouch for the fact that Sudbury RM was never used; it was always RM of Sudbury. I know the same pertains in Ottawa; if you purposely left Ottawa as RMOC because that was the more commonly used designation, then Sudbury definitely falls in the same category. (If you just left it because it slipped your mind, though, then I have to admit that I don't really care as long as a consistent rule -- either "most common name" or strict "Name Regional Municipality" -- is applied. Switching one but leaving the other is the part that actually bugs me about it.) Bearcat 01:28, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Gheeeze. That was ages ago. Ya could've said something before now, eh? Bearcat 03:58, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)

License ?

HI, could you tell me the license of Image:Quemtl3.PNG ? thanks in advance. Tipiac 11:04, 6 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Someone used also Image:Hack.jpg on french, I added the tag GFDL, like for the previous pic. Thank you for theses pics. Tipiac 23:09, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)

And did the same for Image:Curlingshoes.jpg Tipiac 23:10, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)

And the same for Image:Curlingsheet.jpg . If there's a problem, just tell me. Tipiac 23:11, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Again one : Image:Curlingscore.jpg Tipiac 23:13, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)

and Image:Curlingrock.jpg

more Image:Quehcn.PNG Image:Quelam.PNG Image:Quelav.PNG Image:Quelaj.PNG Image:Quelhy.PNG Image:Quelmt.PNG Image:Queljc.PNG Squallwc 07:40, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Image:BROOlogo.jpg

Hello! Thanks for uploading Image:BROOlogo.jpg. I notice it currently doesn't have an image copyright tag. Could you add one to let us know its copyright status? (You can use {{gfdl}} if you release it under the GFDL, or {{fairuse}} if you claim fair use, etc.) Thanks! Schissel 00:39, Dec 9, 2004 (UTC)

RFC pages on VfD

Should RFC pages be placed on VfD to be deleted? I'm considering removing Misplaced Pages:Requests for comment/Slrubenstein, Misplaced Pages:Requests for comment/Jwrosenzweig and Misplaced Pages:Requests for comment/John Kenney from WP:VFD. Each of them was listed by CheeseDreams. Your comments on whether I should do this would be appreciated. - Ta bu shi da yu 03:37, 10 Dec 2004 (UTC)

eh? Earl Andrew 03:39, 10 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Image copyrights

Hi! Thanks for uploading Image:Ottawacoa.jpg. I notice it currently doesn't have an image copyright tag. Could you add one to let us know its copyright status? (You can use {{gfdl}} if you release it under the GFDL, or {{fairuse}} if you claim fair use, etc.) If you don't know what any of this means, just let me know where you got the images and I'll tag them for you. Thanks so much, — Edwin Stearns | Talk 18:32, 10 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Unverified images

Hi! Thanks for uploading the following images:

• Image:Divinglogo.gif
• Image:Deanallison.jpg
• Image:Dennisdawson.jpg
• Image:Dianeablonczy.jpg
• Image:Diannebrushett.jpg
• Image:Dominicleblanc.jpg

I notice it currently doesn't have an image copyright tag. Could you add one to let us know its copyright status? (You can use {{gfdl}} if you release it under the GNU Free Documentation License, {{fairuse}} if you claim fair use, etc.) If you don't know what any of this means, just let me know at my talk page where you got the images and I'll tag them for you. Thanks so much. ] 04:30, Dec 11, 2004 (UTC)

P.S. You can help tag other images at User:Yann/Untagged_Images. Thanks again.

Also

• Image:Billmatthews.jpg Thanks, AlbinoMonkey 02:20, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)

your are right these shananigans must stop about Belinda Stronach

That user(70.49.148.143)re-moved social democratic out of the Belinda Stronach page but I put it back but SimonP won't stop the editing I even reason with him but he won't stop. In Newmarket-Aurora most moderate, socially progressive and social democratic voters did voted for Belinda Stronach and some people hope that Belinda will walk across the floor to the NDP not only that Belinda will keep the NDP sharply to the left but a better vote turn out for the NDP by next election. There is a strong posabilaty if Belinda is in the NDP Cabinent Then Jack Layton will be the Leader of the opposition or maybe Prime Minister (A 1st in the history for the NDP)- michaelm.

As much as I like Belinda for social progressiveness, I cannot possibly see her crossing the floor to the NDP. As much as I like the NDP, I'd rather see her climb to the top of the Conservative Party and become leader some day and eventually Prime Minister. If you have any proof of your claims, I would like to see them. Earl Andrew 19:48, 12 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Ok Earl Andrew Belinda is not happy with the Conservatives and she should not trust Stephen Harper and the Conservative caucus. Belindas views,ideas and her values are more like a social democrat. And she is thinking about crossing the floor to the NDP. Jack Layton need her in the NDP caucus like yesterday - michaelm

Do you have any proof of this? Earl Andrew 06:31, 13 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Not yet but Keep an eye on the news media Belinda Stronach will walk a cross the floor to the NDP.

Well when she does, we will change the page for sure. Earl Andrew 06:57, 13 Dec 2004 (UTC)

would you please unlock the Belinda Stronach page the truth must come out - michaelm

It is not time yet to make such a move. Earl Andrew 08:46, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Category:The Greatest Canadian

I was just in the process of de-populating this category, and I thought my bot was malfunctioning, but then I noticed that you were reverting the edits. This category was listed on WP:CFD and approved for deletion, presumably because it duplicates the list in the article The Greatest Canadian, which is annotated. If you want this category kept for some reason, you will need to bring it up there. If it's safe for me to go ahead and de-populate it, please leave me a message. Thanks! -- Beland 00:52, 13 Dec 2004 (UTC)

The discussion on was deleted in the normal course of cleanup and de-listing. I have restored it so you can read others' comments. -- Beland 01:08, 13 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Category:Coastal towns of Canada

Hi! I see that you have created a Canadian subcategory for Category:Coastal towns but Montrealais and I have noticed several issues with many of the communities being added to this subcategory. I will highlight two which I feel are misleading:

• Many of the communities being added to this subcategory are not "towns".

The following examples from the subcategory are cities: Charlottetown, Sydney and Campbellton. Similarly Chester is a village, and Falmouth is not even a town (although the author of the article stated it is a village) but in fact is a "dispersed rural community".

• Many of the communities being added to this subcategory are not situated on Canada's three coasts.

I realize that many people now refer to the Great Lakes as being Canada's (or the United States') "fourth coast" (mostly as it relates to shipping, the St. Lawrence Seaway, and the marketing efforts of lakeshore communities) and even the Misplaced Pages article on coast states that a large lake may have a "coast", but I have found very few geoscientists who support this notion. I had read that NOAA apparently introduced the term for the Great Lakes as a means for some of their scientists to qualify for additional federal research funding, but that is purely conjecture. The problem here is defining what is a "large" lake - the issue could become very subjective, depending on one's particular locale.

To keep things objective, The Concise Oxford English Dictionary defines a coast as 1. the part of the land adjoining or near the sea. Some other definitions can be found at Global Oceans.

I would suggest that communities downriver of Trois-Rivières on the St. Lawrence River could be considered both coastal and riverine, however the only communities in southern Quebec that are truly coastal are those on the south coast of the Gaspé peninsula (ie. on Bay of Chaleur), communities on the Magdalen Islands, and communities on the Côte-Nord that are east of Sept-Îles (or possibly Havre-St-Pierre). Obviously communities situated directly on Hudson, James and Ungava bays are all coastal as well.

The Great Lakes is a bit murkier, given the fact that someone has included large lakes along with oceans for the definition of a coast. At any rate, the only Ontario communities that can be considered having ocean coasts that I can think of are obviously all situated on Hudson/James Bay: Moosonee, Moose Factory, possibly Galeton, Fort Albany, Kashechewan, Attawapiskat, possibly Lake River, possibly Peawanuck, and Fort Severn.

I would suggest that for Ontario communities located on the shores of the Great Lakes (and those communities in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota), it would be best to create a category called "Towns on Great Lakes shorelines" or something to that effect. I also wouldn't mind seeing the source that the author/editor of the coast article used for adding large lakes into the mix since so many reference sources only assign the definition with respect to oceans, but that's another issue entirely...

Cheers, Plasma east 04:47, 13 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Image:Restoule.JPG

Thank you for uploading the above image. It is currently tagged {{unverified}}. Can you please tag with the appropriate copyright notice and cite the source if possible. Thanks, EyeBall 18:56, 13 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Thousands of images have no copyright tags. You can help!

Image tag

Hi! Thanks for uploading the following images:

• Image:Durajx.PNG
• Image:Durbrk.PNG
• Image:Durclr.PNG
• Image:Durosh.PNG
• Image:Durpck.PNG
• Image:Durscg.PNG
• Image:Duruxb.PNG
• Image:Durwht.PNG

I notice they currently don't have an image copyright tag. Could you add one to each to let us know their copyright status?

You can use {{gfdl}} if you release it under the GNU Free Documentation License, {{fairuse}} if you claim fair use, and so on. Click here for a list of the various tags.

If you don't know what any of this means, just let me know at my talk page where you got the image from, and I'll tag it for you. Thanks so much. Denni☯ 04:23, 2004 Dec 13 (UTC)

P.S. You can help tag other images at Misplaced Pages:Untagged_Images. Thanks again.

Source images

What raw data/images are you using to generate arbitrary maps of BC with? Roleypolinde 03:36, 16 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Your Yukon map

I am very impressed by your Yukon map of November 26th. I have tried creating some maps of my own. But I would like to learn how to make better maps. Can you give some hints for what tools and techniques you used on that map? Thanks, and congratulations. Geo Swan 20:05, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Maps

Like the above user, I was impressed by Image:Britishempire1921.PNG. Could you please let us know how you created it? I'd like if you could make a map of all regions which were at some point in their history governed from London. Nicholas 19:22, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)

I did my own version, and re-uploaded yours to Commons:

• commons:Image:British Empire.png
• commons:Image:British Empire 1897.jpg
• commons:Image:British Empire 1921.png

Nicholas 01:09, 2 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Manitoba riding names

Earl: Unless you have any strong objections, I plan to revert the Russell and Assiniboia pages to their previous titles. (There used to be a provincial riding in Ontario called Russell, and I believe there was a riding in Saskatchewan called Assiniboia -- simply calling the Manitoba ridings "provincial electoral districts" doesn't quite cover all bases). I think there might be a similar problem with Springfield and St. Johns ...

(Thanks for catching the Swan River title, though.) CJCurrie 05:37, 19 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Unverified images

Hi! Thanks for uploading the following image:

• Image:Geoffregan.jpg

I notice it currently doesn't have an image copyright tag. Could you add one to let us know its copyright status? (You can use {{gfdl}} if you release it under the GNU Free Documentation License, {{PD-self}} if you wish to release your own work to the public domain, {{fairuse}} if you claim fair use, etc.) If you don't know what any of this means, just let me know at my talk page where you got the images and I'll tag them for you. Thanks so much. ] 22:24, Dec 20, 2004 (UTC)

P.S. You can help tag other images at User:Yann/Untagged_Images. Thanks again.

Unverified images

Hi! Thanks for uploading the following images:

• Image:Larrymccormick.jpg
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I notice it currently doesn't have an image copyright tag. Could you add one to let us know its copyright status? (You can use {{gfdl}} if you release it under the GNU Free Documentation License, {{PD-self}} if you wish to release your own work to the public domain, {{fairuse}} if you claim fair use, etc.) If you don't know what any of this means, just let me know at my talk page where you got the images and I'll tag them for you. Thanks so much. Peter O. (Talk, automation script) 06:55, Dec 25, 2004 (UTC)

P.S. You can help tag other images at User:Yann/Untagged_Images. Thanks again.

Also:

• Image:Cyclinglogo.jpg RedWolf 18:05, Dec 25, 2004 (UTC)

Gaymap.png

Hello. Just thought I'd let you know you forgot to include California on that map. California now as a marriage equivalent under a domestic partnership. lol It's pretty much the same exact thing.

Edit summary

Hello. Please provide an edit summary. Thanks and happy edits. Hyacinth 02:28, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Mississauga, Ontario

Thanks for providing the infobox, it looks great. silsor 05:11, Jan 12, 2005 (UTC)

Quicky political request

Hey EA. Might I trouble you for a quicky move... Liberal Party of British Columbia to British Columbia Liberal Party. The latter is the registered name at Elections BC, and a past edit to fiddle with redirects on the BCLP page is preventing a quick fix on my part.

Thanks in advance -The Tom 03:20, 18 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Hi Earl: I'm glad I read to the end of the page first. I'd like to use a copy of your Manitoba map and mark on it Manitoba Hydro generating stations and the Nelson River Bipole transmission lines. Do you see any concerns here? It's probably easier to use your map than try to get permission to use the map included in the MH annual report, which I'll use as a reference. (Of course I'll identify the map source)

  --Wtshymanski 03:51, 26 Jan 2005 (UTC)

PEI seating plan

Are you sure the Govt sits on the left in PEI?

Yes, I am positive. PEI and Newfoundland in fact. Earl Andrew 21:56, 28 Jan 2005 (UTC)

You wouldn't happen to have a copy of the seating plans do you?

No, but you may try their websites. I can be certain though, as I recall it when PEI had their last election (they specifically mentioned it) and when I quizzed my father, he knew the answer because he remembered it from when he went to PEI. Earl Andrew 22:04, 28 Jan 2005 (UTC)

thanks

Canadian electoral districts: source?

I had been putting Template:Unreferenced tags on new articles without them, saw a pile of these and then realised it would be more efficient to come to your talk page and ask you to put sources on articles (as per Misplaced Pages:Cite sources directly :-) Do please continue with this series, of course! - David Gerard 03:21, 30 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Because everything should by default (even if refs are nothing like as common as they should be), and it's good practice in general, as per Misplaced Pages:Cite sources. Imagine someone putting in bogus information - a checkable, verifiable reference is a vital tool - David Gerard 03:29, 30 Jan 2005 (UTC)

ACCIDENTAL vandalism

I destroyed by mistake the English version of page ATC code A02 (overwrite to translate into french; I tought I was in the French section.
Please restore the previous English version
I am very sorry

Eras-mus 23:46, 7 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Bob Wood

Just FYI...the Bob Wood who was at Bob Wood (Ontario provincial politician) isn't the same Bob Wood referenced in Nipissing (electoral district); I've had to re-disambiguate them. Bearcat 01:18, 2 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Canadian postal code lists

Hey, Earl! That was a great idea you came up with, matching neighbourhoods to forward sortation areas. If you have not noticed yet, I took your idea and applied it to the FSAs in Vancouver, B.C. Nice! Denelson83 03:26, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Yes I did notice, good job! Earl Andrew 03:37, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)

So, you gonna finish giving the M's the neighbourhood treatment? Denelson83 07:45, 11 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Okay, thanks. Denelson83 09:28, 11 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Never mind. I finished it myself. ;) Denelson83 19:09, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Todd Staffaroni

Any particular reason why you consider the Todd Staffaroni link on Curling to be "suspicious"? A quick Google turns him up on several lists of "famous curlers"... Alfvaen 19:07, Feb 8, 2005 (UTC)

You're right, it does seem that any page that lists Todd Staffaroni does have the exact same list of players as on the Misplaced Pages page. On first blush I thought that the Wiki article writer had used one of those as the source, but it could have been the other way around. I don't have any personal knowledge of the existence, and certainly Kerry Burtnyk, for instance, shows up on a lot more pages. The only legit page with Staffaroni is http://www.stpaulcurlingclub.org/schedules/1st_half/thu450.html , so he might be a real curler but not a real famous curler. Alfvaen 04:44, Feb 9, 2005 (UTC)

Billings

I happened to be at the Billings Bridge Transitway Station the other day, and took a photo. I now discover I probably shouldn't have bothered because you already added pictures to that article. However I do feel my picture, seen on the right, turned out somewhat better better than the ones that are there now. Mostly this is just because I was there on a bright and sunny day. Would you object if I replaced one of your photos? - SimonP 14:13, Feb 12, 2005 (UTC)

Cumberland Ontario

That site is wrong. They were called "Municipality of Cumberland" up until amalgamation because they could never inc as a City because they didn't have the population, and felt that marketing themselves as a "Township" was bad to attract new residents. So they changed their name. Spinboy 07:35, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Student Groups

When you have a second, if you have a second, could you glance over Canadian Federation of Students and Canadian Alliance of Student Associations? I'm looking for a second opinion for an NPOV check. Thanks. --Spinboy 07:45, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Federal elections charts

I’d like to get some consensus on what to do about colours in the elections charts, but I don’t want to get into a revert war, so I’m asking people to express their opinions here before any changes are made. Since you have contributed to these pages, I’m inviting your comments. I am initiating this discussion because some of the colours that are currently being used are too dark for some monitors so that it is difficult to read the text. The point of adding colours to the charts is to make it easier for readers to derive information from the charts. This goal is foiled by using colours dark enough to obscure the text. The Misplaced Pages style guide is clear on the issue:

Use colour sparingly. Computers and browsers vary: you cannot know how much colour is presented on the recipient's machine if any. Misplaced Pages is international: colours have different meaning in different cultures. Too many colours on one page make them look cluttered and unencyclopedic. Use the colour red only for alerts and warnings.

So let’s choose some colours that are light enough that red Wilkilinked text and blue Wikilinked text are both easy to read through.

Please join the discussion at: Talk:Canadian federal election results since 1867. Thanks, Kevintoronto 17:23, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)

I have set up a voting scheme at Talk:Canadian federal election results since 1867, and would like your views. Regards, Kevintoronto 22:36, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Votes for deletion

You're welcome. (I'm an ex-Ottawan, so these things interest me.) Samaritan used to keep the Canadian VfD list up-to-date, but he hasn't been around for a while. I think he was flamed pretty badly. I hope that he hasn't left us because of that. I may try to scan the VfD list to tkae over that job, but I don't know if I have the patience for it. Kevintoronto 19:25, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Carleton University Students' Association

I was wondering if perhaps we can collaborate on this? It desperately needs help so it doesn't end up on vfd. In reards to your thanks, you are welcome. I know how you feel. --Spinboy 05:08, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)

No, I'm a student at Athabasca University but I live in Ottawa. I think I created the article. But I can't find much on Google about the CUSA. Are you a CU student? --Spinboy 05:33, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)

I was poking around their website, but I didn't find any useful information. --Spinboy 21:07, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Scott Tournament of Hearts

That was one hell of a shot for Manitoba, huh? I was rooting for Ontario, but I liked what I saw from the Manitoba team. Both teams had some cute curlers, though. ;) Curling rocks! —Mar·ka·ci:2005-02-28 01:24 Z

2005 World Women's Curling Championship

Got your comment. I didn't realize that the qualifying in the ECC only qualified the country and not necessarily the team. I updated the list to agree with , but the ones that are listed there appear to be the same as the ones that won in the ECC. Sweden, Norway, Scotland, and China are the ones that aren't listed there (along with the US and Canada, but I do know who qualified in those). --timc | Talk 01:21, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)

WP:RM

132.205.15.43 has suggested a number of moves. To which you have replied on both the WP:RM pages and the talk pages. In line with the consensus reached on (see WP:RM straw poll) I have moved your comments from the WP:RM page to the talk page. To make it easy for the administrator to decided on the consensus (or lack of it) please state Opposed (or Support) in the first section on the talk pages. At the moment you seem to be Opposed by you have not stated that in an easy to read format. Sorry to be a pain, but this is a new procedure and we are still working out the wrinkles Philip Baird Shearer 11:44, 7 Mar 2005 (UTC)

election 1988

The image you made for the election page that shows the Hof C after the election may inaccurate if you're trying to show the seating. I have made an alterate and put it in the talk page. It may not be perfect but I believe it may be better. Please tell me what you think. talk e1988

MS123 22:31, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Wiki meetup

I'm still debating that, but considering it's Easter weekend (which I forgot about,) I'm thinking of cancelling it. What do you think? You can also contact me via the contact organizer feature. We should seek out all Ottawa Wikipedians and leave a note on their talk page about the Meetup. --Spinboy 20:32, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)

So far I think we'll go ahead, unless something changes, and if it does, you'll get an email. *Goes to find every Wikipedian from Ottawa.* --Spinboy 20:46, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)

I found quite a few on the Wikipedians/Canada board, and left notes on their talk pages. I also left a note on the Canadian Wikipedians Notice Board. Thanks for the list, I'll head on there next. --Spinboy 21:39, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Notes posted on all those talk pages. :-) --Spinboy 22:10, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Anywhere else you can think of to advertise the meetup? --Spinboy 22:22, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)

I did. --Spinboy 22:36, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)

My french is pretty bad, how is yours? --Spinboy 22:43, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Can you read and write it well enough to search the French Misplaced Pages? --Spinboy 22:51, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Messages left. Thanks dudette. :-) --Spinboy 23:20, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)

So far Jord has joined, but he can't come this weekend as he's out of town. So far seems like this might work. We'll see how many sign up in the next few days. --Spinboy 01:08, 22 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the new name! We have 2 so far for Sat, you and me, Jord is a maybe so far. I'm really excited to meet you. --Spinboy 03:46, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Yes Earl, all the details are on the meetup site. --Spinboy 04:55, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)

We'll be flirting with all the cute guys in the bookstore. Do you use any of them IM programs? --Spinboy 05:58, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Sinage

I printed up a table-top sign for the meetup. Now just to get people out there. :-) --Spinboy 23:22, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Gay rights worldwide

I noticed the map you created concerning the legal status of gays and gay unions worldwide here, on the commons. Would you mind updating it, now that California has civil unions? I know that you'll have to update it soon for Canada anyway, but it's nice to be current. See Same sex marriage for more info. Thank you for your time -- if you can't do it, I'll ask someone else with more expertise editing images than I! --Zantastik 06:04, 22 Mar 2005 (UTC)

More schools on Misplaced Pages:Votes for deletion

As of March 25, 2005, there are an additional (6) articles listed for deletion under the POV notion that schools are non-notable (even though this is invalid reasoning as per the Misplaced Pages deletion policy). Please be aware that the following schools are actively being discussed and voted upon:

• VfD: Blake Junior High School (renominated)
• VfD: Franklin High School
• VfD: Lake Dow Christian Academy
• VfD: Red Lake High School
• VfD: The Sage School
• VfD: Toowoomba Grammar School

In response to this cyclical ordeal, a Schoolwatch programme has been initiated in order to indentify school-related articles which may need improvement and to help foster and encourage continued organic growth. Your comments are welcome and I thank you again for your time. --GRider\

three-letter codes

I'm not sure why you mention IOC codes, most of the usages of these templates are in political articles, eg European parliament pages.

I'd actually suggest going to full spelled-out names, eg Template:CROATIA, to make it foolproof and for maximum flexibility.

See the discussion at User_talk:Aris_Katsaris#Three-letter_templates.

-- Curps 06:28, 27 Mar 2005 (UTC)

PS, your "do not post below this line" is not very convenient if you use the standard "+" tab to add a comment. -- Curps 06:29, 27 Mar 2005 (UTC)

How is typing {{PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA}} any longer than typing ] ? It's the exact same thing, except uppercased and using curly braces instead of brackets.

Remember, the only places we'd use the templates are places where we're replacing the existing text. So this is the exact same number of bytes. -- Curps 06:47, 27 Mar 2005 (UTC)

The problems with three-letter codes of any kind are:

• the average ordinary Misplaced Pages editor will not be familiar with them, no matter which standard we use. This means only elite editors in the know will be able to edit articles that use these frankly cryptic codes. Not a problem for you or me, but think of the average user.
• some will conflict with existing usages, like Template:IND for subways
• no one organization that invents three-letter codes will supply all the ones we might eventually need. What if we want to add flags to the list of states of Germany, at Germany#States? What if we want flags of all the provinces of Canada, in an article on Canadian elections? These are all perfectly plausible uses. -- Curps 06:58, 27 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Well, five-letter codes are still a problem, because they'd be our invention and therefore completely non-standard. Do we really want to force everyone who wants to edit an article to memorize our list of five-letter codes... this is a big barrier to the fundamental principle of "anyone can edit Misplaced Pages". The Misplaced Pages community at large would probably object to this, and revert our changes. -- Curps 07:09, 27 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Uh, do we not want what? To try to prevent others from editing Misplaced Pages? I'm not sure I'm following you. -- Curps 07:12, 27 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Sorry, I read the wrong thing. Earl Andrew 07:14, 27 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Well, actually, I think this might need to be proposed to the Misplaced Pages community at large before it's widely implemented. I believe Misplaced Pages:Village pump (news) is the standard place for announcing new templates. I do anticipate there could very well be objections to the perceived cryptic nature of three-letter or five-letter codes. The idea of including flags is a cool one, but it's the specific implementation that people might object to. This probably needs some wider input and consensus. -- Curps 07:26, 27 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Election maps

I have made two maps for the Manitoba election 2003 and the Yukon 2002, and I believe that the maps you have map are much better. I would like to request that you recreate the two maps that I have made so that they reach a higher standard. MS123

Thankyou for doing this, however I'm wondering if you like the colours I chose for the PC's on the Manitoba map. MS123

Thanks, it looks pretty good. Do you plan on doing pre 1999 ontario elections anytime soon? MS123

I dunno, they'd be something I'd like to see. If you don't want to put alot of effort into it(because it probably takes a long time) and you can get the maps, you can post it and I can finish them. MS123

Papua (Indonesian province) -> Papua Province_Papua_Province">

as one of the participants of Subnational entity project I would like you to vote on Talk:Papua (Indonesian province). There were several discussions before but now I brought in the new fact that the overwhelming majority of subdivisions use non-bracket disambig if needed. regards Tobias Conradi 06:12, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Image copyright tags

Thanks for uploading Image:Newedinburghottawa.PNG. I notice it currently doesn't have an image copyright tag. Could you add one to let us know its copyright status? (You can use {{gfdl}} if you release it under the GFDL, or {{fairuse}} if you claim fair use, etc.) If you don't know what any of this means, just let me know where you got the images and I'll tag them for you. Thanks so much, Tagishsimon (talk) 16:59, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Ditto Image:Nfld led.JPG --Tagishsimon (talk)

Nice work

Hi. I thought I'd write to say you did a great job making Image:Gaymap.PNG. Sure, your colour scheme was a bit over-fluorescent, but the hard work shows. You receive a WikiCookie.

Incidentally, I do not remember running into you in the course of editing Misplaced Pages, but apparently you've been a sysop longer than me. Do you not visit the #Misplaced Pages IRC channel, and if not, why not? - Mark 08:15, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Great job!

--Spinboy 05:34, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Three revert rule

You have been blocked for 24 hours under the three revert rule. If you wish to appeal please contact another administrator or the mailing list.Geni 22:36, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)

To quote from WP:3RR "Administrators blocked under this provision must not unblock themselves." I susgest you stay very quite unless you want to be involved in the stupidest arbcom case everGeni 23:15, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)

The 3RR applies to pretty much everything (exception are vanderlism and posibly your user page). As a general rule I assume admins have a vague knowlage of policy. Well you seem to think that arbcom should have a roll here and I'm not going to dissagree I'm in the process of opening a case.Geni 09:54, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I saw you unblocked yourself. Whatever you do, don't do that again. You can appeal to other admins and the mailing list as Geni said. Using your admin powers to undo a block on yourself is specifically forbidden by policy. Mgm| 12:10, Apr 2, 2005 (UTC)

I'm an extremely busy person on Misplaced Pages, with lots of projects open. I cannot afford to be blocked for even one minute, I am sorry if I broke policy, but I feel not being blocked is more beneficial to Misplaced Pages. I do not have time to appeal to other Wikipedians. -- Earl Andrew - talk 17:42, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)