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CILK-FM

If you want to expand CILK's article, go right ahead...but it isn't the same thing as CHSU-FM, so simply copying and pasting the CHSU article into CILK isn't the way to do it. Bearcat 07:46, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

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Hello, why did you remove the {{prod}} tag from The Speed of Thought? —Erik (talk • contrib) - 20:47, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

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Please don't move an article to a new title by cutting and pasting the text into a new article and then manually redirecting the old title to it; that breaks the article's edit history. Instead, an article should be moved to the new title by using the "move" tab at the top of the page, so that the edit history moves with the page. Thanks. Bearcat (talk) 02:22, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

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Just for future reference, you should not actually have moved CKOO-FM Old in advance of the conclusion of the move discussion — what you really should have done is list it as a supplementary part of the move request, with a proposed new title for it that it would get moved to when the discussion concluded. And our normal naming convention for such stations is to disambiguate them with a parenthetical "(defunct)" rather than just adding the word "old" to the call sign. But in this case, that's actually all neither here nor there, because what I've actually found is that the "old" CKOO-FM in Broadview SK is actually a station that was licensed but never verifiably launched at all, and simply had its license expire unbuilt. Accordingly, I've listed that article for deletion at Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/CKOO-FM Old, because we don't keep articles about failed stations that never actually went on the air. So if you'd like to come weigh in on that discussion, you're welcome. Thanks. Bearcat (talk) 23:14, 4 February 2018 (UTC)

Yeah, "slipped through the cracks" is about the size of it. We actually undertook a concerted project last year of trying to get rid of any lagging articles about radio stations that got created off the original license approval but never actually made it to air for real, but CKOO-Broadview didn't get caught in the process because a problem editor who was trying to undermine that process (he didn't think we should ever get rid of any article about any radio station, even hoax ones that don't actually exist at all) removed the sentence "however as of 2015, the station has yet to be launched and Kahkewistahaw Radio Station had not filed any renewals or applications to the CRTC", which would have gotten it canned on sight, before any of the responsible editors got to it.

And yeah, it's not a big deal in this case — since the article's going to be in the trash can within a few days, it's not worth actually fixing the title. The clarification of our actual process for name changes was just in case you come across another call sign swap in the future, so you'll know what our preferred practice is. I've also already repointed the CKOO-FM redirect back to the CJUI article, so that anybody who searches for it while the move request is still pending will actually get to the right place anyway. Bearcat (talk) 03:52, 5 February 2018 (UTC)

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Fairstone

No issues with that at all; thank you. Nate • (chatter) 03:01, 27 August 2019 (UTC)

Thanks, Nate. I'll update your reply on the talk page, for the public record of the move discussion. Doug Mehus (talk) 22:34, 27 August 2019 (UTC)

Canvassing and Canadian Tire Financial Services RM

Hi Doug, I'd suggest reading the guideline at WP:CANVAS. Posting in unrelated RM discussions to say "please support my RM from X → Y" as you did here and here would be frowned on, both because it's not the right place, and because notifications should be neutral, rather than cajoling readers to vote a specific way. I would also be cautious about singling out specific users to invite to an RM - if there's any appearance that you're selectively notifying users that you think will be favourable to your hoped-for outcome, that can also present a problem. It's usually better to just let editors find the RM naturally. If you're really worried about low turnout, I recommend posting a (neutral) notice on a related wikiproject (such as WikiProject Canada in this case). Hope that helps. Colin M (talk) 23:03, 27 August 2019 (UTC)

Thanks, Colin. I hadn't realized such canvassing was discouraged. I'd only aimed to establish a positive rapport with BarrelProof and Trillfendi by showing them that, despite past disagreements vis-a-vis support/opposition on RMs, AfDs, or Misplaced Pages policies, that I can still be neutral in supporting their own RM (as applicable). Hope that makes sense.

Several follow-up questions for you to "pick your brain"...

How come the WikiProject Personal Finance and Investment wasn't notified of the RM for President's Choice Financial -> PC Financial like Canadian Tire Financial Services->Canadian Tire Bank was? Is there some sort of coding that needs to be added? I can't seem to manually add it to WikiProject Personal Finance and Investment like I did with WikiProject Canada.
In the PC Financial case, in a case where 1 supports (perhaps strongly) and 1 is a weak oppose, is it possible consensus could be determined as in favour?
When you make/propose page move/merge decisions, how do you personally decide whether to be be bold and just make the move or initiate a discussion? WP:BRD seems to encourage the former, but part of me thinks it's better to have a discussion. Any insight appreciated. Doug Mehus (talk) 23:51, 27 August 2019 (UTC)

You're talking about the listing at Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Finance & Investment/Article alerts, right? Looks like the PC Financial RM has been posted there now. I think it didn't show up immediately because the page only updates once a day, not in real time.
Sure, it depends on the individual closer and how they read the strength of the arguments. I'd say it's more likely in that case for the would-be closer to relist the discussion to get more input. If it were closed in that state, I think 'No consensus' would be the most typical outcome, but it very much depends on the specific circumstances.
That's a great question. The calculus of WP:BRD is a little different in the case of page moves, because, unlike with normal edits, reverting a page move isn't as easy as just clicking a button (especially for those without the page mover flag). I would tend to err on the side of doing an RM. If it does turn out to be uncontroversial, then it's not going to take up a lot of people's time (especially if you make a good case for the move in the nom, and provide the relevant data - pageview stats, ngrams, etc. - so editors don't have to do too much research themselves). i.e. if people think it's clearly a good move, they might just write something terse like "Support, per nom". And similarly, it would be easy for the closer to assess consensus. Another thing you can do if you're on the fence about whether a move requires the RM process is post an informal notice to the talk page, saying you're thinking of renaming the article to X. If you don't get any response after a week or so (or all responses are supportive), that's a pretty good indication that the move is uncontroversial. Though that only really works if the article isn't too obscure, and has a decent number of editors watchlisting it. Colin M (talk) 17:42, 30 August 2019 (UTC)

Primary Topic

very interested in this edit.

I strongly agree with the sentiment. But IMO the problem is not so much the naming of DABs. The problem is, it's just asking for trouble to have any article at an ambiguous name, Primary Topic or not. A related problem is, we don't have a good definition of Primary Topic anyway (in the sense we use the term, it's a Misplaced Pages neologism, although it does have an unrelated meaning in linguistics).

I've been putting a lot of research into this... I'll post a link here, but the latest update of Windows 10 has made my computer slower, file explorer difficult to use, and most relevantly, Google Chrome unstable, so I'd better publish this before I lose it. Watch this space but comments meantime welcome. Andrewa (talk) 22:42, 30 August 2019 (UTC)

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You might have read this essay I wrote - but if not, take a look, I think you'll like it :) --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 04:22, 9 October 2019 (UTC)

Interesting, Piotrus. Will try and read it on the weekend as it looks interesting. I used to think every company should have a Misplaced Pages article, but I don't think that's the case anymore. People treat Misplaced Pages articles as some sort of imperative because Google uses the data in their infoboxes in search results, but unless people want to take the time to write articles that are at least 1 page single-spaced, I tend to think you're right. I appreciate your supporting my Canadian-focused AfDs. Interesting no one proposed these deletions till now. I see you added a redirect WP:CORPSPAM to your essay...I didn't know that (a) we were allowed to do that (guess we just use the Misplaced Pages namespace?) and (b) write essays, but that's cool. Doug Mehus (talk) 04:35, 9 October 2019 (UTC)

We are allowed to do pretty much everything that's not forbidden. You can write Misplaced Pages:User essays, through the one I linked to is actually something I published in the Misplaced Pages 'newspaper' Misplaced Pages:Signpost, lots of interesting material in it. And we can create Misplaced Pages-namespace redirects just like normal ones. Worst case they end up in WP:RFD :) --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 04:53, 9 October 2019 (UTC)

Ah, thanks. How do you get published in the Signpost? Have a look at my Rogers Bank proposed deletion. Delete or merge? Also, I used the Misplaced Pages:PROD process to delete two some implausible redirects someone created (DirectCash Bank and General Bank of Canada). They literally just redirect to a Misplaced Pages template page. Did I cite the right reasons? Doug Mehus (talk) 04:58, 9 October 2019 (UTC)