User talk:Samaritan/2005

It's the start of another new year; better call the newspaper up...

Dear Samaritan

(please refer to delete votes)

• • Dear Wiki contributors, admins & sysops. You have been mislead by Curps. Please see that article in question and decide for yourselves if deletion is a correct Wiki thing to do. I have decided not to pursue the re-naming of Curps's article 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and through consultation with other helpful Wikis, I have decided to start a series of Asian Tsunami articles on my own ... there is freedom to initiate such a move right ? The articles in questions is proposed to drill deep in the subject in question. In Asian tsunami : The earthquake I have attempted to focus just on the earthquake that caused the Asian Tsunamis. In Asian tsunami : Time-line (currently vandalised by Curps), I have drilled down to the exact minutes to minutes account of the waves of deadly tsunamis. I will be added other article in the Asian tsunami series like the humanitarian aspects, current news & occurrences etc. because I think it is the right thing to do. kenkam 06:55, 10 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Canadian television stations

Kirjtc2 and I seem to have gotten into a bit of a spat about whether the article on Vancouver's CTV affiliate should be titled CIVT or BC CTV. My understanding was always that TV and radio station articles should always go at the call sign, and that there needs to be consistency; he believes that common naming should be the more important consideration. What's your take? (See Talk:CIVT.) Bearcat 05:06, 15 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Due South

Have I got a doozer for you...are you familiar with any convention under which Due South (1997) is considered a separate television series that was spun off from Due South (1994)? It's a new one on me, for sure. Bearcat 07:53, 16 Jan 2005 (UTC)

I've found proof that the post-97 episodes were billed as "Season 3" and "Season 4" when they originally aired; that's enough for me. I've killed the split and added a note to the article clarifying the matter. Oy gevalt. Bearcat 08:11, 16 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Neoconservat(iv)ism

It's certainly clear enough that Common Sense Revolution doesn't have enough content (and can't, really) to distinguish it from common sense conservative. Blue Tory, I'd need to read more. But if you want a good laugh, go to Neoconservativism (Canada) (as distinguished from Neoconservatism (Canada); be careful, as I already did the redirect), load up the page history and read the single anon contribution there. SIX MONTHS nobody caught this. Bearcat 05:48, 20 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Alternative Press

Hi! Thanks for cleaning up my entries. What you did with the Alternative Press Syndicate makes sense, and I will follow that form in the future for name changes. I'm not sure how much to add in terms of new headings for various defunct alternative news services. There were about ten. Maybe create a page just on Alternative news service (U.S.) ??? --Cberlet 15:29, 20 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Neoliberalism in Canada

Hello, I noticed your Neoconservatism (Canada) article and found it a welcome addition, but I wanted to ask you with what parameters do you seperate Neoconservative policies from Neoliberal policies in Canada? The two systems seem to share most economic beliefs such as increased free trade and reduced government spending. If Neoconservatism differs because of values including a much more self-interested, realist approach to international relations and a tendency towards social conservatism, would for example the governments of Chrétien and Martin be better mentioned in a seperate paragraph or article about Neoliberalism in Canada? This would assist in contrasting them with the policies of for example Harper and Klein. Thanks, Kurieeto 17:05, Jan 23, 2005 (UTC)

wobblewobble

I cannot believe I've spent the last eight hours of my life writing up Canadian Interuniversity Sport teams and trophies. I don't even like football... Bearcat 09:58, 24 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Student newspapers

Just FYI, "independent" in reference to a student paper generally means that it's incorporated independently of the student union; non-independent papers are technically publications of the student governments (with all the potential for political interference that this implies). But, of course, maybe you knew that and your questions on the Martlet VfD were rhetorical... Bearcat 05:53, 29 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Due South, part deux

I've just discovered that our anon "spinoff" friend came back on January 20. He didn't split the article this time, but he did edit our resulting additions to refer to (94-96) and (97-99) as two separate television series again. He also added the assertion that "this is a common phenomenon in Canadian television". Um...I can't think of one other example, can you? (I've reverted already.) Bearcat 06:52, 30 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Soc Dem/Dem Soc

Sam: a little bit of background for you. Our boy Michaelm got into an edit war with User:Kurieeto over applying "dem soc" to the NDP. Mike didn't seem to like to think of the NDP as being socialist. Kurieeto and I showered him with references showing that the NDP has called itself dem soc in the past. I expect that the record of this is on the Talk:New Democratic Party page. Having convinced him of this, Mike set off like the Energizer Editor to change every reference from "soc dem" to "soc dem/dem soc" as if the two terms were interchangeable. I haven't done anything about this (although others have, esp. with regard to the Bloc, PQ, UFP) for two reasons: (1) I hate beating up on Mike so much, even though he is wrong 90% of the time, and (2) because I'm not sure that the two terms aren't interchangeable. Sure it feels like there should be a difference, but I haven't found strong evidence of one. It seems more like whatever is more suitable for the times. "Dem soc" would turn people off in these conservative times, but in the past, socialism was a beacon of hope for the working masses. You say "potato", I say "potato". As far as the Cosmo Party and the PDP, I'm not sure if they ever got developed enough to really find a defined place on the ideological spectrum. The PDP seems clearly soc dem, and quite possible dem soc, but the Cosmo Party seems to be just in the squishy left of centre. Kevintoronto 17:16, 30 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Farmers Union of Wales

Hi. Thanks for doing a bit of clearing up work on this stub. I'm not sure that listing it under the English title alone is the way to go though. I don't know much about the organisation, but I know the Welsh like their language treated on a par with English. Perhaps if both titles redirected to one page with both names in the title? Presumably there is precedent from how Quebec related subjects are handled, maybe you know how they do it. All the best, Mattley 11:07, 31 Jan 2005 (UTC).

Thanks for the response. Those are good reasons. I'll leave it as it is. Mattley 12:30, 31 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Mayor of Toronto

Oh, so it wasn't "that" Kevin Richardson. ;-) Kevintoronto 23:22, 31 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you for fixing my entries at vfd for program register and origin register. (the == instead of === error). It took me a while to figure out why it looked strange. RJFJR 05:02, Feb 1, 2005 (UTC)

Wikipedia: Educational!

I just stumbled across Channel m, and checked out their website. Get a load of http://www.channelm.co.uk/programmes/ -- it's about 2/3 CHUM stuff! Keep in mind, this is a station in Manchester, and that's Manchester as in Morrissey and New Order. Bearcat 06:27, 1 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Intactivist

Hello, Samaritan. Can you please clarify your latest comment on [1]? Ashley Y has created her own tally of the voting in progress. She seems to be interpreting your recent comment as a vote to "move" rather than "keep" intactivist. To me, it seems clear that your vote is to "keep" the page. I think your most recent comment about renaming to "intactivism" applies to Genital integrity and does not change your vote to keep intactivist. Can you please let us know which interpretation is the correct one? Thank you. Johntex 07:28, 1 Feb 2005 (UTC)

GrindSkull, Green Pool, Collin Borell and Adam Diotale

Hey i was just wondering why you want to delete GrindSkull

Hi, Why do you want to delete, Green Pool and Collin Borell ?

Hi – I'll respond here, because you didn't sign with a User name with a Talk: page I could reply to.

I think of myself as a strong Inclusionist, so I don't take nominating an article for deletion lightly at all.

For a sense of the reasons I nominated these articles on Votes for deletion, see point 6 on Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not#Wikipedia is not a general knowledge base, Wikipedia:Verifiability#Obscure topics, and Wikipedia:Criteria for inclusion of biographies.

Significantly, I found no results on Google web search for "Adam Diotale", very few for "Collin Borell" and nothing that seemed to be music critics or journalists reporting on him, fans discussing him, etc.; nothing related for +"Green Pool" +Collin, and nothing for +GrindSkull +Collin.

With all this, I also strongly suspect the articles are self-promotion; see point 7 on Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not#Wikipedia is not a soapbox, and Wikipedia:Auto-biography.

My mind is open – some would put that more harshly ;) – and if new evidence seemed to prove my suspicions wrong, and show that these subjects are over the hazy minimum bar to put in an encyclopedia that isn't a directory of everything and everyone'in the world, but is not paper and is broadly, sometimes radically inclusive and open-minded too – I would certainly change my vote.

Finally, welcome to Wikipedia! (I assume?) Samaritan 03:17, 2 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Reflections Cabaret

Hmmmm. Well, I suppose it depends how you look at it; I'm not personally inclined to think that most bars (gay or otherwise) deserve articles (excepting, of course, obviously notable bars such as the Horseshoe Tavern, CBGB or Studio 54). If Reflections had special notability in Canadian LGBT history, I'd support it, but I'm not aware of anything that would make it so (which doesn't necessarily mean there isn't anything, granted.) I think it's really just yer standard local gay bar. Even being popular with straight people isn't really all that unprecedented, as these things go. Bearcat 19:08, 7 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Bloc Québécois

T'anks for the back-up on this article. I don't think we've seen the end of this. Thanks also for posting Cdn-related VfDs on the Cdn discussion board. That is an exteremly useful service you provide. Kevintoronto 19:17, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Wikipedia Etiquette

Re your posting to Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/État québécois : Note: The user who proposed this for deletion has apparently also been on a POV-tagging binge.

Please be advised that we do not go on "POV-tagging binges." We only make positive contributions to the best of our ability without degrading others making honest efforts. No need to apologize, looking at some of your history, I understand what you are. Thank you. JillandJack 23:21, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Pardon me for eavesdropping, but I had to respond to your statement that "I feel like a piece of shit enough already for having, with a badly chosen word, inadvertently flamed you." You're still one of my very favourite contributors. Don't be hard on yourself. Kevintoronto 00:44, 9 Feb 2005 (UTC)

paniq on VfD

There is an interesting discussion over on VfD for the bio-article for German demoscene musician and artist paniq. I was hoping you could enter a comment or vote after reading through and reviewing the article. -R

Did you know...

--Slowking Man 07:35, Feb 10, 2005 (UTC)

Note: I didn't create the article, just noticed it in Newpages and nominated it it for Did You Know. - Samaritan

Dean 08 Link

Question, may I ask what did I do wrong with the Dean 08 unofficial link? (was from Zscout370)

Hi

I don't know. That probably could have been merged into the party article, but as a favour, I've cast my vote. And on principle, I don't know why some people are so eager to delete when the point of this whole thing is to propogate knowledge, not restrict. Regards, Kevintoronto 14:39, 11 Feb 2005 (UTC)

CKY

Please add CKY to your watchlist; it seems a user blanked the television station on February 6 and rewrote the article as essentially a duplicate of CKY (band). Rdsmith4 reverted it, but the same user changed it back to the band again with no further reversions until I caught the issue today. Bearcat 00:06, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Update: I've turned CKY into a disambig; the band is still at CKY (band) and the TV station has been moved to CKY-TV. Bearcat 05:39, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Archiving

Another question, how does the archiving work? On the US 2008 elections, I got a notice that the page is too long. Zscout370 17:36, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)

More fun with JillandJack

I've just noticed that JillandJack actually wrote, in the article on Diane Francis, that Canwest Global originally owned and launched the National Post. That wouldn't be an excusable error even from a user who wasn't insisting that their edits are factually perfect. Any thoughts? (I've already corrected it.) Bearcat 08:10, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)

The plot thickens...JillandJack have now been banned as a reincarnation of a previously banned user, DW (a/k/a Joe Canuck, Angelique, etc.) Bearcat 00:55, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)

CCOTW

I am trying to organize a relaunch of CCOTW and would appreciate your support at wikipedia:Canadian wikipedians' notice board/CCOTW/Collaborators Circeus 15:42, Feb 25, 2005 (UTC)

Universism undeletion

Samaritan, please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Votes_for_undeletion#Universist_Movement

CCOTW

Tommy Douglas, an article you have voted for, is the Canadian Collaboration of the Week for April 2005.

More schools on Wikipedia: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 Wikipedia 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\^talk

Grotesque picture

Happened to you too? I wish I had have spotted it sooner.. I should probably search for the image and see which user talk pages it's been deposited on. Thank you very much for letting me know that it's not just me it happened to. A bientot. Bobo192 19:32, 27 Mar 2005 (UTC)

You're welcome, Samaritan, no trouble. Alai 19:54, 27 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Welcome back

I've missed you. You calm and level-headed approach to Wikipedia makes life here more enjoyable. I'm glad you haven't left us. Kevintoronto 14:08, 28 Mar 2005 (UTC)

It's alive!

Was beginning to worry what had happened to you...anyway, do whatever the heck you want with the maps. I did them based on my own understanding of how the regions are divided, not with any external reference, and it's not as though I feel particularly strongly about a five minute job done in MS Paint... Bearcat 17:26, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Great job!

--Spinboy 05:54, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)

If you want to make something up to give out, you can. I dunno that I'd use that name, but it's a good idea. --Spinboy 17:23, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Wikiproject

I don't know if you are from Ottawa or not, but I thought I'd let you know there is a new wikiproject. WikiProject Ottawa aims to improve and expand the articles that already exist relating to things in our fine city, and to create new articles for the same reason. So stop on by and sign up! --Spinboy 04:11, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Heather and her mommies

Nice compromise, well done. I can live with that. —Christiaan 22:56, 4 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Kazzer on VfD

Beautiful expansion! Well done, and I will go and change my vote right away. Thanks for dropping me a note. Sjakkalle 06:03, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Christel Haeck

The current wording works for me. CJCurrie 23:19, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)

State Funeral of Pierre Trudeau

Thank you for moving some of the images on the page. I uploaded them and I wanted to keep them consistant in chronological order, as the events happened. I created this page. User talk:SNIyer12

I'm convinced in one way or another. I wanted to keep it consistent with the timeline and where it happened.

Vitals

You asked me to post my vitals (date of birth, place of birth). However, that would constitute original research since that information isn't available anywhere else (other than private legal records like my birth certificate). BTW, thanks for your edits. GrantNeufeld 12:30, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Salutin & Polley romantic link source...

You asked where I got the source for a romantic link between Rick Salutin and Sarah Polley. The answer is I got it from someone who lived with one of them. It is creepy but true, as was pointed out, Polley was only 14, and Salutin was 51 and the time my source links them. The same source also says that Salutin gave her away at her wedding! Double ick.

Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Russell Norman

• Heh. God (Goddess/Universe/PTBs/Homer Simpson/Whatever) help us if that ever picks up! ...

(BTW, I couldn't resist fixing the Salutin and Polley wikilinks in the previous heading on this talk page.) GrantNeufeld 02:42, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)

(about Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/List of songs about body parts)

I'm not too sure I understand? Well, I don't really have any strong opinion on that list one way or the other, so I won't vote. I guess if I had to choose I'd lean towards keep. Everyking 18:42, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)

BC MDM

Thanks for your revision. I did not respond because I am a little fed up with the situation. Spinboy actually had a point about it not being necessary because the info is currently on a website. I was frustrated that it took me over a week and many, many attempts to cajole and persuade to extract his reason from him. If he had said that in the beginning, I probably would have let it drop. On the other hand, I agree with you that it is likely that the website will be withdrawn, and it seems overly fussy to pull content on a minor, minor party out of Wikipedia now with the intention of restoring it in a few months. I was considering attempting a one-paragraph overview of the policy, but your edit works well, as long as he doesn't decide that it's not to his taste. Ground Zero 21:21, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Emolene Benton Jones

The VfD tag was placed on the page, but the originator of the article wiped it from the page. They've also put up another non-encyclopedic article on Douglas Ransom Bailey which I am also putting up for VfD. --Durin 01:55, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)

RE: "let's hope we can win this newcomer over to the good side gently."

• Indeed. Being in his early 40s, he's not just a kid spamming stuff to the wiki. I think we can bring him around, if he's willing to read his discussion page. --Durin 02:02, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Paddy Roberts

I've come across this before, and I'm not sure why I didn't do something about it. I think I just didn't know where to start. I believe in including articles on fringe politicans, so my starting point would be that it should be re-written to bring it up to Wikipedia "standards". But the problem is not just that it is vanity, and that it needs a good copyedit; the real problem is that it sounds like a delusional rant, so I'm not sure that the content of the article is true, and least in the reality in which we exist. It may, of course, be true in the reality in which Paddy Roberts exists, but I don't think that Wikipedia can really cover all possible realities.

I think that the only way out is to nominate it for VfD, and hope that that causes someone to fix the problem. I am loathe to do so because that will draw out all of those who believe that a fringe candidate is inherently non-notable. I would support a VfD on the basis that the article is probably irreparable.

On the other hand, if PD's party really is running in this election, surely there should be some more info available about him. I will see if I can come up with anything, and maybe I can write a new article that is verfiable. Ground Zero 16:45, 1 May 2005 (UTC)

My quick google revealed that he is a real person, he has set up the Bloc BC Party, he did run for the BCMP before, he is a pilot, and he seems to have had trouble with the DEA. The problem is that the articles on the DEA were written by him on the cannabisculture website. I have not found evidence that the BC Bloc has actually nominated candidaets, although PD claimed that it has done so in a local newspaper article, and claims to be aiming to have 50 candidates. I go back to this article being irreparable unless the vast majority of it is deleted, and the article reduced to a stub. Your thoughts? Ground Zero 17:26, 1 May 2005 (UTC)

Good job, Sam. Ground Zero 21:42, 2 May 2005 (UTC)

And thanks for alerting me to the Draft Beer Party article. I was unaware of it previously. Ground Zero 14:37, 4 May 2005 (UTC)

Pay less books

Thanks for your help editing my vfd; I followed the instructions but for some reason it wasn't turning out properly! Onlyemarie 17:55, 2 May 2005 (UTC)

Party pooper

The S. Harper vandalism was kind of fun. Why did you kill it? I know, I know, we shouldn't encourage that kind of thing. Ground Zero 21:28, 5 May 2005 (UTC)

Good Samaritans and other kinds...

Hey. No offense was intended...but I assume that, since you took the handle upon yourself, that you prolly know to what I was referring. :-p Tomer ^TALK 22:20, May 5, 2005 (UTC)

Regarding Energy directory

Sterling's reply to Samaritan
Are you saying that if some yahoo posted a Vfd page on a legitimate, long-held page at Wikipedia that you would leave it there for a week? Sterlingda 00:46, May 6, 2005 (UTC)

Another response posted Sterlingda 01:09, May 6, 2005 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Deletion policy/names and surnames

Hi. Since you've posted a bunch of first-name articles recently, I thought you might want to have a say in this discussion. Cheers! -- BD2412 ^thimk 02:21, 2005 May 6 (UTC)

VfD of hoser

Hi. Thanks for your improvements of the hoser article. I guess I was wrong when I thought that it could not be expanded into something encyclopedic. I'll withdraw the VfD when I can get WP:VFD to load (I'm getting time-outs right now). Best regards, Sietse 14:56, 6 May 2005 (UTC)

Caleb Mueller

Caleb Mueller is a notable artist who is starting to achive fame. Even though he is my brother I think his article should still stay in, because you never know what will ahppen to small musicans. Plus there are other unotable musicans in here so delete them to then. This page isn't also for adverstiment for my brother but to show different talent of musicans out here. Plus I hate my brother and his music so I'm not endorsing him. --JesseMueller 15:27, 6 May 2005 (UTC)

Energy directory -> Master List of Energy Topics -> List of energy topics

Sure, I do not object to the current title. But I do not understand what you mean by removing it from the queue? I could not find it in the link you provided? Ultramarine 16:20, 6 May 2005 (UTC)

I removed it. Should anything else be removed? Ultramarine 17:10, 6 May 2005 (UTC)

GLBT categories deleted

Hi, Samaritan. I encourage you to visit Wikipedia:Categories for deletion/Log/2005 May 7#Gay, lesbian, and bisexual / LGBT occupational categories. (Wikipedia really needs a GLBT noticeboard for stuff like this.) Jonathunder 04:13, 2005 May 8 (UTC)

Inspired by Jonathunder's idea, I have created a LGBT noticeboard. Please take a look. -- Samuel Wantman 07:05, 8 May 2005 (UTC)

African-American culture

Thanks for the redirect. :) deeceevoice 15:35, 8 May 2005 (UTC)

Dalton McGuinty

I've taken a run through at your suggestion. It still needs work. Really what it needs is an even-handed critic of Dilbert to add in some less hagiographical material to balance what's there. But I don't really have the interest to do the research right now. Regards, Ground Zero 16:43, 9 May 2005 (UTC)

Jessica Willibanks

Can you note who think that it became a media circus? You introduced a weasel word. - Ta bu shi da yu 23:39, 11 May 2005 (UTC)

Works for me! Thanks for fixing that up :-) Ta bu shi da yu 02:02, 12 May 2005 (UTC)

P.S. could you use Template:Ref and Template:Note for that external site reference? Example - Ta bu shi da yu 04:05, 12 May 2005 (UTC)

Belinda Stronach is a Conservative!

Belinda has joined the Liberals so she can become leader and take that party further to the right and make it more conservative than the Conservative Party. I sense this. I know it will come true. You just wait. Here is a link that proves that I am right: Belinda is an arch-conservative. I think I should put this important information in the article since no-one else knows about this now but me. ;-) Ground Zero 19:06, 17 May 2005 (UTC)

who really cares unles u voted conservative LIBERALS rule!--Soromeo 23:34, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

Notes

1. ^ This is a note to the source.

Caulfield Grammar FAC

As a user who loves their schools, I wanted to let you know about this current school FAC nomination. Please have a look and a vote. Thanks. Harro5 03:29, May 26, 2005 (UTC)

Artificial Birdland...and more

re: your recent addition of Artificial Joy Club and Sal's Birdland to the musicians list, I can't tell if you know the half of it or not: remember the 80s pop band One to One? As in "Angel in My Pocket"? That was them too. Bearcat 07:16, 27 May 2005 (UTC)

I think I officially need a vacation

In my various Wikiadventures tonight, these are the kinds of things I found:

• an entire category devoted exclusively to the Township of King (yes, that piddly-arse little piece of nothing up past Newmarket),
• an article devoted to Shomer Transportation's grocery shuttle for the "Galleria Supermarket" in Thornhill, and another devoted to the Guelph Magic Bus,
• individual transportation categories for Peel, York, Halton, Durham and Niagara regions and Wellington and Essex counties, none of which were actually filed as subcategories of anything (and the Essex county category has one article in it, Dougall Avenue),
• "School bus" had been categorized as "Transportation in Ontario", as had several highways that were already filed at "Ontario provincial highways",
• articles on every transit system in Southern Ontario, all filed under every last multiply-redundant subcategory they could fit in short of "vehicles",
• Trans-Canada Highway was individually filed under all ten provincial transportation subcategories, but amazingly not under "Transportation in Canada",
• and my favourite of all, an entire category of "assessible" (sic) transit services.

I need drugs. Know any good dealers? Bearcat 07:21, 29 May 2005 (UTC)

Image of 2ch on Internet forum

Hiya Samaritan, as you've contributed to internet forum in the past, could you please read this part of the talk page, and offer your opinions, so we can reach consensus on which image to include? Talrias (t | e | c) 09:11, 31 May 2005 (UTC)

CFS/CASA

Can you consider intervening in the dispute between myself and Spinboy on the Canadian Federation of Students and Canadian Alliance of Student Associations articles? I think it's wrong to have an NPOV label indefinitely and it would be good to have a resolution and I'd rather not take Spinboy to Arbcomm if possible as otherwise he's a good editor, he just seems to have a fixation when it comes to these two groups.AndyL 16:03, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)

POV

Hi. You don't know me but back in April you wrote:

Belaboring any point – even if the point is completely true – can be a form of POV inappropriate for an encyclopedia or a Wikipedia article.

By "POV" did you mean bias? If so, may I help you revise the article so that it's unbiased? -- Uncle Ed (talk) 13:45, Jun 16, 2005 (UTC)

W. Mark Felt

Salve!
I nominated W. Mark Felt as a WP:FAC. As you commented on the article's talk page, I'd appreciate your comments at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/W. Mark Felt/archive1. PedanticallySpeaking 14:56, Jun 17, 2005 (UTC)

Category:Causes célèbres

I notice you voted keep in a December 2004 CfD vote about this category. It's been voted for deletion but I am trying to save it. Please come to Votes for undeletion to express your view. David | Talk 18:13, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Inclusion not Deletion

(AIW) can you take a look at Wikipedia "apartheid"? There is a movement to delete a two-word inclusion that is fact and true. It's gotten to the point that everyone is focused on the disputing editors and not the edit itself.

" Deletionists are disputing the following statement: "South Africa was settled initially by the Dutch, Germans and French from the 17th century onwards. English, other European settlers, and Diaspora Jews followed in the 19th century." This statement is true, and it therefore should not be deleted.69.217.125.53 15:10, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Apartheid

Thanks!

I was also spammed with this, it is not an inclusionist/deletionist issue, it's an edit war. — PhilHibbs | talk 08:30, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)

kevin gnapoor experience

hey thanks for critiquing my hip hop ensemble known as the kevin gnapoor experience. i'm glad to see that you figure us as 'thin voiced, passionless high school rappers who don't even sound the least bit coninvinced in their own words. write what you know.' as college students we had intentions of going professional (we figured ourselves to be thick voiced college rappers with a passion), but after that scathing review we're rethinking everything. thank you for putting so much time in to tell us what to do and what not to do. without your help we might be in a quagmire wondering what to do with our rap careers. now we know just to avoid that. as the producer, i'm glad you found the sampling and production 'pretty darn good'. it's too bad you had to put an end to us. thanks again.

Welcome back

This Cool as a Cucumber_Award is awarded for being the wonderfully calm and level-headed person that you are. User:Ground Zero

Welcome back. I was so afraid that we had lost you. Ground Zero | t 21:15, 30 August 2005 (UTC) (formerly Kevintoronto).

Order of Canada

Thanks a bunch for adding the information in. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 23:03, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

KMG article

Sure.. if you want to wikify KMG's page.. go right ahead. I think he does deserve a Wiki Entry. He's a fascinating fella... and he's been something of a personality in Canadian media and politics for over a decade. Somena 10:13, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

The general vicinity of Wawa

No, to be honest, I actually haven't seen it (compare what I wrote there to the immensely more detailed article I wrote at Lilies, frex.) I misunderstood what you meant at first, and thought you were challenging me on a category inclusion, but then reviewed what I wrote and realized that you were asking me if it would fit as an addition. (In my defense, I can't claim to have been operating at my full intellectual capacity, since...oh, about 2002.) Maybe a DVD night's in order. Oh, and welcome back! (Missed ya!) Bearcat 18:03, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

Project Wyze (or not-so-wyze)

I'd agree that Project Wyze are probably notable enough for an article, and suspect that they got missed on the Canada-related VfD list because of the old article's inaccurate labelling of them as American. At the same time, I don't personally know much about them beyond their existence, so I have a hard time figuring out what could realistically be added to make a recreated article more deletion-proof. Bearcat 00:56, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

"Faster, Leonard Cohen! Die! Die!"

Speakin' o' road movies...think Hard Core Logo should go in there as well? Or would you consider the road aspect to be too much of a secondary plot? Bearcat 02:13, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

Marsden

Well, I was impressed enough that she didn't escalate the confrontation; that she didn't raise the card McKeown figuratively called up by getting further into the personal dirt with a defense, or that she didn't lash out at him at the time. Was there a deer-in-the-headlights element there? Yes, but she faced it; that's what I meant. And I could swear the response with O'Reilly she at least half laughed it off, as in 'it's a hatchet job... but about what you'd expect from the CBC.'

I'm not saying you're wrong, I'm saying its a POV. I didn't see her on O'Reilly but the bit she didn't seem to be "laughing it off" when she wrote:

Canada’s CBC was the latest to weigh in with a drive-by on high profile conservative commentators. (In the interest of full disclosure, I’m both a contributor to O’Reilly’s show and was featured by the CBC as the only Canadian apparently worth targeting in the “documentary.”)[3]

And I'll admit to reservations about the photo. What if someone put up Svend Robinson's picture from that fundraising remove-a-fig-leaf thing for the main image for him?

Had this picture not been *the* feature picture of her on her own website for quite some time I'd probably agree with you. As it is, I think it should be included since it's been used as evidence regarding her personality/character etc. Homey 16:16, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Harvey Jackson

Thanks for suggesting the merge idea. I personally do not mind a merge of the article, since there are many people who were affected by the storm. But, as time fades on and the bloggers move away, I think Mr. Jackson will not be remembered long. I also reworded the lead section of the article to read that his wife is missing instead of dead, since we cannot confirm her death. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 04:31, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

Kevin Michael Grace

Thanks for catching my error on Kevin Michael Grace. I mixed-up the two journals, a silly mistake caused by having too many tabs open on my browser. I am grateful when other editors check my work, though I hope it isn't usually so necessary. Cheers, -Willmcw 09:50, September 2, 2005 (UTC)

Joshua Hellyer

I personally vote "worry too much"; if the show were subculturally notable there'd be at least one identifiable reference to its notability somewhere on Google. Creator's only other edit was to add a Joshua Hellyer link to Paul Hellyer, which has already been reverted. I'm actually willing to speedy this instead of even bothering with a VfD. Bearcat 22:55, 3 September 2005 (UTC)

The L'Ecuyer boys

While we're on the subject, I don't suppose you'd know whether Gerald L'Ecuyer and John L'Ecuyer are related? I'd expect them to be, given that they're both film directors from Montreal who work primarily in English despite having a French surname, and are both frequently affiliated with LGBT-themed projects, but I haven't been able to find a reference that answers the question. Bearcat 19:42, 24 September 2005 (UTC)

Hi Samaritan

I don't know if you remember me, but I believe we talked a back when I started making the Mariah Carey single articles and you left a nice note of encouragement on my talk page. There was a vote on the song, O Holy Night and you helped us keep the article back then [4] However, someone wants to delete the article again. I was wondering if you'd consider voting again to save the song? It really shouldn't be deleted, and important info will be lost if they delete or merge the article. Thank you. OmegaWikipedia 12:20, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

User Categorisation

You were listed on the Wikipedia:Wikipedians/Ontario page as living in or being associated with Ontario. As part of the Wikipedia:User categorisation project, these lists are being replaced with user categories. If you would like to add yourself to the category that is replacing the page, please visit Category:Wikipedians in Ontario for instructions.--Rmky87 04:31, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

Our Toronto

Our Toronto was the paper's original name. Toronto Free Press was a later name. --Cyberboomer 23:04, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

Category:Canadian constructed languages

Is up for deletion. Pls cast your vote.--Jondel 02:31, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

A belated Thanks

This is a belated thanks for your insight on the VfD for Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ohio Womens Methodist Seminary last May. I also wanted to thank you for the way that looked at the issue and reviewed the RfC on me as part of your research on the matter.

I left Wikipedia because felt I was being overrun with by users who had a common and very limited topic interest on Wikipedia. I still believe that several of them are/were sockpuppets based on posting patterns, sentence structure, etc.

Anyway, and again, thank you for your input on the matter. Stude62 03:01, 17 December 2005 (UTC)