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July the 5th

Start of a new archive i guess. I have a question of placement and editing. The answer is probably simple but here goes. I was just over checking the Newfoundland project page Wikipedia:WikiProject Newfoundland and Labrador and noticed someone had put in a Category for Category:Lakes of Newfoundland and Labrador NOW the quandry: I have, in my own personally written article Ernest Harmon Air Force Base a good sized section on a Newfy lake called Long Gull Pond near Stephenville. If I wanted to create an article for the NFLD Lakes Category, would I delete the entire entry in my Harmon article and put a link to the new Gull Pond article OR leave the complete original and make a duplicate but edited version with photographs on its own new article page? I know it's not necessary to have duplicate information but it is suitable for both? Is the answer too simple I can't see it?? WayneRay 03:31, 5 July 2006 (UTC)WayneRay

DYK

On July 5, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Newfoundland Tricolour, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--BRIAN0918 04:28, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

Excellent article -- Samir धर्म 04:43, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations OzLawyer, great work, the first of many such articles from you I expect. HJKeats 11:21, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

My pleasure Oz, you did great work on the article. I believe it should have stayed on the main page longer, maybe next time. Have you any thoughts for the next project you would like to see written? Thanks for pointing out my community status, I had to go through my whole talk page and found two references to the Category. I'm officially no longer a community :-) HJKeats 18:19, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

Actually NL did have representation at an Olympic games before joining Canada, see my article on Ferd Hayward. HJKeats 18:37, 5 July 2006 (UTC) Sorry that was in 1952, we would have been part of Canada then. HJKeats 18:38, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

Florizel and/or Betty Munn

Interested in an article about a famous wreck of the Florizel or the child from the wreck of the Florizel by Cassie Brown, which spawned the Peter Pan statue been erected at Bowring Park. Reference...

• CNS Archives
• Lost at Sea

Started, shall we post on the Wikipedia:WikiProject Newfoundland and Labrador page and ask for others to collaborate. Is that a good use of the WikiProject? HJKeats 22:52, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

to ensure that all participants know of the latest collaboration, what say we send a message to all who had signed up advising of the call-to-action. HJKeats 23:02, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

New Collaboration for Wikipedia:WikiProject Newfoundland and Labrador

A new article SS Florizel of Newfoundland and Labrador context has been created and we invite you to contribute to the article to firstly get it up to DYK status and hopefully to feature article status. The article is about a bit of Newfoundland's marine history and the sinking of the SS Florizel and it’s many passengers including a little girl Betty Munn. If you have any knowledge of the subject please pitch in add/edit and if not specific knowledge of the article if you could help by generating articles on any of the red-ink (wikified) topics, would be great. Thanks so much to help on this article. As a suggestion, maybe every Monday we could offer up a new topic to collaborate on and then pool our talents on that one. Oh and BTW did you catch the article that OzLawyer create on the Newfoundland Tricolour that made it to the Did you know? column on 5 July, 2006.! HJKeats 23:21, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

Portugal Cove-St. Philip’s, Newfoundland and Labrador

That's a subtle difference! Thanks for letting me know. I was working from the List of communities in Newfoundland and Labrador-- I wonder if that list wasn't copied from some other source, hence the non-standard apostrophe. No, I think I must have copied the name with the curly apostrophe from a web source in creating the combined community article. Anyway, Cheers! -- Mwanner | Talk 14:28, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

The Queen Mother and the Order of Canada

Hi, First let me appologise for any crazy spelling in this message. I am in Quebec and working on a french keyboard. Anyway, I notice you removed the àrguably not a non Canadian text after Elizabeth Bowes-Lyons name on the Order of Canada page. If you look on the discussion on the page the subject of The Queen Mother as a Canadian has been discussed at some length. The fact that she was de facto Queen of Canada, when you think about it, should carry some weight. Remember in 1947 the British Empire essentially collapsed and the crown was divided equally between the commonwealth, therefore from 1947 until 1952 she was Queen of Canada regardless of being Queen of England. It is, I admit a tricky question, and it brings up angry sentiment from those who dislike the monarchy in Canada (I personally have no problem with it, and rather admire the current Queen..so I guess im a monarchist). Anyway, just wanted to say that. Im not about to reenter the text or anything... Dowew 23:13, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

New Wikiproject!

Hi!

I wanted to invite you to join the new WikiProject Politicial parties and politicians in Canada. The goal is simple. To create a project, to create and maintain high quality articles on Wikipedia related to Canadian politicians, and Canadian political parties. Come on over and check us out at WP:PPAP. Ardenn 21:22, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Re : Bialowieza Forest Merges

No problem, be bold and redirect them. Oh yes, I remember there are individual photos for each article, so you may want to check that they are also grouped in the commons section already as well. - Best regards, Mailer Diablo 15:21, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

Lebanese

Hello, Lebanese is specifically used instead of civilians because the numbers cited don't distinguish between civilians and militants. Cheers,Tewfik^Talk 22:15, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

That i strue, but it is a minor problem since the vast majority of injured are Lebanese citizens. There is a foreign subsection for elaboration in the casualties section below in the article. Tewfik^Talk 22:19, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Its hardly a problem of truth: the full casualty count for every other nationality is listed in its appropriate section, but we can't include all 4-5 nationalities in the conflict box as it would be too cluttered, disorganised, and generally unehlpful. Tewfik^Talk 22:25, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

The problem is that there is no number. The only numbers we have include both civilians and Hezbollah combatants. I you like, you can have a generic "killed" number without noting nationality or civilian/Hezbollah status, though I'm not sure how helpful that would be. Tewfik^Talk 22:35, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Taxil hoax

I just removed the stub tag on Taxil hoax - I think we fought this one out to its final form long ago.--SarekOfVulcan 00:06, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Beer poll

Hi! Your vote/opinion on brewery notability is requested here: [1] SilkTork 12:42, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

WikiRoo

I edited the Susan Fennell entry. Kept the part about running for the PCs, but the rest was either POV or unsourced claims. --Gary Will 01:58, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

In response to your message on my talk page, I think Gary has responded appropriately on the talk page already. If there continues to be a problem I will likely chime in, but for now I'll take a "observe and monitor" approach. --AbsolutDan ^(talk) 15:34, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Your Reverets deleting my contribution in Brampton, Ontario

You made a revert deleting my contribution in Brampton concerning the questionable future of Peel Region.

The crux of the piece is that Peel's future is in jeopardy. The reason it is sin jeopardy is that Mississauga took a vote in favour of becommeing a Single Tier Municipality and the vote came ouot unanymous. As a result Brampton and Peel are fighting for the life of Peel Region remaining as a government. The council did not express an opinion as you would have believe. It made a decision. Everything that follows that decision is POV and you and I seem to have different opinions. So lets stick to the fact and not push either way. This is the edit I put up.WikiWoo 21:49, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

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You've Created a Monster ;)

Hi OzLawyer. I just wanted to say thanks for getting me into the sport of wiki editing. It was reading your talk page after stumbling upon the Prhizzm page that motivated me to get involved. I'm pleased that my introduction to wikipedia began with such a responsible user (who happens to have great taste in music). Also, thank you for checking in on my edits and tightening things up where necessary - much appreciated! BFD1 16:07, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

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Your Harassment of WikiWoo

You must stop persecuting me and harrasinig me about everything I contribute. Your revert on the Single-Tier Municipality Listing was most disturbing and shows you to be some paid propaganda pusher for some government client of yours. Stop Censoring Information.WikiWoo 20:35, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

It's paranoia. Third name isn't the charm. Still engaging in calling anyone who won't see things his way either agents of the Ontario government or Gestapo. Sometimes both. Frankly, I'm sick of it. I try to help Wikipedia maintain it's standards, and this loon goes absolutely berzerk. I bet he'll still try to call me a government agent, even though I've spent a grand total of four days in Canada in my entire life, and most of that was spent drinking. :) --DarkAudit 04:49, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

JAMs Pyramid Blaster logo

Hello. I'm sorry, I don't seem to have that logo in a higher resolution. --kingboyk 06:51, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Snazzy page

I like what you have done to your home and talk page. Are you available for consultation on mine :-) HJKeats 14:45, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Ontario Clean Water Agency

Sorry about my overwrite -- I was editing at the same time, and mine was taking a long time to add the footnotes, so I accidentally wrote over some good edits you had made. I think I put them all back, but if you could check, that would be great. --Gary Will 02:49, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Mississauga, Ontario

I did not add the person to the notable person list. I RE-added him back after someone deleted him. He actually is notable, just not mainstream.

Hangman

Hello, I noticed that you have edited the Wikipedia:Hangman page. Unfortunately, for the time being, the Wikipedia Hangman page is inactive. But, you may be interested to know that there is an international Hangman tournament which you can join if you like. We would love to have you! Ian Manka Talk to me! 00:51, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Your revert on the United Way page without explanation

You made a revert on the United Way page after I added content without stating any reason. You know I get pissed off when people vandalize my work like that, so why do you insist on provoking me to fight with you. Mark your reverts of my work with an explanation and if your don't have one don't revert. I consider it Vandalis and you know I get pissed.Wiki BADASS Woo 2U 01:03, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

Western New York Templates

I'd just like to say your Western New York location templates are excellent. It's nice to see the area get some attention every now and then. --_Z^y_RSHN^i_Ka_SHNu 05:13, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Burhan Doğançay

Thank you for making the effort to improve Wikipedia! Woodshed 06:49, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

I encourage you to be bold and make the article better in any and all facets, if you feel there is a problem with it. Posting non-specific talk page comments doesn't achieve this. Thanks! Woodshed 12:34, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

As I understand it, we sort stubs here. In fact, You can help! Woodshed 12:42, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

I'm not sure why you felt the need to be obtuse in making this point -- 4th talk comment now -- but your current edit is terrible, since it identifies him neither as an a) painter b) photographer c) Turk d) NYC resident. Mass dumping into the broadest possible categories creates a lot of subsequent work for other people. For my part, I would be happy to have my work reverted, criticized, or commented on. Thanks. Woodshed 12:58, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

Your first comment similarly said absolutely nothing. If you have something to say, say it.

I still think more stubs could be useful -- notice, even that the categories put the article in both painter and photography, plus he is apparently well known in New York -- but I guess multiple, useful stub categories are frowned upon 'round here. Woodshed 15:13, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

Bramalea City Centre

Hey Oz. What is up with your userpage? Anyways, I think I've just about said everything there is to say about the Bramalea City Centre. Well, that is everything I have to say about it at least. Give it a read (since you have fresh[er] eyes), and fix anything wrong that you find. Your quality contributions to local articles have not gone unnoticed. Regards, --Jay(Reply) 01:18, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

Yeah about that picture, I figured it would be impossible to take a photo that looked like that anytime soon, but nonetheless, you could always take a few originals if you'd like. Thanks --Jay(Reply) 13:55, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

Tardis-hieroglyph.png

Don't get me wrong - I liked that picture when it showed up in Love & Monsters as well. I just think that the fair use rationale for that picture in the TARDIS article is extremely dubious. On the other hand, I'm don't see where it could conceivably fit in any of the articles we have at the moment. --khaosworks (talk • contribs) 16:18, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

Public Procurement

Dear Sir,

I would appreciate that you don't create redirects on new content without attempting to debate your issue. This may appear as vandalism designed to censor information. Please use the talk page on the article to discuss issues any legitimate issue you may have with the article. So that you act like you Assume Good Faith and also Act Civily to other editors.--Wiki The Humble Woo 23:31, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

Cyrus Simpson

Hi, I've worked my way through the history of the Simpson family article and I see that you added the section on Great Uncle Cyrus Simpson. I can find no reference to this character anywhere else online, including on SNPP.com which I usually find to be quite complete in its coverage of Simpsons matters. Could you tell me which episode this information comes from, or give me some other information that might allow me to verify the information you added?

Thanks for the info. —Rory ☺ 00:45, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

"National" football teams

Actually, these teams act like national football teams. They may not be recognized nations, but that doesn't mean they should not be called that, if they consider themselves that. They compete against other nations (or in some cases, against other unrecognized nations). They don't play as provinces or states or whatnot. They've been considered "national" on Wikipedia for some time now. _└ ^OzLawyer / _talk ^┐ 17:21, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

I notice that you created a redirect for "New Caledonia football team" to "New Caledonia national football team", and moved "Tahiti national football team" to "Tahiti football team". You may note that both of these entities belong to FIFA, and within France, the country they belong to, they have similar status. Although "Tahiti" is officially "French Polynesia". One cannot be "national" while the other is not. Actually, I'm going to revert your changes removing the "national" from all the articles you have. As noted above, they play as nations (and, actually, by the definition I assume you're using, England (and the other British "home nations") is also not a "real" nation, so we'll have to remove "nation" from that article, as England is part of the independent nation of the United Kingdom). _└ ^OzLawyer / _talk ^┐ 17:31, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

They act like but they are NOT national team because they ARE NOT nations. So, they shouldn't be called national teams because they are more regional teams. They've been considered "national" on Wikipedia for some time now. : Wikipedia doesn't decide which region is a nation and which region isn't. I am very fed up with all the stupid nationalists present in wikipedia. Poppypetty 17:50, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

But Wikipedia isn't considering what is and isn't a nation. It's simply presenting what purports to be a national team as a national team. Honestly, England is not a nation, if by nation you mean an internationally recognized country that is usually a member of the United Nations. But nobody would try to move "England national football team" to "England football team", now would they? If Greenland, which is not an internationally recognized country but a posession of Denmark, plays against other nations, and calls their team the national team of Greenland, then that is how we present them on Wikipedia. It has nothing to do with considering Greenland a nation or not. _└ ^OzLawyer / _talk ^┐ 17:55, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

By calling them "national teams", wikipedia (or in fact serveral nationalists) are deciding who have the right to be or not to be nations. I am sorry but calling them national teams IS POV. They are playing WITH national teams and not AS national teams but AS regional teams which is a big difference. Furthermore, you have absolutely no proof that most people from this island are considering these teams are their national teams or as their regional teams. Poppypetty 17:59, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Please revert your reverts back again. I can assure you that others will agree with me. As I said before, this does not have to do with considering something a nation. It has to do with considering a team which plays international football as an international team. It's as simple as that. _└ ^OzLawyer / _talk ^┐ 17:57, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

I can assure you that French people will agree with me. I don't see why North Americans would impose us their notion of nation. If you look at the French wikipedia, you will see that all these teams are called équipe de place de football and not équipe nationale de place de football. Poppypetty 18:05, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

National teams play other national teams. Calling them by what they call themselves is not claiming that they are nations. You seem to believe that New Caledonia is a nation, for some reason, while French Polynesia (called Tahiti, but still French Polynesia), is not. How do you justify this? How do you justify England or Wales or Scotland being a nation? _└ ^OzLawyer / _talk ^┐ 18:04, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Calling them by what they call themselves is not claiming that they are nations. That's my point : they are not calling themselves national teams. It did let New Caledonia with the current name because there is a referendum for independence planned there in 2012 (expected results close from 50/50) and so I thought it would be POV to change the name. Everybody is calling 'England national team, Scotland national team but it's not the case for Martinique, Guadeloupe team and other DOM-TOM teams. Poppypetty 18:10, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Here, I am. I can provide you with a good link showing that they don't call themselves équipe nationale. It's right here. If you can read French, you will see that the league (regional federation if you prefer, subordinated to the French federation) is calling the team équipe de Guadeloupe and not équipe nationale de Guadeloupe. Is this enough ? Poppypetty 18:16, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Okay, so let me get this straight. First you care about whether something is or is not a nation, but ignore the fact that there are several teams in FIFA which are not nations being called nations. Then you care about whether people are calling something a national team but claim that even though people aren't calling New Caledonia a nation you have to leave it being called that because some referendum on independence came up 50/50, and finally, well, finally what? What's the definition of "nation"? Independent nation? By the criteria used on Wikipedia of what a "country" is, "French Polynesia" is one, while England is not. I strongly recommend that you do not change this list according to your beliefs, since it's been discussed greatly as to what a country is, but check out List of countries. _└ ^OzLawyer / _talk ^┐ 18:17, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

There are several points :

• First you care about whether something is or is not a nation, but ignore the fact that there are several teams in FIFA which are not nations being called nations : lol. So, Martinique and Guadeloupe are nations while Scotland and Wales are not ? Let's be serious ...
• Then you care about whether people are calling something a national team but claim that even though people aren't calling New Caledonia a nation you have to leave it being called that because some referendum on independence came up 50/50, and finally, well, finally what? You missed my point. I am saying that for New Caledonia, some New Caledonians could consider it as their national team (because they consider themselves and so I don't want to impose my point of view for this one. As for Polynesia, we can let it with national if you prefer, because I guess we could debate a very longtime on this one with good points on every side.

Finally, I am sorry to say that, but I think that you (and people in general) should only edit articles on topic they know a little bit. Have you been to these islands ? Furthermore, the North-American point of view (with a very specific notion of ethnicity, nation and religion) ISN'T the neutral point of view. Poppypetty 18:30, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

OK, let's three Indians, four Americans, two Canadians and two Japanese decide if Guadeloupe has a national team or only a regional team. The democratic way would be much better. I am quite sure of the outcome of this one (but let's go for it anyway). Poppypetty 18:34, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

By the way, did I mention that these guys will likely not speak French ? It's quite embarrassing ... Poppypetty 18:35, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

I don't know what else we could do. Do you want to be in a constant edit war? As for your question about Guadeloupe and Martinique being nations byt not England and Wales, I never said that I would want the French ones over the British ones. In fact, I do not consider that Guadeloupe or Martinique are nations. Since they're integral parts of France, in the same way that England and Wales are integral parts of the United Kingdom, they are not nations I (actually, let's use "countries", since it's a better term). New Caledonia, French Polynesia and Wallis and Futuna, however, are a different matter. As non-integral parts of France, and in a sense, more "foreign possessions", they have somewhat more of a right for self-determination, and more of an identity outside of France. In the British sphere, Bermuda and Gibraltar would fit the bill. In Denmark, the Faroes and Greenland. Non-integral parts of nations, which should be decolonized are what you could consider "countries". _└ ^OzLawyer / _talk ^┐ 18:41, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

I accepted it because I thought we could really be in an edit war if we both stand on our point of views (I am creating the request and you can answer after that). I personally don't make any difference between Martinique and Guadeloupe and the others. They are close or far but they all have the right to self-determination and independence if they want to. In my opinion, all these territories are former colonies which decide to stay integral parts of France (which is a little bit different from "foreign possessions"). They mostly (with exceptions in New Caledonia and a little bit in Polynesia) consider themselves as French (and let's be realistic they are economically interested in staying French). What is a little bit sad is to see that every time there is a discussion about a French overseas territories, it comes to the point that this is a nation which should be free. While this is a nice picture (perhaps due to the fact that most contributors come from countries which didn't have any colonies or where colonized themselves : USA, Canada, India), it's far to be the truth. Just ask people from Mayotte how happy they are to choose to stay French instead of voting for independence as the other island from Comores. Anyway, this a topic we could discuss for hours. What is really bothering me is this tendency from Wikipedia to re-write history and facts this way (and more generally the American way) ? This is very sad and one of the reasons why I chose to contribute mostly to the French wikipedia instead of trying to create a wonderful wikipedia in English and then translate it in other languages (To be fair, we have the same problem in the French wikipedia, where Belgians, Swiss and etc find that the French POV is presented too often as the reference ;-) ). Poppypetty 19:15, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Wikiproject Football

Just thought you might be interested in making a comment at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Football#French regional teams, where Poppypetty has started the same arguement again. Cheers, aLii 22:52, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Shoppers World, Brampton

I excised a chunk of text from this article you created that I suspect is vandalism. The contributor (205.250.191.7) has a vandalism notice on his talk page, and I cannot confirm the additions as true even though I have lived in Brampton all my life. If you have other information confirming it, feel free to add it back again. _└ ^OzLawyer / _talk ^┐ 13:30, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

My parents substansiate the suggestions, so I presume they are true. I might be able to confirm this with the management at some point, but until then, I've put {{fact}}. -- Zanimum 15:26, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Wow. I don't have the greatest memory, but it must really be failing me now. I was born in 77, so I would assume I'd remember waterslides up until "the late 1980s". _└ ^OzLawyer / _talk ^┐ 15:30, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

I've posted the email I sent to the article's talk page. Did you go to Shoppers regularly, or were you a Bramalea resident? It might only have been for a few years... -- Zanimum 15:37, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

I dont know how regularly I went, but no, I didnt live in Bramalea. Probably still went to BCC more often, since Shoppers World was pretty grungy back then. It could very likely be that my mind is screwing with me, and there were waterslides (and maybe I even played on them once or twice)! =) _└ ^OzLawyer / _talk ^┐ 15:45, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Multiple deletions

You should really take a look at this next time you post that many related articles for deletion. This way you won't end up spamming the AfD list with so many new articles. --Wafulz 14:42, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

id=toc table suppression

I just tried editing the article again, and lo and behold, it works now. Perhaps someone was toying with the stylesheet info for "toc", or maybe one of the other cleanup bits I did to the article did the trick (but deleting "id=toc" actually made the table appear during the edit). Whatever the case, it seems to work for me now, so I'll add it back. Thanks for your note. Mindmatrix 16:59, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Football kit template=

I noticed you made a template with adidas stripes for the liverpool shirt. Could you do the same thing in blue for the Chelsea away shirt? Thanks, -Pinkfloyd123 05:29, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

WikiWoo discussion

As one of the more involved folks around here, you might want to weigh in on the discussion at WP:AN#Community ban on User:WikiWoo? - wasn't sure if anyone had pointed it out to you yet. Tony Fox (arf!) 00:51, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

You make a good point. I'm personally just offering information where necessary to try and get a solution to the situation. Tony Fox (arf!) 01:07, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Re: Chinguacousy Secondary School

Hey, thank you very much for pointing this out. I changed that for flow after being uncertain about the grammar of the article which I expanded a few days ago. I've changed it back after reading through your thoughts to 'to Crimestoppers'. Thanks for picking that out! Blairco User_talk:Blairco 11:04, 27 August 2006 (EDT)

Re: Re: Chinguacousy Secondary School

I'm uncertain as to the exact number of evacuations, but I know there were over 5 but under 10. I was attending the school at the time, actually knew the students who got in trouble for it. Blairco User_talk:Blairco 10:03, 29 August 2006 (EDT)

re: Template:Planet_Infobox/Mercury

I've replied to your message on my talk page.

West Ham United F.C.

I just semi-protected West Ham United F.C. after a string of IP vandalism-like edits. Since I see you have edited the page before, do you want to check the page now to make sure that the recent changes have not included any inaccuracies? Thanks. —Mets501 (talk) 13:08, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

OK, no problem, I'll ask someone else :-) —Mets501 (talk) 13:15, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

BTW is "PAINT" not "PANT" look at his wikipedia entry and there was a controversey noted on 4thegame where WHU even got the name wrong on the back of his kit.

— User:Munkeyjunkey (talk) 8:51, 01 September 2006 (EST)

re: Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Wareham_Rangers_F.C.

No problem, I think it was better to have them together like this. I guess the best I can hope for the close is that it makes everybody equally unhappy :/ Herostratus 16:49, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Western Isles logo

I'm new to Wikipedia editing, so I hope this is the right way to go about contacting you. Sorry if it isn't. I notice you've put the Western Isles flag on a wikipedia page, which looks good, but that you've also put a tag on saying it's the logo of the Western Isles Council as well. In fact the logo is one of the ships from the flag inside a circle, as you'll see in the top left corner of the Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Western Isles Council) website - http://www.cne-siar.gov.uk/

Would it be possible for you to add the logo to the "Western Isles" wiki page as well?

C. Macleod, 1st Sept. 06

Clan Buchanan

Thanks, are you a Buchanan ? There maybe more you could add. I just added the basic history.mjgm84 16:38, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Largest TNOs

I noticed that you updated several of the minor planet pages with your new TNO comparison image. You might also consider replacing the comparison image at the Trans-Neptunian object page. Yours has more up to date names than the one currently used on that page (allthough the version on that page also includes Luna for comparison and a some other details). --RP88 19:12, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Michael Menkin

Hello there. I noticed that you edited the Michael Menkin article in such a way that the deletion notice was removed [2]. Now, judging from your comment on the AfD, I am led to believe that you are not exactly "sympathetic" to the article itself, so I shall assume good faith and that your edit was merely a mistake, and not deliberate vandalism (I love zeugma). I reverted the article to undo your edits, so that the deletion notice reappeared, since I am not sure how "mechanical" the code is, and whether merely copy-and-pasting it will still work. But feel free to edit again: just please be more careful! Thanks. Byrgenwulf 16:11, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

WP:WHMT

Hello. You may or may not remember this, but some time ago you signed up for a Hangman Tournament hosted here on Wikipedia. The next tournament is about to start, and I was just wondering if you were still interested in participating. If you are, please go to the page (linked above) and bold your name in the sign-up list. This will confirm your registration. If you are not interested any more, please feel free to remove your name from the list. If you haven't responded within 7 days, I will assume you are not interested, and remove you from the list.

If you think anyone else may be interested in this tournament, please drop them a note and ask them to sign up. Good luck, and I hope to see you at the tournament! If you have any questions, please contact me at my talk page. Ian Manka Talk to me! 13:40, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

commons

Hi, I've asked you something in your commons discussion page... thanks --Mandavi 14:54, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

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Acadiana Flag

Thanks for fixing the Acadiana Flag. I recall it was previously labeled "Cajun flag" or something. Anyway ...much improved! -- Aaron charles 22:20, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Shoppers World waterslides

Hey Zanimum, just wondering if you ever did get a response back from Shoppers World about the existence of those waterslides. _└ ^OzLawyer / _talk ^┐ 17:44, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Nothing, sadly. I've moved it to talk now. -- Zanimum 18:05, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the help with West Papua Superlinus 21:51, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

Canada jerseys

Just to let you know that there is consensus to keep only team colours, and not decorations, in team kits. See Template talk:Football kit.--Panarjedde 16:50, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

Ops, I think I now understand what you mean. Give me some time, please.--Panarjedde 16:52, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

I am fine with your last version. Hope this is settled.--Panarjedde 14:01, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

My response

You can see my response on my talk page, cheers. --Palffy 17:14, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

ok

ok.

Brampton municipal election, 2006

Just to let you know, this article is a hot-bed for candidates editing. Mayoral candidate Raj Sharda, and council candidate Larry Lee are both presumed to have edited. Council candidate John Sanderson's campaign manager has confirmed he (as in the manager) did. Sanderson has agreed to the Wikinews interview, but the others have yet to reply. -- Zanimum 15:22, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Words as words

Apologies for my exasperated edit summary here. I mistook your double quotation marks for italics, after having previously reverted such changes several times. I've now inserted a more detailed explanation, after some older discussion. Regards. —Michael Z. 2006-10-18 18:30 Z

Furthermore, in an edit summary, you asked, “…we still generally avoid curly quotes on Wikipedia, don't we?” The answer is no: Wikipedia:Manual of Style#Look of quotation marks and apostrophes. We don’t avoid them, but we don’t favor them, either. (I favor them, but that’s just me.) --Rob Kennedy 19:03, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

Muchas gracias

Hey OzLawyer, thanks a lot for supporting me in my recent RfA. It succeeded, and I am very grateful to all of you. If you ever need help with anything, please don't hesitate to ask. Also, feel free point out any mistakes I make! Thanks again, —Khoikhoi 05:05, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

Raj Sharda

The official website (if it is) of Raj Sharda that was just added says he was a past councillor, but the election results for Oakville at [3] say otherwise. I suppose we can't remove a link to an official website simply because it contains lies, can we? Or am I missing something--could a candidate really lie like that? _└ ^OzLawyer / _talk ^┐ 18:24, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

Raj's full name is "Rajneesh Kumar Sharda", from my research. That's quite weird though that the Oakville website doesn't mention him. According to The Public Appointments Secretariat, he did hold those positions, so it's a widespread lie. I've explained to him by email that he needs to source his statements. He will be doing an interview with Wikinews "by the end of the week", so he claims. Frankly I don't know what to think. -- Zanimum 19:31, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

Okay, I'm contacting the Oakville town clerk to ask about Sharda. Note that searching the Halton site doesn't find him, and the Oakville official site has some references to him, but one of them is this dialog:

Cathie Best, Town Clerk: Mr. Raj Sharda.

Mayor Ann Mulvale: I don’t see Mr. Sharda either.

CB: Nor do I.

-- Zanimum 19:48, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

Further skin off his story... at some consultation, he said "I’m glad I’m not on the other side of this bench. So... I don’t have a lot of expertise to express to you guys."[4] Thus on February 27, 2002 he was not a councillor, and he didn't even think he had a lot of merit talking. Mayor Mulvale then says "thank you for joining us", as if his precence was unusual. -- Zanimum 19:54, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

Okay, now on the "Testimonials" page of his site, he has a quote about him from a tribute "to retiring Council members". -- Zanimum 20:01, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

WP:WHMT

Hello, Lexicon/Archive beta. You may or may not remember signing up for the Wikipedia Hangman Tournament, but the time has finally arrived for you to start your game! You have until 10:06, 19 November 2024 (UTC) to begin your game by typing {{Wikipedia:WikiHangman Tournament/New|~~~~}} on the corresponding round page. You should also visit your match page, as you will be able to see various aspects of your match.

I would also suggest:

• Familiarizing yourself with the rules of the tournament. The rules include how to win, how to play, and how to navigate amongst the various pages of the tournament.
• Visiting the Tournament 2 page, which has the rules and pairing for the tournament. Use the tournament tree to see tournament updates, as well as
• Placing Wikipedia:WikiHangman Tournament/Tournament 2/Match 2/Round 1/A, Wikipedia:WikiHangman Tournament/Tournament 2/Match 2/Round 1/B, and Wikipedia:WikiHangman Tournament/Tournament 2/Match 2 on your Special:Watchlist, as each of these will be updated with or without notice. As the match progresses, add subsequent pages to your watchlist.

If you have any questions at all regarding the procedures and rules of this tournament, please feel free to contact me at my talk page. Thanks again, and good luck!

In case you are wondering why it took so long to begin this tournament, my computer was not operating correctly, and my Internet usage was limited to public computers. My opportunities to use public computers were limited, so needless to say, I didn't have a lot of time to commit to Wikipedia. So, sorry if this has caused you any inconvience. Good luck! If you have any questions, please contact me at my talk page. Ian Manka 02:24, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, you did that right... just some faulty coding and some poor instructions. I don't know how to have the template do the "~~~~" without leaving my signature, so there you have it. Just correct it with your signature. Sorry about that. If you have any questions, please contact me at my talk page. Ian Manka 02:42, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

But the United Kingdom is not in the European Union!

You wrote that you and/or your wife have gone to places in the European Union, including the United Kingdom, but the UK is not in the EU.

Then why don't they use the Euro? -- Thajigisup 18:47, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

I stand corrected -- Thajigisup 18:54, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Would you accept a nomination for adminship?

You already do a great deal of brunt work on maintain the quality of articles, and stuff like preventing fair use on user pages. I was frankly surprised you weren't graced with the title and extra powers already! -- Zanimum 15:44, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

Hello

I didn't actually write the sentence you queried (I just moved it to another location) but I just did a quick factcheck and you appear to be correct. Fixed. Thanks. Serendipodous 17:57, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

Template:NLL

You made a change, described as "rm fair use logo from template. sorry". Why? --MrBoo (talk, contribs) 22:42, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

Question

Hi. You deleted the logos on Sports teams in the Halifax Regional Municipality, and I understand why. But how come other pages with the same info for other city's sports teams have their logos on it? Please answer back on my talk as yours is quite crowded. Thanks.