User talk:Kevlar67/Archive 3

Edmonton

Nice edit summary! :) I was just gonna roll it back 'til you figured it out, but you already had. Sense of humour always best applied to self :) Franamax (talk) 09:37, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Category:National parks of Nunavut

You should have come and mentioned it to me. The reason looks good and I would have just deleted it. Cheers. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 13:24, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Not that I'm in charge of it but just that I created it and having been the only editor, it could have been done as a speedy delete. Not really sure what I was thinking when I created it in the first place. Cheers. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 22:08, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Federal representation templates

It has nothing to do with whether other provinces "have shown the same initiative" or not. All the templates already exist, and it is not a province-by-province responsibility to keep only your own province's articles updated — it's all Canadian editors' responsibility to ensure that all Canadian politicians' articles are consistent in presentation. It's just as much your responsibility as it is anybody else's to apply the Nova Scotia template to Alexa McDonough and Peter MacKay, and it's just as much your responsibility as anybody else's to ensure that all Canadian MP articles are formatted consistently. The fact that you live in Alberta does not give you special ownership rights over the Alberta politicians, nor does it mean that you're not responsible for whether Nova Scotia politicians are treated the same way or not. Bearcat (talk) 01:13, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Provincial groupings for Crown corps

Hey - funny I just realized that the category descriptions are incorrect. I copied the category templates over from the one started for Crown corps in Ontario, so I'll lay the blame there! Perhaps we could have municipal sub-categories under the provincial categories, or just remove any description of them being affiliated with a provincial government - just located in <province x>....? Or just restore it under the national category? Plasma east (talk) 16:26, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

I just looked at Category:Municipally-owned companies and think that a subcategory for Canada would handle this appropriately, similar to the one for Norway. Thoughts? Plasma east (talk) 16:28, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Sorry for not following up last evening - I did create the sub-category and grouped the Canadian articles under it, following the Norway example. Cheers. Plasma east (talk) 20:08, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Canada-Venezuela relations

Dear Kevlar67,

I have read your message of congratulations written on 28th December 2007 about the article Canada-Venezuela relations. I regret not to have seen your note during the previous days, but I have been a little busy. Thank you for it.

Sincerely yours

-- Juanmanuelarcia (talk) 19th January 2008

Postscript: good article of British-Canadian relations.

-- Juanmanuelarcia (talk) 19th January 2008 —Preceding comment was added at 01:32, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with Image:Lrt map.jpg

Image Copyright problem

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If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thanks again for your cooperation. NOTE: once you correct this, please remove the tag from the image's page. STBotI (talk) 03:08, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

I've fixed it; for future reference, you need to include one of these, in addition to the fair use rationale, on any non-free photos you upload. Sarcasticidealist (talk) 03:28, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Burger Baron

A tag has been placed on Burger Baron, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article seems to be blatant advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article. Please read our the guidelines on spam as well as the Wikipedia:Business' FAQ for more information.

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Head Office, Burger Baron

Quite aside from the possible deletion, there seems to be considerable flap about the location of the head office. Those claiming to represent the company say it is in, and has always been in, Lethbridge. Do you have a source for it being in Edmonton? I followed your link, and while the text talks about there being many outlet in and around Edmonton, I can't seem to see where there is anything about the location of the current head office. Any help would be appreciated. ៛ Bielle (talk) 02:39, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Minor edit flag

Please remember to mark your edits, such as your recent edits to The Government Pension Fund of Norway, as minor if (and only if) they genuinely are minor edits (see Help:Minor edit). Marking a major change as a minor one is considered poor etiquette. The rule of thumb is that only an edit that consists solely of spelling corrections, formatting changes, or rearranging of text without modifying content should be flagged as a 'minor edit.' Thank you. -- John (Daytona2 · Talk · Contribs) 23:46, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

I am confused to which edit you are refering that was "major" but that I marked "minor". I added a category which was already mentioned in the text, added an "s" to one word, and added a link in the links section. I hardly consider any of those "major" edits that I was trying to seeking in. Please asume good faith. Kevlar67 (talk) 16:07, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply which I've moved here to keep the conversation in one place and in context. You omitted to mention that you removed Category:Government and pension funds from an article entitled The Government Pension Fund of Norway and replaced it with Category:Sovereign wealth funds. This is a modification of content, which falls foul of Help:Minor_edit -

"A check to a minor edit box signifies that only superficial differences exist between the current and previous version: typo corrections, formatting and presentational changes, rearranging of text without modifying content, et cetera. A minor edit is a version that the editor believes requires no review and could never be the subject of a dispute."

"The distinction between major and minor edits is significant because editors may choose to ignore minor edits when reviewing recent changes; logged-in users might even set their preferences to not display them."

-- John (Daytona2 · Talk · Contribs) 16:45, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Harper domestic/foreign policy articles

• Thanks for the message on the environment policy, considering there is more issues right now, this article will not be used a lot in the next few weeks.

Also See Talk:Domestic policy of the Harper government and Talk:Foreign policy of the Harper government as this is for more splitting/merging/new article proposals.--JForget 01:35, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Brazilian-Canadian relations

Thanks! Congrats for the writing the article - very well elaborated! Cheers Limongi (talk) 21:37, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Relationship ≠ flags

Actually, amongst the footers (I do not believe "article series" templates are a good idea there, they will almost systematically conflict with "politics of" templates), the division is nearly 50/50, however, I fail to see what makes those templates special compared to the thousands of footers all over Wikipedia where there was never a feeling that flags were a necessity of any sort, not to mention that templates like Russia's or the UK's are way too busy to be practical. In this case it doesn't readily help distinguishing the countries and many flags are not that helpful (cf. WP:MOSFLAG). If the problem is with consistency, I will happily strike away all the flags in other templates, they don't belong any more than those in the CA template.

Even templates about flags do not have them: Template:Australian flags, Template:Canadian flags, Template:Dutch flags, Template:New Zealand flags, Template:German flags, Template:USSR flags... Template:Spanish flags has two, but it's still the one very odd out. What makes the Foreign relations templates Oh So Special that they absolutely need flags?

See also Template talk:Provinces and territories of Canada for a lengthy discussion of flags in a footer. Circeus (talk) 17:20, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

STarted a thread at the project talk page, with a notice at WT:MOSFLAG. Circeus (talk) 19:40, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Template:Foreign relations of Russia

I have contributed to that discussion ,it looked terrible so i was boldGnevin (talk) 18:12, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

TfD nomination of Template:Diplomatic missions of Europe

Template:Diplomatic missions of Europe has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. — Kransky (talk) 12:39, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Retlaw church

Hi there, I do have a source for the provincial historic sites of Alberta but I do believe that the web site has expired, because it doesn’t work, but here its is right here...http://www.cd.gov.ab.ca/preserving/heritage/PandS/designation/list_2001/index.asp

Thanks Cocopie (talk)

Edmonton meetup

Hello - I'm contacting you with this message because you have listed youself in Category:Wikipedians in Edmonton - if you are not actually in Edmonton, I apologize for bothering you; unfortunately, the sort of spamming I'm doing isn't conducive to reading everybody's userpages thoroughly. I am investigating the possibility of creating a Wikipedia meetup in Edmonton for sometime during the spring or summer of 2008. If you're interested, please visit Wikipedia:Meetup/Edmonton, add yourself to the list of interested editors, and watchlist the page. Cheers, Sarcasticidealist (talk) 23:50, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

List of Canadian Peacekeeping missions

Thanks... I figured it was a good idea. It could probably use some clean up, but I really don't know anything about the issue, so hopefully someone more knowledgeable will take care of it. - TheMightyQuill (talk) 00:53, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

RE: Category:River cities -> Category:Riparian cities.

I have removed your {{move}} template from Category:River cities. Category moves are not performed in this manner. Please follow the procedure as outlined at WP:CFR to complete this request. Thanks. JPG-GR (talk) 17:45, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Stanley Cup playoffs.

My bad, just saw the linked pages, and as of now thought it odd there were no 3-0 wins, so assumed (not being an ice-hockey fan) that this round was best of 3. Thanks for catching the error. 86.130.122.126 (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 20:49, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

HC CSKA Moscow

i see that you have done numerous edits on this article. i have always been curious about these guys in the red army. did they receive normal promotions over time? were they enlisted or commissioned? did they have other duties? i think these are issues the readers of the article would be interested in. i note also your interest in quebecois surnames. you do know that there are only 10 names used in pq. the others are savard, charbonneau, sabourin, potvin,robitaille,lafleur, and brisebois.;)(i grew up in ottawa, on the ontario-quebec border). a last note:i now live in annapolis, maryland, and i see you use the maryland flag in one of your userboxes. get back to me if you're interested in several trivial but fascinating facts about it.e.g. the maryland flag is the only u.s. state flag that may legally be flown from a staff with a (christian) cross on its end.Toyokuni3 (talk) 06:13, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

The many buildings of Stirling, Alberta

Thank you for your suggestions, that would be great. I agree with you, and do believe that we should take all the articles that are not need and put them on the List of attractions and landmarks in Stirling, Alberta page. Thanks again Cocopie (talk).

Talk:Beverly, Edmonton

Hi. I left you a comment over there. Cheers. Skeezix1000 (talk) 12:06, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

Admin

Hi. I just wondered if you've considered becoming an admin. You seem experienced enough, so I'd be happy to nominate you if you're interested. Regards. Epbr123 (talk) 12:02, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

ICON Picture

I noticed you posted an ICON picture for Edmonton. Were you going to updatte tthat with a new pic? Its much further along! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.34.90.227 (talk) 01:09, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

bilateral maps

Hi. Wrote a script that generates the bilateral maps with minimal interactivity needed. Did all the ones i found references to. Let me know if there are any more that need doing. regards /Marmelad (talk) 16:38, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

I wont probably follow your suggestions for a range of reasons that might come clearer later - as we have a strong locl wiki project that Id put that stuff before doing anything like that - but hey that slipping out into IP numbers used to happen to me a lot in the past - so my apologies - for doing that. cheers SatuSuro 08:07, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Size is the issue - I have tried to start stuff on our coastline - the sheer size and distance is something the usually geographically challenged never get the handle on - western australia is big - more than any damned ethnocentric xxxx could ever understand :( (xxx - anyone who lives in small spaces like xxxx or whatever) SatuSuro 08:18, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

nothing at all - I am not referring to your comments or advice - just the general frustration with those who seem to have little understanding of australias dimensions - just a general wikipedia gripe - sorry SatuSuro 08:36, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Back to the original point - one of the wa admins watches my talk carefully - and he agrees with you wholeheartedly! SatuSuro 12:59, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks & escapees

Thanks for your comments on my page, and thanks too for creating Category:Escapees from Afghanistani detention. A question about the category — would you consider changing it to Category:Escapees from Afghan detention? On WP, "Afghan" seems to be the adjective that is used for things from Afghanistan — I know that recently there was a huge debate between "Afghan", "Afghani", and "Afghanistani", and "Afghan" was settled on. If you want to change it you can just go ahead and do so, and then request the old category be speedily deleted. If you don't want to rename it, I would have to propose a WP:CFD to make the change, and I wasn't sure it was worth going through the hassle of doing that. Thanks! Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 22:12, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

Where and when was this big debate, can I read it? --Kevlar (talk • contribs) 16:32, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

I suppose it's been more of a series of discussions than one big debate. See here, here, here, here, here, and here. As you can see, it has been contentious in the past, but every time "Afghan" has been settled on. Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 21:09, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

Template

Hello. I asked before making proper change at Ukrainian Wikipedians' noticeboard, besides it is a common format now, similar templates exist for other diasporas, as Russian, German, Palestinian and others. - Darwinek (talk) 22:41, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

Royal Dutch Shell

Hello Kevin. I support your suggestion for a navbox on the RDS article and have stated so on the discussion page. I hope you will be prepared to do the necessary work because it is beyond my limited skills. Johnadonovan (talk) 10:56, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Fête nationale du Québec article

I've put in a request to change Fête nationale du Québec to Saint Jean Baptiste Day. You may wish to join the discussion at the Talk Page --soulscanner (talk) 06:42, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

Vote at Fête nationale du Québec (Saint Jean Baptiste Day)

Hi, I've set up a vote to try and resolve this here. As you've commented on the issue already, I wanted to ensure you take the opportunity to vote. Gabrielthursday (talk) 01:07, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

CfD nomination of Category:Escapees from Afghanistani detention

Category:Escapees from Afghanistani detention, which you created, has been nominated for deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. I never heard back from you on this, so I'll open it up to a general discussion. Thanks. Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 04:24, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject: Power in international relations

Hey, as a member of WikiProject Power in international relations, I'd like to invite you to come back and work on the project. There's still a lot of work to be done and we'd all appreciate your contributions. Please come back. --Hobie (talk) 02:41, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

Doherty move?

Hello, There is a discussion regarding moving the Doherty page to O Dochartaigh. You spoke in against the idea. Any strong feelings on this? I reviewed the Irish names guidelines and it appears we could go either way. I'm sending Dun the same message. He/she was in favour of the move. What are your thoughts? The article still needs some depth added. The clan is commemorating the 400th anniversary of Cahir's death (1608). There will likely be some more history coming to light.

D1doherty (talk) 20:57, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

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Category:Ambassadors to Canada

Just so you know, there was already a prior AFD discussion back in March which established the very change you requested, and then the ambassadors category was recreated in July. There's no real need for a new discussion — I just went ahead and speedy-redirected it. Bearcat (talk) 19:11, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

I tagged it with a {{categoryredirect}} instead of deleting it. That's generally about as good as we can do; it doesn't necessarily stop people if they have an agenda, but I'm pretty sure this one was simply an accidental oversight. Bearcat (talk) 20:33, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

Historic district

Hey there, I saw you create a general stub for the concept of historic districts, I created the U.S. article. Do you have any info on districts in, say, Canada, or the Great Britain? Maybe some links? I would very much like to see a more global article develop there, possibly referring to more detailed articles on specific nations, much like the U.S. historic district article. Thoughts? --IvoShandor (talk) 05:11, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

Looting of Battleford

Proposed merger of Looting of Battleford into the history section of Battleford, Saskatchewan please comment if you have an opinion one way or t'other. Kind Regards SriMesh | talk 16:05, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

NAFTA

Actually, what I think is really missing entirely from this article is the initial Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement and that NAFTA was really mostly just adding Mexico to that treaty. That agreement was developed and signed completely during the Mulroney and Reagan years. I don't disagree, incidentally, that NAFTA negotiations were completed under the Mulroney/Bush administrations and merely signed during Chrétien/Clinton but isn't that explained enough in the History section? Perhaps the intro should not bother to mention the signing leaders as they're not that important "The agreements were signed in December 1992 (or is it 1993) by the leaders of Canada, Mexico, and the United States and came into effect on January 1, 1994" or perhaps it can just mention the negotiating leaders: "The agreements were pursued by the leaders of the three countries — Brian Mulroney of Canada, Carlos Salinas de Gortari of Mexico, and George H. W. Bush of the United States, signed in December 1992 (or 1993), and came into effect on January 1, 1994." Which year was it signed? The intro says 1993 and the History section says 1992. DoubleBlue (Talk) 05:25, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

Moving Quebecois page

Having participated in the discussion to delete the Quebecois article more than a year ago, you may be interested in commenting on a requested move that would remove all links to the page. You may comment here. Thank you. --soulscanner (talk) 08:02, 22 December 2008 (UTC)