User talk:Fishhead64/Archive 1

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Welcome to Wikipedia!

Welcome to Wikipedia, Fishhead64/Archive 1! I'm Celestianpower. I noticed that you were new and/or have yet to receive any messages so I just thought I'd pop in to say "hello". Wikipedia can be a little intimidating at first, since it's so big but we won't bite so Be Bold and get what you know down in microchips! If you do make a mistake, that's fine, we'll assume good faith and just correct you: it'll take a few seconds maximum! Here, however, are a few links to get you started:

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Insignias

Hi FishHead, I have a question that hopefully you might be able to help me with. Where it says on your page “Who Am I”, you have all the different insignias listed, and I was wondering…where do I find those? And how did you find one for guinea pig owner? Thanks EKN 21:05, 15 April 2006 (UTC)EKN

Oh no, I just experimented by copying a couple from your page. Do you know where I can find a list of all of the symbols?EKN 21:11, 15 April 2006 (UTC)EKN

Thanks!EKN 21:25, 15 April 2006 (UTC)EKN

Orphaned Canada collaboration nomination

Hi, I just noticed this edit, and assumed that you wanted to nominate that article for the Canada collaboration. Unfortunately, you didn't complete the whole process, so the nomination page doesn't actually exist. I've deleted the entry for now. Please re-submit it, and pay careful attention to the instructions listed near the beginning of the Canada collaboration page (particularly, you need to complete step 2). If you need help or have questions, leave a message on my talk page. Mindmatrix 22:34, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

The Georgia Straight

Hi Fishhead64, I noticed your edit to the Straight. It looks good - and as a fellow GVRD'er I thought I'd say hello. (Fishhead64? There's got to be a story there :) --Bookandcoffee 19:14, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject Vancouver and the GVRD

To all WikiProject Vancouver participants: A question has been raised in the WikiProject discussion about whether the entire GVRD should be covered by WP Vancouver. I'd love to hear your input on this on the discussion page because I think it is a possibility despite the amount of workload involved.

Also, don't forget that there is a Yahoo Group for WP Vancouver [1] if you want to be involved in a possible Vancouver meetup. Thanks. :) --Buchanan-Hermit™..CONTRIBS..SPEAK!. 21:56, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

Victoria map

Hi, here's a good site. Have a look around: http://geodepot.statcan.ca/Diss/Maps/Maps_e.cfm -- Earl Andrew - talk 05:38, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

Note on VI/BC page

Just a heads-up on preliminary content on your new VI/BC colonial page; looks like we have the same era of interests, which is a good thing, but I'm a stickler on technicalities like the name issue. Saw your list of HBC guys; I don't suppose you're prepping one on that Campbell character, are you (the guy who explored the Stikine region in the 19th C)? And good to see someone profiled Sam Black; didn't note if you'd done John Tod, too. As a priest interested in history, I gather you may be familiar with Fr. Morice's work in northeastern BC?Skookum1 18:43, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

Languages in Saskatchewan and Alberta

The Mercure decision did hold that the provincial legislatures could modify any unentrenched sections of the NWT Act of 1882, including section 110. Alberta and Saskatechewan did just that - in both cases explicitly reiterating existing English-only policies. In Alberta, the language of the act is disingenious in requiring nothing in English, and never forbidding French; but by "allowing" the legislature to publish in English only if it likes, it simply avoids positive confirmation of other acts stipulating the use of English exclusively. Alberta may not have named a language "official", but the act's text here makes the intent clear. Saskatchewan's law is more directly anti-French, and as I understand it explicitly declares unilingualism, but I can't find a copy of the text.

Whether or not Mercure can be so easily amended is a more difficult question. The court found provincial languages laws to be a federal interest, suggesting the the parliament in Ottawa could force Saskatchewan to be bilingual. But that would mean opening a can of worms, since it would also mean that Ottawa could mandate bilingualism in Quebec. Since none of the leaders of the four seated federal parties have been feeling suicidal, Ottawa has not intervened.

However, federal law requires a number of provincial services be offered in French - schools and courts in particular - and offers grants to the province to pay for them. Thus, Saskatchewan and Alberta are officially English, but must in the law offer some services in French.

*sigh* I suppose somebody ought to write articles on the Mercure decision, the Northwest Territories Act of 1882, Saskatechwan Bill 2 (1988) and the Alberta Languages Act. I'm too lazy. --Diderot 17:29, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

(I had just finished typing this when I saw your 2nd message on my Talk page - so I see you know some of this.)

Re: VST

Hey - I expanded the CST article and removed the stubs. Was that very wrong of me? I figured that if I had de-stubbified the article, it no longer needed to be a part of the WikiProject. Fishhead64 17:43, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

Nah, that was fine, now that it has enough info to be considered a "real" article. I started the article not knowing much about VST at all (besides the location and the fact that I pass by it on campus daily), so it's good that you expanded on it. Good job. And don't worry about the WikiProject thing -- it's already mentioned in the discussion page. Thanks. :) --Buchanan-Hermit™..CONTRIBS..SPEAK! 17:46, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

I see you're an Anglican priest. Just wondering (and I want to ask this without revealing your personal information), are you a priest at a church near Boyd? --Buchanan-Hermit™..CONTRIBS..SPEAK! 19:11, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

Boyd St. in New West? Or Boyd Secondary in Rmd? I'm a "floater" priest (I know that imagery is somewhat difficult), so I travel thither and yon. Some places more thithier and yonner than others. This Sunday I'll be at St. Edward's, Bridgeport, presiding at Matins, if you want to check out my homiletics. Fishhead64 19:41, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

Oh okay. I meant the Richmond one, since I live around the corner and saw that you, too, are from Richmond. :) --Buchanan-Hermit™..CONTRIBS..SPEAK! 19:46, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

"Noncommercial only" images

Please note that images that are restricted to non-commercial uses are not allowed on Wikipedia. Do not upload any more images from Alpine Hikes unless you get permission from the photographer also for commercial uses. (See Wikipedia:Confirmation of permission for some hints what must be allowed.) Thank you. Lupo 12:01, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

Simon Fraser

Hey Fishhead, thanks for giving Simon Fraser's article a serious overhaul. I had that on my list of things to do, but now i can simply remove it from the list without further effort. Looks good! By the way, thanks also for the work you've done on the James Douglas article - he was an important guy and I think he deserves a well-rounded article. Kilter 07:10, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Mediation Case: Joe Scarborough

You have indicated that you are willing to accept an assignment as a mediator. I have assigned this case to you. If you don't want to take the case on, just say so at the bottom of the request, delegate it to someone else and update the case list accordingly. Before you begin the mediation please read the suggestions for mediators. You can also review earlier mediation cases to get an understanding for possible procedures.

--Fasten 11:51, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

BC Archives

If you have an email from them giving permission for use of images on Wikipedia, I'm afraid that's not good enough. Our image use policy does not allow for that type of licensing -- images should be of free use (for commercial use too) whenever possible. However, with regards to an image of Sir James Douglas, that would likely be usable simply because it's so old. We need to state the exact source. It's OK if you don't have an online URL. If it's from the BC Archives if you can say so and supply the catalog number, that's probably good enough. Regards, howch e ng {chat} 17:15, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

James/Jimmy McDougall

You might care to take a look at my posting at Talk:Jimmy McDougall. Your explorer chappie now has the field all to himself!Phase4 16:54, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

mediation for Insurance Corporation of British Columbia

Mediation case Insurance Corporation of British Columbia is now in progress. -- Fullstop 16:43, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

BC pronunciation stuff

Hi. Saw your change (re-ordering?) to the Canadian English page's pronunciation section. I concur, but as before I fear that other Wiki editors are going to come along demanding citations, and personal experience isn't good enough. And that's the rub (to use a British-ism that's probably more usedc in BC than anywhere else on the continent, come to think of it). What these guys want is an academic citation, or at least a journalistic one; but as long as academics are either uninformed, uneducated, or just heedless, and cultural journalists are busy with ongoing disdain of the British and/or European legacy here (sigh), there's going to be no citations possible. All very frustrating; but we'll see how long the current text stands before someone challenges it wanted credentials/cites...Skookum1 18:48, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

Joe Scarborough

Hey, sorry I haven't responded yet, but it's been a hectic and stressful week at work for me and I haven't had the time to draw up a lengthy response to Tbeatty. Due to this stress I've also been avoiding stressors like this Scarborough nonsense, but obviously I haven't been entirely successful. I'm willing to participate if it's okay that I might not be able to respond immediately regarding mediation issues. Gamaliel 03:36, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

Catholicism

It was probably my mistake. I have just restored it. - Mike Rosoft 06:47, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

Catholic Church protection

What I saw was a current proposal with a whole heap of opposition (here) and an edit war at Catholic Church. I did not take an opinion, but protected the edit warred page in its current state, as dictated by the Protection policy. If you think there is a stable solution and that the edit war is over, let me know and I will unprotect it immediately. --Commander Keane 08:09, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

Even before you most recent comment on my talk page (which I will read now) I unprotected Catholic Church. Probably a bit of bad judgement to protect it, sorry about that. Just try to avoid an edit war by discussing reversions with offending users. Good luck.--Commander Keane 08:41, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

Fishhead, you've GOT to be KIDDING me with your disingenuousness in all of this. There is a REVERT WAR going on at Catholic Church, and hence it should be protected. Period. The status quo was a REDIRECT. It was like that for MONTHS until you and your friends changed it THE OTHER DAY. Now you have an ongoing vote on this very issue, and you are losing it. It is IMPROPER to PREEMPT an ONGOING VOTE by prematurely changing Catholic Church to a disambiguation page. You're trying to strongarm me and other editors into a compromise. News flash: COMPROMISES ARE SUPPOSED TO BE COOPERATIVE! Because of your conniving and immaturity about this whole thing, I will no longer support your compromise at all. This is utterly ridiculous. How would you feel if I started acting as you have with the Church of England page? --Hyphen5 13:01, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

First of all, there is an ongoing survey. Regardless of any other factors it remains IMPROPER to preempt that vote. Especially when you are losing. And you are losing; don't fudge the numbers by breaking the "opposed" position down into various factions while keeping the "support" position conceptually united. That, again, is disingenuous. The previous vote specifically addressed the issue of whether Roman Catholic Church should be moved to Catholic Church. The consensus was no. Editors rationales were varied, and some editors insisted that it was their right NOT to give a reason for their vote! So you cannot say that editors expressed a desire not to conceptually equate "Catholic Church" with "Roman Catholic Church" by means of redirection. Indeed, that was the status quo at the time that I was trying to change. (The "most common usage" guidelines at WP:NC(CN) and Wikipedia:Naming conflict suggest that Catholic Church should either redirect to Roman Catholic Church, or itself be the Roman Catholic Church article. As it stood, we had a prominent disambiguation link at the top of the page.)

You say: "What is disingenuous is your support for a redirect in order to have your will prevail over against the consensus of the editors." WHAT!? That's ABSURD on its FACE! I'm not the one who's preempting a vote that I am losing. You are the one going against the consensus of the editors! You further say: "You either think it should be a redirect or you don't." You absolutely can merge articles into a redirect. Until then, it should remain a redirect. All that's going to be accomplished by creating a disambig page at Catholic Church is (1) you'll confuse searchers and (2) you'll create yet another redundant article that nobody wants to consolidate or merge. I'm skeptical that we'll be able to merge these; that's why I want to preserve the status quo at Catholic Church until it is clear that we will be able to merge them. --Hyphen5 16:43, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

FYROM or Republic of Macedonia

After extensive edit warring, article protection, and the statement of the extended version supporting side regarding both the name of the article, and the intro paragraph, a poll has been placed. The brief version supporting side is to keep the name of the article AND the intro paragraph free of the UN name (FYROM). Keep in mind that you can select more than one of the options (8! to the moment) that may suit you. Please participate in the vote and ask other editors you know to do so too. Increased participation can make the outcome of the vote as NPOV as possible. NikoSilver ^{(T) @ (C)} 16:01, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Re: ICBC

The developers here had a contingency plan long ago for this very situation. Just look in the "history" section, and put your original material into the "Temp" subpage. Denelson 83 03:44, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

I just saw that the page was deleted. However, as I am an administrator here, I have access to the deleted text. Denelson 83 03:46, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

Here is the text of that article, with the plagiarized text removed. This should help you rebuild it:

The Insurance Corporation of British Columbia, or ICBC, *** copyrighted text removed ***.

ICBC is governed by a board of directors appointed according to the provisions of the Insurance Corporation Act, ICBC's enabling statute. The board of directors, the CEO, and ICBC management govern ICBC in accordance with corporate governance best practices, and in accordance with the provisions of the enabling legislation, the Motor Vehicle Act, and other legislation applicable to ICBC. Rates applicable to ICBC's basic automobile insurance coverage are subject to the review of, and are set by, the British Columbia Utilities Commission.

Although it was established by a New Democratic government, successive governments of various stripes have maintained the public insurer. Occasionally movements for reform of the automobile insurance system in the province spring up, but they have thus far been unsuccessful. Poll results guaging public satisfaction with ICBC and/or support for its privatization have been mixed over the years.

Mandate

*** copyrighted text removed *** ICBC insurance policies are sold via private companies acting as brokers for the public insurer. In addition to providing this basic insurance, *** copyrighted text removed ***.

*** copyrighted text removed *** Like other insurance companies, ICBC bases its premiums on a client's claims history, type of automobile, and geographic location.

ICBC is also heavily involved in advertising aimed at raising public awareness of road safety. In cooperation with Autoplan brokers, the corporation attempts *** copyrighted text removed ***.

Controversy

The public automobile insurance scheme has been controversial in British Columbia since its introduction over thirty years ago. The nature of the controversy can be summarized as follows:

Critics allege that ICBC's policy of excluding demographic factors (such as age, sex or marital status) or initiatives (such as mileage based insurance) when setting premiums unfairly penalizes certain drivers by creating an actuarial subsidy. Defenders of ICBC respond that ICBC is, in fact, more fair since it bases its rates solely on an individual’s driving history, and statistics related to the correlations between accidents and type of vehicle and geographic area.
Critics object that the public insurer unfairly competes with private enterprise by establishing a monopoly over basic insurance. Defenders claim that the absence of a profit motive keeps rates low, and that having a single insurer helps streamline costs.
Critics claim that the true profitability of ICBC is questionable, since the means to determine whether an actual actuarial surplus occurred are not available. Defenders respond that ICBC's financial status is a matter of public record, and point to the reduction of rates in response to claims of a surplus as evidence of the insurer's good faith.

External links

[[Category:British Columbia]] [[Category:Crown corporations of Canada]] [[Category:Insurance companies of Canada]]

I hope this helps. -- Denelson 83 03:53, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

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Your opinion on Brother Twelve

Just on a whim I looked him up on Wiki today, and lo and behold there's a biostub; I added the BC history cat and not sure about "people from BC" as a cat; wondering if he should be in a VancIsl cat or what else?Skookum1 23:43, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Basemaps For Your Use

Had these kicking around; the last one is a language map of the NW Sprachbund which would need adapting /transcribing for use in Wikimaps (posted to the Wikimaps area discussion pages for their reference). The others are Basemaps I picked up along the way and fiddled with; can't remember where I got the whole-BC one from but you'll note it's fuzzy in the southern Alaska Panhandle, which is where I guess I undid whatever logo/caption had been on this; the other two are tweaks off a long-ago (1999 or thereabouts) Environment Canada online satellite maps (which look more like the dark one); can't remember what I did to get the white version by way of substituting/changing colours but it's pretty sharp; I made a basic local "rivers" map based on it but I'm not good with text placement http://www.cayoosh.net/pix/maps/rivers.png. Use as you see fit, or if needing some resources for an earnest mapmaker helping you out etc.Skookum1 23:10, 23 April 2006 (UTC)