User talk:Shawn in Montreal

How long?

How long until we try to do something regarding User:Stefanomione's tendency to you-know-what? It seems like comments on his talk page are not prompting increased participating by him in the discussions or inhibiting his creative motives. I think something further should be done if others support doing so. Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 03:05, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

As you mentioned, I've now started to see him at CFD, which is a positive development, and he seems open to suggestions. Thanks. Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 21:49, 18 August 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for taking it upon yourself to try to sort this out. Is there a way to restrict a user's access to HotCat (in the same way that you need to get approved to use AWB)? Either that or RfC to institute a ban or approval process for category creation for this user... Axem Titanium (talk) 13:36, 10 September 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, you seem to know more about this than I do. I wasn't aware that one could restrict access to HotCat, but I do know cat creations bans have been put in place in the past. I don't want to overreact to this one recent recurrence, but as admin GoF remarks above, he's already tested people's patience. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 13:40, 10 September 2011 (UTC)

I don't know if you can restrict HotCat access, but if you could, it would be a good way to stop him from creating categories on an impulse and introduce at least some measure of rational thought before zooming ahead. Axem Titanium (talk) 05:41, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

Category:Media by region of setting

Hi Shawn. I have this hobby of categorizing uncategorized categories and every now and then I'm completely stumped. Category:Media by region of setting was just picked up by the bot as uncategorized. It was categorized until Category:Media by setting was deleted and now there's really no obvious parent. But of course the category doesn't really have an obvious function... Since you seem to be familiar with this part of the category tree, maybe you have some good advice to offer! Cheers, Pichpich (talk) 22:18, 20 August 2011 (UTC)

Category:Cancer

I've closed your RfD nomination of Category:Cancer as discussions about reorganisation of categories belong at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion (see the RfD page for more detail). Looking a little further around the area there was a couple of comments of a similar nature in 2004-5 at Category talk:Cancer and one earlier this year at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Medicine/Hematology-oncology task force about cancer categories more generally. You may wish to discuss your idea a bit at the latter location (dropping a note on the talk pages of the commenters at the category talk if they are still active) to formulate a proposal before taking it to CfD. Thryduulf (talk) 15:32, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for your note

Hello SiM. Based on your note please feel free to restore the "See also" section to the article. I usually look for some mention of a connection in an article for inclusion of items in that section so that is why I removed it. But, as with all editing here at WikiP, that is just one persons criteria. You certainly establish a thoughtful connection so, again, please restore that section at your leisure. Thanks again and cheers and happy editing. MarnetteD | Talk 21:18, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

Reversion of nomination

Hi there. Thanks for the notification of the nomination for renaming of Category:Death-related art. However, there is no discussion as you appear to have reverted it here. Was that intentional? The CfD notice is still on the category itself. Carcharoth (talk) 20:55, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

I was reading this discussion when I got your reply. Seems all is OK now, sort of. I may comment there at some point. Hopefully the art article will end up getting improved as a result. Carcharoth (talk) 21:03, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for help

Thank you for your help. New Billy Corben page created, in incubator needs to be moved back to articles section. IF you can help with that please do, thanks! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_Incubator/Billy_Corben — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bankari (talk • contribs) 18:20, 12 October 2011 (UTC)

No plot tags

Hi Shawn - hope you're well. I've seen you adding the above tag to articles and I've raised a discussion at the Film Project. I think they're a good idea, but better suited to the talkpage.

On an unrelated note - I had the pleasure of visiting Canada last month. A superb country with great people and fantastic places to visit. Lugnuts (talk) 07:31, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

Categories for discussion nomination of Category:Adaptations of works by Mordecai Richler

Category:Adaptations of works by Mordecai Richler, which you created, has been nominated for discussion. 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. Thank you. Mike Selinker (talk) 15:00, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

What are details of

Thanks for the cat mentoring. What does it mean "I've categorized the redirect created for the member who did)" ? Where might I look to see the effect of "categorized the redirect"... Joefaust Re: Denys Irving. The article Lucifer (rock band) says the band name is his alias and that the band is a "solo". And does Denys George Irving deserve an island article for himself? Joefaust (talk) 13:12, 23 October 2011 (UTC) (talk) 13:03, 23 October 2011 (UTC)

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Categories for discussion nomination of Category:Cancer-related books

Category:Cancer-related books, which you created, has been nominated for discussion. 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. Thank you. Mike Selinker (talk) 15:12, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

Air Inuit

I was just wondering if they really belong in the Aviation in the Arctic category. They don't have any flights into the Arctic. Cheers. CambridgeBayWeather (talk) 03:56, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

• Quite right, of course. I see that even Salluit Airport is 4 degrees south of the Arctic. Removed! Thank you, Shawn in Montreal (talk) 04:26, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

No problem. I wasn't sure if there was another criteria that I hadn't thought of. CambridgeBayWeather (talk) 04:34, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

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THANKS AND WHAT NEXT

Hello Shawn in Montreal. Thank you for your welcome message. I am newly signed up and new at providing input, but have been an ardent follower and user of Wikipedia for many years. I am constantly surprised at the accuracy and speed with which pages are kept up to date. I have followed many international conflicts and have admired how very sensitive and accurate information is provided, obviously by people who know what they are writing about (structure, order of battle of large military organizations, etc). In regard to the issue of the title and the designation of the Royal 22e Régiment, I obviously came on too strong - but I was disappointed at assertions that were incorrect, but seemed to carry the day. I have now inserted on the discussion page a very neutral summary of research on the Web in regard to usage of the French name in English. This demonstrates that the English translation of that name is no longer the predominant designation of the Regiment EVEN IN ENGLISH WEB TEXTS. Rather than attempting to unilaterally undo the changes that have been made,and getting everybody upset once again, I turn to you and ask what I should now do. It seems clear that a fix is required. Is the ball in my court? Or will you be addressing my research with others? Is more research required? i would be very grateful for your guidance.VanDoo22 (talk) 02:47, 18 November 2011 (UTC) Please note significant new data on subject "Discussion" page. It shows that the official French-Canadian title is 50% more prevalent on the ENGLISH web pages than the anglicized version. We all had missed over 300,000 pages of the title, with accent eliminated. As you suggested I asked Skeezix(?) to look at it. VanDoo22 (talk) 23:02, 18 November 2011 (UTC) Thanks for reply. I fully agree that my accumulated texts on the talk page are TLDR, and address issues of no interest to other editors. I hesitate to invite others to look at them on the bulletin board for that reason. I would prefer to delete them all and replace them with a short compact summary of my points. I would focus mainly on my internet research that gives as true a picture as one can get from Google searches. Do you agree with this? I suggest that this is important because the "consensus" leading to the change was based mainly on the belief that the English version of the regimental Title was the dominant nomenclature; 1.7 million hits was quoted for "Royal 22nd Regiment". Since this is the criterion favoured by Wikipedia, I would focus on the data from 2000 to present. It has not yet figured empirically in the debate and gives a very different picture from that underlying the "consensus" discussion. I am above all a fan of Wikipedia that I have used for years, confident that it could be trusted and that its system and people allowed errors to be fixed. Thanks for your advice. Look forward to your agreement that I fix my TLDR stuff on the talk page.VanDoo22 (talk) 04:02, 19 November 2011 (UTC)

Hi Shawn in Montreal. Please excuse delay. I have had to undertake some intensive research, as well as learn a bit about Wikipedia formatting. However, I now have a piece on my Talk Page that I am prepared to expose to all. It is as un-TLDR as I can make it, unemotional, and based on Wikipedia Policy - at least that was my intent. I have put into annexed tables and notes the research and comments that I hope people won't read, but which some may wish to check. Even those tables are mere summaries of the Excel data that I can provide to anyone that really wants it.

I would be grateful for your comments on the piece and your agreement that I (1) delete my current contributions to the Royal 22nd Regiment Talk Page (2) Replace it with this contribution and (3) raise the issue on the bulletin board as you suggested.VanDoo22 (talk) 20:37, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

Rosenzweigs

Good catch. Looking more widely, please see my comments on User talk:Bnorrena, & my warning to the editor. If you have an opinion about the possibility of NPOV rewriting, could you add it there. DGG ( talk ) 17:52, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

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Re Template:Peter Watkins

I don't think the years belong. The navbox is only a quick way to move between the Wikipedia articles, it's not there to provide info about the films, and it's best to keep it compact. Imagine a really big navbox like Template:Michael Curtiz with years, it would be enormous. The release years and other defining info is available in the filmography section in Watkins' biographical article, so those who want to use it should go there. Smetanahue (talk) 16:51, 22 November 2011 (UTC)

In this case the only difference from a category is that it's in chronological order and one click less away. In other navboxes you can group different types of entries with each other, like one goup for features and one for shorts, and include other related articles which aren't in the "Films directed by" category. For example, Template:Jean Genet has separate groups for Genet's novels, plays and his film. Smetanahue (talk) 17:09, 22 November 2011 (UTC)

Entropic Gravity

Why does Entropic gravity not work as a theory of gravitation? You can argue that it's wrong, or that it is not complete, but Erik Verlinde received the Spinoza Prize for it; he is not a quack. See [1] It seems accepted as a theory (if unproven and incomplete) to me. Sanpitch (talk) 02:56, 16 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the explanation on my talk page. Sanpitch (talk) 04:14, 16 December 2011 (UTC)

Season's tidings!

FWiW Bzuk (talk) 13:46, 25 December 2011 (UTC).

Thanks

For the edit on Alice. Happy New Year by the way =) Keristrasza (talk) 20:01, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

• You're most welcome. The best to you (and welcome back)! Shawn in Montreal (talk) 20:02, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

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Categories for discussion nomination of Category:Agriculture media

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Target indeed

See Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#User:Target for Today and category churning. Mangoe (talk) 21:45, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

Category:Cold War sites - created by guess who?

This is another big category tree courtesy of Target for Today. Once again, heading down, most of it is his creation, heading in the direction of more of his itty-bitty place articles (e.g. Fort Meade radar station). I'm thinking of another mass nomination. BTW, not getting much traction in AN/I in terms of an admin response. Mangoe (talk) 18:36, 19 January 2012 (UTC)

...and other subtree: Category:Tributaries of the Monocacy River. Want to guess who created most of these articles, and what battle they are mostly linked to? The madness never seems to end. Mangoe (talk) 20:51, 19 January 2012 (UTC)

I especially like Category:1995 in the Cold War. Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 21:30, 19 January 2012 (UTC)

Oh my lord, I didn't notice that. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 21:34, 19 January 2012 (UTC)

That's from someone else who also seems to do a lot of category stuff. I wonder if we need to check up on his work too. Mangoe (talk) 21:37, 19 January 2012 (UTC)

I'm not sure what to do with all the "year in Cold War' categories. They are barely populated, and there are several articles (by Guess Who) which live in multiple year categories. I would put out a CfD to roll everything back into Category: Cold War except for my nagging sense that these categories should be able to be populated. I just don't know what to put in them. Mangoe (talk) 19:54, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

Yes, I've glanced at these in the past. Sorry I don't have any recommendation at this time. The Cold War by year template by Target for Today has been deleted, I know that. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 19:56, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

In some respects it's not just him. There's now a separate article for each Texas Tower, including the two which were never built. I'm not waiting to condense these all into a single article, considering that they were identical and that only one of them had any novelty of history (one collapsed in a storm). Mangoe (talk) 23:33, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

Good. Yes, I agree we should act boldly to merge stubs, where applicable. If he refuses to respect consensus, then that's another thing to bring up at ANI. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 23:39, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

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Pumphouse Brewery

I am trying to write a good article and took the template from a few other sites. IE:Granville Island Brewing, Oland Brewery, Alexander Keith's Brewery and many other brewing companies. You had a problem mostly with the category I think, it wasn't very clear" Could you tell me what you are looking for in particular so it doesn't get deleted. Thanks.

• It's not the category, it's the article, as I explained in the nomination. Try and find some WP:RS or I suspect that it will get deleted. Best of luck, Gene, and no hard feelings, I hope. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 21:09, 22 January 2012 (UTC)
• Absolutely no hard feelings Shawn. as per WP:DNB I am new and I appreciate any feedback you can give me, I have to admit sometimes that getting those Exclamation points are scary sometimes. I have taken your feedback and made the article better than most of the brewery's across canada with various sources that I have found. Please let me know what you think.
  • The addition of the awards helps, a bit, to my mind, at least. I'm just trying to figure out if the awards are particularly notable. Again, if you could find a news story in a local or provincial paper, about the Pumphouse winning one of those honours, that would help even more. And don't forget to always sign your posts by hitting the "tilde" key four times, like this ~~~~, Shawn in Montreal (talk) 22:13, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

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	You are special! Keepscases (talk) 17:02, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

User talk:JunoBeach and 3RR

Agree there is no issue now, just wanted to make sure that he did not get into a issue with it and that he understood. Mtking ^(edits) 22:16, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

• That's probably wise. thanks, Shawn in Montreal (talk) 22:17, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Take a look at User:Lake Woodhouse in Denver

A very strange pattern of edits this guy has: he pops right in and starts editing in Target for Today's bailiwick, and pretty much nowhere else. I'm suspected that a sockpuppet investigation may be in order. Mangoe (talk) 20:28, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

• Remember that this was already raised unsuccessfully at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Long Island Lyn/Archive. Let's keep an eye on it to see if it is more than mere meatpuppetry, to actually socking. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 20:37, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
  • Ah, I had forgotten about that (more more accurately, didn't recall this account being involved). Thanks for reminding me of it. Mangoe (talk) 20:57, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
    • Actually, I see that User:Lake Woodhouse in Denver just nominated/!voted a TfT-created category & article for deletion, so I think it's unlikely that this is TfT. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 21:01, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
      • He created the nomination in order to vote keep for the article. I think. Mangoe (talk) 21:34, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
        • Oh right, sorry. I was influenced by this bona fide delete vote, but I don't know if it's consistent with TfT's voting patterns in the past on this issue, and haven't time to check. If it turns out to be, given the uptick in editing activity after TfT's indef block, there may be a case for reopening the SPI... Shawn in Montreal (talk) 21:42, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

Stop posting crap!

on my talk page and at Canadian Gun Nutz. JunoBeach (talk) 10:53, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

• Stop these pointless personal attacks, and I won't have to issue more warnings. I've asked you not to, repeatedly. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 14:16, 30 January 2012 (UTC)