User talk:Mathieugp

Diagram

Hello and thank you for your contributions! I just tagged Image:Constitution-usa-thomas-paine.png with {{ShouldBeSVG}}. Do you still have the Dia source for this file? If so, would you be willing to export it in SVG format and upload the SVG to the Commons? —Remember the dot ^(talk) 20:53, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

(replying to message on my talk page) – What issues did you run into? —Remember the dot ^(talk) 22:38, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

(replying to message on my talk page) – OK, that's fine. I was thinking that the problem might be the use of SVG fonts. I find that in Inkscape at least, I have to convert the text to a vector path before Firefox or MediaWiki can view it properly. —Remember the dot ^(talk) 00:28, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

Could we get an english translation of the 1793 diagram ? 8/8/2008

Sure, I'll gladly translate it to English. Do you mean Condorcet's constitution or the one made by the Montagnards faction after the coup which gave them control of the Convention nationale and which resulted in the guillotining of practically all their political opponents? I am guessing you want Condorcet's because Thomas Paine was on the constitution committee that signed the Plan de constitution? I am actually writing an article on this very subject here. Unfortunately, I know nothing of the contribution of Paine or Sieyès or any of the other people who signed the Plan de constitution. The work is generally attributed to Condorcet and is part of the two French compilations of his works. -- Mathieugp (talk) 15:47, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the reference in the Parti rouge article. I found another similar such situation with Province of Canada where perhaps you might be able to help out with, too. I wonder how the French language references should be titled because they aren't readily verifiable by the 99% of the English language Wikipedia users who don't speak French. Any suggestions? Jonathan Logan (talk) 14:52, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks again. Maybe we can resolve the reference problem for all foreign language sources because there has to be a great many in numerous languages. I changed Parti rouge to a second heading "Additional foreign language information sources" but maybe you or someone else can come up with a condensed title. Jonathan Logan (talk) 21:18, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

I see you changed "Additional foreign language information sources" to a French Reference. Maybe you can clarify something. Does listing something in any foreign language in the English Wikipedia meet the requirement of being readily verifiable so as to qualify it as a Reference? Jonathan Logan (talk) 18:46, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks again for the information. To conform to policy I will change the heading back to what is was but still, if you can come up with a more precise header let me know as I will use it elsewhere as I expect to have French language materials listed in any work I do on Acadians. Jonathan Logan (talk) 13:16, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Franco-Ontarians

Excellent link, thanks. Yeah, it looks like a really good source for either a timeline or a longer "History of the Franco-Ontarian community" article. (And a biographies section, too! Albert Regimbal! Woohoo!) I'm wondering, though — is the page just wonky because I'm looking at it in Linux, or are you also getting a page that takes up only the left half of the browser window and leaves the right half completely blank? Bearcat (talk) 22:47, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

Heh. I'm using Fedora Core these days. Bearcat (talk) 15:08, 28 June 2008 (UTC)

Moving page

You have moved the following page Fête nationale du Québec to Quebec's National Holiday in this edit. [1]. You have also preceded this by making related edits to the lead that involved renaming the article. Changing article titles is an important move that requires consensus and discussion. This is more than a bold edit, but is a violation of wiki policy. Please change it back and discuss on the discussion page. --soulscanner (talk) 02:08, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

I've changed the page back to its original as best I could. I've also put in a formal request to have it moved to "Saint Jean Baptiste Day" which follows Wikipedia:Naming conventions. Please read these carefully before participating in the discussion.

By the way, you've made this page very attractive. It looks much better now. --soulscanner (talk) 05:58, 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) 01:08, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

hello

Hello! :) I thought you might be interested in this. Check it out and add your name under "Participants" if your interested. Have a nice day and happy editing! --Grrrlriot (talk) 18:54, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

I replied to your comment on my talkpage. Thought I'd let you know. --Grrrlriot (talk) 21:19, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

Re: Merci

Thank you for your kind message. I do what I can. You have done a lot of great work. I look forward to seeing all of those articles improved in the future. Let me know if I can help. Cheers! ---RepublicanJacobite_{The'FortyFive'} 16:08, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Possible wiki policy violations on Quebec Talk page

Please keep in mind that wikipedia pages do not serve as talk forums for topics or personal historical interpretation of events. They are there for discussion of how to improve the article.

Also, please review guideline on splitting the comments of other editors .

* Interruptions: In some cases, it is OK to interrupt a long contribution, either with a short comment (as a reply to a minor point) or with a heading (if the contribution introduces a new topic). In that case, add "<small>Heading added to (reason) by ~~~~</small>"). In such cases, please add {{subst:interrupted|USER NAME OR IP}} before the interruption.

I'd appreciate it if you restored the integrity of my original posting. The discussion becomes hard to follow when posts are broken up. I think we can both agree that we want other editors to make it possible to follow the discussion. :-) Thanks. --soulscanner (talk) 20:43, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

Soulscanner

For the National Patriotes Day issue, I think I'd refer this first to WP:NPOVN as he basically attempted to rewrite the article from the POV that the "true" name of the holiday was Victoria Day, and that the names it has in Quebec were just to hide the monarchist aspect of the holiday. In reality, there are several examples of holidays that change name between provinces, the best know possibly being Civic Day (which also goes by Natal Day, Simcoe Day, Colonel By Day, etc.) There isn't a name which is "more valid" than the others, contrary to what Soulscanner seems to think.

For the isue of celebrants to June 24th, that too would be NPOVN first, but there is some behaviour issues which might be referred to WP:WQA, particularly that he seems unable to assume good faith from editors with views opposed to himself, or to admit they might be wrong. Further regarding June 24th, for example he seems not to have realized that at one point he sustained that anglo-Quebecers did not celebrate the holiday, and several days later, he said the contrary (when it turned out to suit his argument).

The way I see this, this eventually might be a case of WP:MEDCAB or further a user-conduct WP:RFC. It all depends on how amenable he might be to mediation. Not sure where you'd like to start; just let me know.--Ramdrake (talk) 12:01, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

Dictionary of Canadian Biography

I will also send an Email to Library and Archives Canada in support of the providing of redirects for the previous URL format. I noticed that they appear to have resequenced the IDs used in the URL but it appears that a large range of IDs is offset by a constant amount so that an automated table-based approach is feasible. There might be a need for a plan B, though. --Big_iron (talk) 10:20, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

A bot seems like a possibility: the old URLs look like

 http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=#####

and the new URLs look like

 http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=####

and for a wide range of old values, roughly from 35000 to 41000+, the new value is old_value-34122, e.g. http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=39918 becomes http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=5796. --08:28, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

Quebec Founder Population

I beg your pardon - infomercials? Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News is the top trade publication in the biotechnology field. That does not mean that it publishes unassailable truth (nor does any news outlet), but it does mean it cannot be dismissed as simply an "infomercial". I cannot vouch confidently for bioscienceworld.ca; if you dispute the validity of that source, eliminate it and the information associated with the citation. As for the sources you indicated in your note to me ... your deciding to fork and create a new article does not at all help the state of the article that you complain about my contributing garbage to. Fix it if you think it is garbage; don't say "I'm going to write my own correct article" - fix the existing one. --User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 02:39, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Lower Canada Rebellion

Thanks for your message. I understand your actions, and I believe you took the correct course. In the absence of an edit summary, though, I could not figure out what you were doing. Cheers! ---RepublicanJacobite_{The'FortyFive'} 00:36, 20 September 2008 (UTC)

Title for Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day

Sorry, I missed your reply a few weeks ago. Are you amenable to a without-prejudice move? If so, let's do it now! Gabrielthursday (talk) 00:34, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

To "National Holiday (Quebec)", to be clear; I still support the other title, but let's get some action going here. Gabrielthursday (talk) 00:35, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

Re: Quebec

I've answered you on my talk page. This is complicated enough that we better have the conversation in one place. :) Magic♪piano 22:44, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

Bonjour Mathieu

Merci pour ton message :-)

J'apprécie toujours tes interventions sur Wikipedia et je trouve que ton travail est remarquable

J'ai vu que pour ma page sur les plaines que plusieurs de mes commentaires on amené des corrections sur la page principale, alors pour l'instant je ne voyais pas comment je pouvais faire mieux

Je me concentre à corriger des points controversés tels que la participation des québécois à la révolution américaine que les british-canadien veulent effacer, et sur d'autre propagande qu'ils font contre nous

Je vais me forcer à corriger mes pages tout en fournissant des sources précises

Savoir que quelqu'un va pouvoir me vérifier va m'aider :-)

J'ai eu un hiver 2007 très difficile à mon travail avec de très mauvais patrons, des mauvais patrons qui ont finalement été mis à la porte...alors maintenant ça va mieux

Le 250ième des plaines s'en vient...on va leur faire une petite surprise :-P

J'en ai très long à dire :-)

Merci encore pour ton message :-) ! Etienne2007 (talk) 04:59, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Une source pour l'histoire des Batailles =

J'ai lu la plus belle explication sur la deuxième bataille des plaines dans le livre :

Sons of the Mountains (the highland regiments, in the french and indians war, 1756-1767) De Ian MacPherson McCulloch Volume I

http://www.amazon.com/Sons-Mountains-Highland-Regiments-1756-1767/dp/1930098758

Ca: ISBN-13 978-1-896941-49-3 ISBN-10 1-896941-49-4 US: ISDN-10 1-930098-75-8

Le type est un ultra nationaliste mais il passe son temps à raconter les défaites des écossais :-) Un livre totalement remarquable pour les dessins et l'explication de la bataille de 1760 et même celle de Québec

Il faut seulement comprendre que c'est un nationaliste anti-québécois qui écrit...

Je te laisse découvrir le récit enlevant de la bataille de Lévis...

Il faut comprendre que tout ça est la première partie de la guerre qui continuera en 1775

En particulier sur l'importance de William Howe qui est un général plus important que Wolfe

Sur la carricature de la page wikipedia de la bataille des plaines on voit William Howe vêtu de vert sur la gauche de Wolfe

Dans un livre sur les 10 généraux british les plus importants Wolfe n'apparaît pas mais William Howe apparaît

C'est ça qu'on doit faire comprendre au Québécois, que c'est Howe qui mène l'attaque à Québec

Et c'est lui qui perd l'amérique quand il ne va pas aider burgoyne en 1777...

William Howe c'est comme Hitler pour l'amérique, l'ennemi numéro 1

William Howe n'a pas seulement envahit québec...il a envahit Boston en 1775, New York en 1776 et Philadelphie en 1777...en plus de perdre l'amérique à cause de sa bêtise...

William Pitt notre envahisseur a aussi connu une fin comique par une crise cardiaque en réalisant que la France venait de le battre en amérique en 1778...(La mort de Lord Chatham)

Voilà ce qui arriva vraiment à nos envahisseurs...et ce que les anglais veulent tant nous cacher...

C'est LUI qui est le personnage historique, pas Wolfe...qui n'est qu'une propagande

Les anglais nous ont bien caché cette réalité...

Comme leur défaite de Saratoga qu'ils ont effacé de leur livre d'histoire...

Pour les troupes en présence j'ai de l'information sur leur nom, leur costume, leur origine etc...

On pourra mettre tout ça à jour... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Etienne2007 (talk • contribs) 04:38, 21 November 2008 (UTC)