User talk:CambridgeBayWeather/Archive26

Hello, CambridgeBayWeather. You have new messages at Largoplazo's talk page.
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I have two requests for people coming here:

• If you intend to revert personal attacks could you please use the {{subst:unsigned|user name|date}} template instead.
• If you are here to complain about something I deleted could you please tell me the name of the article that you are talking about. If you do I will respond but if you don't I will ignore you.

Thanks.

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Airport Infobox Migration Plugin

175 done tonight (about), leaving 2200 in my list...

Should only be a few nights work, probably done by the time your back from your holiday.

More bugs fixed, and its faster!

—Reedy 23:06, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

1620 left (nearly 600 done today!) —Reedy 21:03, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

Done some more bug fixing/"hacking". Means less manual movement needed =). Worth the effort IMHO. Down to 1300 —Reedy 23:10, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Less than 1000!! —Reedy 13:48, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Around 680 now. —Reedy 16:33, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

All done, and old templates deleted! —Reedy 10:19, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Not the only one! —Reedy 14:35, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Someone (Sunderland06 iirc) was going to help me on IRC, but didnt have chance to do more than 7 or 8... So i've done the best part of 2200... Heh —Reedy 14:43, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Haha, yeah. Somehow i do! —Reedy 15:02, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

RE: Newspapers

Thank you for replying on YK Time's behalf. Your message was of great help!

(Rallybrendan2006 (talk) 23:47, 8 July 2008 (UTC))

Thanks also for the tip about possibly putting my book in the Gallery of the Midnight Sun. -YK Times^talk 23:53, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

CambridgeBayWeater, do you happen to know the price for a newspaper (both NT and NU versions)? You seem VERY knowledgble about the North, so I've decided to ask you (to give YK Times a break).

(Rallybrendan2006 (talk) 00:47, 11 July 2008 (UTC))

Thank you very much for your prompt answer again, CambridgeBayWeather! :-D

(Rallybrendan2006 (talk) 20:51, 12 July 2008 (UTC))

Bumped luggage as in lost or delayed? They have such problem in Yellowknife? I went to Mexico this past March, and the same thing happened. I had school the following day, but the bags came six days later. My teachers just excused my homework until the luggage (with my vacation homework and textbooks) came in.

(Rallybrendan2006 (talk) 15:39, 14 July 2008 (UTC))

That sucks with the delayed baggage, but at least you managed to get on the flight (and you actually got your luggage later). Canadian North is a great airline with friendly people (I talked to three of the senior management people for my Yellowknife Trip). It ends up that I'm not flying with Canadian North (due to some issues), but I wished I had. It seems very friendly and superb. By the way, I happened to read your user page (which was a very good scavenger hunt). How and why did you decide to move to Cambridge Bay, NU? Won't you rather live someplace more populated and dense?

(Rallybrendan2006 (talk) 17:53, 14 July 2008 (UTC))

I live in Orange, CA, which is a city of about 130,000 people an hour away from Los Angeles. My aunt lives in Yellowknife, but I can't imagine me having to live in the Canadian Arctic. Isn't everything like expensive (especially gasoline) and deserted?

(Rallybrendan2006 (talk) 16:02, 15 July 2008 (UTC))

Yeah. Everything is more expensive with the transportation costs. One good thing I heard was that the Northwest Territories paid 3% less on groceries than the rest of Canada. It's very scenic up in the North (I'll see for myself in December), but it requires adapting in order to live up there (something you have already done quite well). By the way, is there a bandwidth limit on internet up in Cambridge Bay (in Yellowknife, the average plan allows 10 GB a month). Here in Orange, CA, we have unlimited bandwidth (not trying to run it in your face or anything).

(Rallybrendan2006 (talk) 20:01, 15 July 2008 (UTC))

That's great to know. I'm just shocked how the major companies take advantage of you guys big time because you're such in an isolated, deserted place.

(Rallybrendan2006 (talk) 04:55, 17 July 2008 (UTC))

That is so ridiculous! "Outside" of Canada? They should get real. At least things changed since NU became a territory. By the way, when you sign messages, what does "Have a gorilla" supposed to mean?

(Rallybrendan2006 (talk) 17:26, 17 July 2008 (UTC))

Do you happen to know the cell phone provider(s) in Yellowknife? Verizon Wireless, my cell phone company in California, doesn't have any service throughout the Canadian North. I was wondering if they sell prepaid SIM cards for an unlocked cell phone (like they do in Vietnam). And yeah, I have never heard of BBC's The Goon Show ever before in my life.

(Rallybrendan2006 (talk) 21:34, 17 July 2008 (UTC))

Thank you. I'll look up the companies and see what they have to offer. By the way, this has always been in my head. How do the featured article (of the day) get chosen?

(Rallybrendan2006 (talk) 03:11, 18 July 2008 (UTC))

Oh. I never knew such thing exists. Anyways, I'll leave you alone now and thanks for everything you have done for me. Take care!

(Rallybrendan2006 (talk) 15:32, 18 July 2008 (UTC))

I talked to Jenn at ICE Wireless, a recommended company from you, and they can help me since it's a non-contract based company. I unlocked my cell phone from T-Mobile this morning using codes and information online. THANK YOU SO MUCH! I did a TON of research and I never came upon ICE Wireless. You are such a great help!

(Rallybrendan2006 (talk) 21:44, 18 July 2008 (UTC))

Oh. I never knew Jenn was your daughter. I have to say that she is very kind, friendly, patient, and polite (hopefully she got those tratis from you). It will be my pleasure to meet her when I set up service for myself in Yellowknife. ;-)

(Rallybrendan2006 (talk) 14:47, 19 July 2008 (UTC))

If she got the traits all by her self, that is something you, as a father, should be very proud of.

(Rallybrendan2006 (talk) 02:46, 20 July 2008 (UTC))

No problem. ;-)

(Rallybrendan2006 (talk) 03:58, 23 July 2008 (UTC))

Removing content

Hey there... in going back and looking at the history logs of several pages I updated, it appears you removed most of the links I added. Just wondering why? To my mind, the Q&As I added have value and fall into the neutral category, but maybe I simply don't understand the criteria for what should remain on the pages and what shouldn't. Why are newspaper articles seemingly ok but original content from my website not? Anyway, I'd definitely appreciate any insight you can provide. Thanks.

Sorry, just read the top of your page -- some of the articles you removed my content from include Kat Von D, Maritime (band), Mike Park, LA Ink (tv series).

YuppiePunk (talk) 16:14, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

Tookoolito

Hi CambridgeBay Weather -- I'm starting entries for Tookoolito and Ebierbing, and would be grateful if you'd stop by and have a look -- any corrections/changes/suggestions would be welcomed. In particular, Tookoolito was tagged with a Notability tag and if you agree it has met the criteria, I'd be grateful if you'd consider being the one to delete this tag. Cheers, Clevelander96 (talk) 15:50, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Our Barney friend again?

I noticed you restored the edits to the version before User:JohnLeoWalsh got to it. Based on that and his userpage, any thoughts on whether he might be User:Danieljuravsky, or possibly the guy who used to spam his soap-opera all over the refdesks??? Something about this user doesn't strike me right--the weird userpage, the Barney edits, the refusal to answer questions....it adds up to SOMETHING. Gladys J Cortez 20:34, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

Survey request

Hi,
I need your help. I am working on a research project at Boston College, studying creation of medical information on Wikipedia. You are being contacted, because you have been identified as an important contributor to one or more articles.

Would you will be willing to answer a few questions about your experience? We've done considerable background research, but we would also like to gather the insight of the actual editors. Details about the project can be found at the user page of the project leader, geraldckane. Survey questions can be found at geraldckane/medsurvey. Your privacy and confidentiality will be strictly protected!

The questions should only take a few minutes. I hope you will be willing to complete the survey, as we do value your insight. Please do not hesitate to contact me or Professor Kane if you have any questions.

Thank You, BCeagle0312 (talk) 17:04, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for reverting the vandalism on my user page. =) That was an odd one. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 17:09, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

Igloo images

I'm sorry for the delay but I had an emergency and I had to go. Please see Talk:Igloo#Images. -- iDosh!  talk? 15:49, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

Image:Old town and Dettah.JPG

No worries—yes, the picture is taken looking out across Old Town and Back Bay towards Giant Mine and the Yellowknife Yacht Club (or whatever they go by). Cheers -YK Times^talk 16:10, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

Reverts of user 66.65.108.174's edits

Pardon the interruption, and for going around the system on this one, but this is a slightly odd vandalism case that you have at least a little background with. 66.65.108.174 has made 75 or so edits mostly to kids' TV related articles, all of which seem to be subtle vandalism. You've reverted a number of his edits, including his last two. His modus operandi makes it difficult to get anyone over at WP:AIV to do anything (I've reported him at least three times, and the report has been allowed to go stale, or rejected with comments like "seems to have stopped") - he makes only a couple of edits at a time and then goes inactive for a day or so. The edits go back almost a month, so it's clear that he's got a static IP. If you've got a minute, please look into this a bit, and take whatever action you see fit. Thanks! Majorclanger (talk) 00:31, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for that. Since I've got a real-live admin on the line, I'm got another long-term subtle vandal that seems to have the folks over at AIV flummoxed, which I can't figure out - this IP has been blocked four times, including a three month vacation that just expired. The guy is considerably more prolific that 174 above - the block expired about an hour ago and the IP has been used for eight edits - five of which are almost certainly misinformation, three of which aren't at clear cut. It's all pretty subtle (date changes and the like) and nobody monitoring AIV seems to want to do anything about it. So if you could take a look at the culprit - 24.47.245.45, I'd appreciated it. And I promise to leave you alone - the missus wants to watch a movie, so I'm being pulled away from my Wiki addiction for a while! Majorclanger (talk) 01:12, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

Dene communities

Any community that coulda been/woulda been/was being filed directly in Category:Dene if the communities subcategory didn't exist. I didn't actually rationalize it much more carefully than that, to be honest... Bearcat (talk) 07:19, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

Sheekhaal page

I have added and info box to this site which i copied form another site, becouse i did not know how to make one the details are deferent it is the only the box, please do not delete but if you can improve it do it by all means i have been looking for ages how to make an info box. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.67.90.254 (talk) 14:15, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

thermodynamics edits

follow this link for why i made the edits to the thermodynamics page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:History_of_thermodynamics#history and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:History_of_thermodynamics#Changes_to_history_sections Tomasz Prochownik (talk) 05:01, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome

Cheers, JNW (talk) 05:11, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

hahaha, hells yeah.

Glad to make you laugh... (is that the permalink diff, or not? I can never remember that, nad wnat to 'fix' that before I move that to my userpage...) ThuranX (talk) 06:17, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

Bogra

It looks to me that the section Notable people from Bogra is getting increasingly spammed. Can you look into the matter. Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 08:42, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Lady Aleena's db request

You forgot the talk page. Cheers. Synergy 08:49, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

User talk page deletion

Hi Cambridge, can you please delete this username blocked talk page please. They were blocked for their username back in April and just now used it for promotion. I think it would be best to delete it so this cant happen again. Cheers

Somali Clan

Hello, thanks for cleaning up after me! Please can you tell me where to find out how to move a discussion page? Redheylin (talk) 22:36, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Maybe I misunderstood. You write "I also moved the page over to preserve the editing history." I cannot find how to do that on the How to Merge instructions. By the way = no thanks, I just put one out. Redheylin (talk) 22:42, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Well, I fixed one redirect Somali clans but missed "tribes". I was following the "how to" rules, but it has been brought to my attention that histories can get lost. Am I meant to report it to the "fixes" page, or what? Redheylin (talk) 22:59, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your help once again. Redheylin (talk) 23:19, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

I hate to say it but I really think the "Somali clan" article should have been merged and redirected to "Somali people." I'm basing my reasoning thusly: (Somali clan = Somali people) but (People in Somalia != Somali people). I've brought this up at Talk:Demographics of Somalia#Article merge. I really don't want to pull you into the discussion, but I am also concerned with the technical issue of un-merging the edit histories (if it's even possible). -- Gyrofrog (talk) 15:08, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

Notability of Jose Fadul

Kindly refrain from thinking of deleting the article on Jose Fadul. Fadul may not be notable to some of you, but he is most certainly notable to us, alumni of Manila Science High School and of UP College of Education. His life is an inspiration to all those who have speech defects but have the spirit to excel and gain honor. I see no conflict of interest therein.PFlores3 (talk) 10:42, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

I second the motion. Fadul was one of the few child prodigies recognized by the late Atty. Fernanda Balboa herself, the founder of Children's Museum and Library, Inc. (CMLI) MCLeander (talk) 10:49, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Jose Fadul is someone humble that I do not know well. It is good that a Wiki article on him was written, perhaps by himself or someone using his surname for his or her Wiki username, I don't know. Please do not delete that article.JDGloria (talk) 11:31, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Hoy!!! Sorry to cause the confusion guys. I'm User:Fadulj and was the one who created the article on Jose Fadul. I'm an American from San Diego, California vacationing in the Philippines. I was surprised to find a namesake, a Filipino Jose Fadul, whom I think and am glad to be notable, though we are not related (I'm of Lebanese descent). That is why I made a short Wiki article on him, after knowing what I thought were notable about him which I gathered from other websites. I didn't expect that other Wiki users would contribute to it, add so much to it, and even fight over it. Well, I don't care so much if the article on Jose Fadul gets deleted or not. As you see, if you Google you'll find at least three Jose A. Faduls all over the world who appear to be not related to each other. And there are other wikis other than Wikipedia. My apologies to PFlores3, MCLeander, JDGloria, and of course CambridgeBayWeather. Best,Fadulj (talk) 08:02, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

Emirates Airline Subsidaries?

Hey CambridgeBayWeather, i just wanted to ask, do those subsidaries go in the Emirates Group article, or the Emirates Airline article. Because all those services, except for Emirates SkyCargo are run by Emirates Airline.(MoHasanie (talk) 21:14, 29 July 2008 (UTC)).

Demographics of Somalia

Hey CambridgeBayWeather, I have left a response on the article's talk page. Please let me know if you have read it. Middayexpress (talk) 22:03, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

Category:Education in Yellowknife

Hey CambridgeBayWeather, I do agree with you on that point, though I had erred on the side of caution, using the "proper" name of the school for the article. At the paper, our standard is to drop the 'Ecole' except for the two French-only schools in the NWT (Ecole Boreale and Ecole Alain St-Cyr). If you feel comfortable moving them, I would support it (though I will be out of town and without an internet connection for the next two weeks). Cheers, and thanks for noticing. -YK Times^talk 03:06, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

I have replied to your comments at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard#Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

Thanks, Labcoat (talk) 11:15, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

Cheers for the recent communication. Is there any chance you might be able to assist with the Prince Philip article dispute? We really need someone uninvolved with senior moderator status to intervene - I'm not sure what the process is. As things stand, I'm very unhappy with the way important words have been removed from that article. I also note from User:PrinceOfCanada's User page that he/she has admitted that they're "...a staunch Monarchist" which I feel should at the very least should be taken into account when considering the possible motivations for their edits on that page. Thanks very much in advance. Labcoat (talk) 02:01, 2 August 2008 (UTC)

Hugh Loebner, Loebner Prize

Re: "Maverick" The term was applied to me by Dennis Duggan in his article "A Regular John, and Proud of It" as well as The Atlantic Monthly. These were in the pre-internet days, and adding links would be difficult. In fact, I do not believe that it was I who mentioned it. I actually contributed very little to the article, I did not start it, and have done very little editing of it. My major contribution was to correct my birth year - 1942, not 1941. Re: Conflict of Interest - Although mentioning Crown Industries in the articles is in my interest, it does not conflict with the interests of Wikipedia. I did not claim that Crown Industries was the best manufacturer of stanchions, etc." I merely mentioned my association with it. Re: Number of Patents - Why not search uspto.gov on my name. You will find the details of my patent information. I did not post all my patents to my website because (1) it would have been tedious to do so, and (2) some of them overlap - eg have terminal disclaimers, etc. One, for example, is a reissue. For what it's worth, I working on another at the present, and hope to have it approved in the fullness of time. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Loebner (talk • contribs) 15:22, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

Iqaluit - new heatvawe record

Hi,

On 28.07.2008 i corrected the heat record of town "Iqaluit" for July from 25,8 °C to 26,8°C since the heat event happened lately, check here:

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2008/07/23/iqaluit-heat.html

or here

http://news.aol.ca/article/iqaluit-heat/288926/

Afterwards you changed back my correction due to unknown reason. Anyway, can you please reverse the feat back to 26,8 °C, since i really don't like seeing incorrect facts on wikipedia. To tell half a joke and half a truth, these incorrectnesses hurt my eyes :). BTW: I might change some outdated temparature records in other towns of the world if you don't mind in the future. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.58.20.209 (talk) 14:37, 2 August 2008 (UTC)

Edits to bio

Thanks for the edits and tips. I learn by trial and error. Lots to learn here on Wikepedia.

Nattiq (talk) 19:07, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

Hey, How have you been?

Hi nice to talk to you again I wanted ta ask you If I can edit wikipedia or creat an account I have not edit it yet I was only looking at my old accounts, I want to be part of Wiki. again so can I or whats going on, I want another chance, please. User:House 1090. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.110.223.8 (talk) 23:35, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

OK

I agree I am done making socks I only made because I wanted to continue editing, so can I have a second chance please? User:House1090

Waiting

I think they might not give me a chance but, I want to say sorry to everyone I gave trouble to even User:Amerique but I have just wanted to edit thats why I made socks and they did not let me, but please to all you guys give me another chance, I will stop making socks and I will think twice before I make a "bad edit" edit please. User:House1090 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.110.223.8 (talk) 00:26, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

When will I know...

If I can edit or creat an account, because I want to be part of the wiki group? User:House1090 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.110.223.8 (talk) 00:39, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

Excellent work on Winnipeg article

It is probably the best clean up of the article in a very long time. Great work on it. It is obvious you did a thorough reading of it and improved it from top to bottom. jdobbin (talk) 14:36, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

1 more chance please I am begging you...

Ok I am not 9 or 10 and I do not want to make any more sock's thats why I asked you to give me another chance is in that a sign of maturity, please give me one more chance, User:House1090 — —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.110.203.151 (talk) 15:12, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

Does this mean I can log in as House1090 and be able to edit or do I still have wait? -House1090 71.110.203.151 (talk) 16:33, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

Please see my talk page (User Talk:House1090) 71.110.203.151 (talk) 17:50, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

Nunavut island page errors

Hi Cambridge Bay! How's it going? I've got a problem and thought maybe you could help. I created additional Nunavut island articles today:

• Wollaston Islands (Nunavut)‎
• Kaigosuiyat Islands‎
• Carter Islands‎
• Aiqqujat Islands
• Kaigosuit Islands
• Nakoaiyet Islands
• Spicer Islands
• Trinity Islands
• Middle Savage Islands
• Ascension Islands

User:Truthanado noticed, however, that the coords weren't working as he got Fastcgi Protocol Error messages. I used atlas.nrcan.gc.ca as my resource so I'm not sure why the coords aren't working. Any thoughts before I delete the coords from these articles? --Rosiestep (talk) 01:27, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for looking into this. --Rosiestep (talk) 04:07, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

I fixed the first one Wollaston Islands (Nunavut)‎, issue/problem is a Coord with a "template" parameter (display=title, format=dms, name=, ...) without a "coordinates" parameter (region:, type:, scale:, source:, ...) which causes a "malformed" URL ending in "_".

See Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Geographical coordinates#Fastcgi error

LeheckaG (talk) 07:33, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

It would appear "obviously?" that someone made a change to ToolServer's geohack.php or another related ToolServer "script". I have not gotten into digging up who did what-when-where-how-why yet, for now I let WP:GEO know, posted a "workaround" there, and posted the response to Template talk:Coord. I am working on posting a response to Template talk:nrhp2 (so people are aware of a workaround, although there are probably a lot of other affected Geobox/Infobox and Coor(d) templates). Next will probably see what changed on ToolServer and get someone to revert or otherwise update it. LeheckaG (talk) 08:09, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

I am not sure who changed what-where-when-how-why on ToolServer (again) but Coords without a region: appear to be working, I tested [[Kaigosuiyat Islands‎]]. I am still going to try to follow up with finding out the "root cause" on ToolServer. LeheckaG (talk) 09:48, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

GeoGroupTemplate

For the general discussion, see:

• Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Geographical coordinates#kmlexport updated to use live category data

With regard to {{GeoGroupTemplate}} "Map of all coordinates" on Category: pages. I had been using it on "List of" article pages which contained coordinates, and GeoGroupTemplate was recently updated to retrieve "Live" coordinates from articles within a Category.

• "Live": So far, in my experience "Live" means if you update articles, then the "Map of all coordinates" updates within an hour or two. Its author(s) indicate that it should update within minutes, but cite several reasons when/why that might not happen (see link above).
• "Sub-categories": I know that it does work for articles containing coordinates within a Category: I am not sure whether, when, or how "deep" it goes through sub-Category tree?
• I was walking through "Alaska-related" Category "trees" and I realize that I added it to some Canadian categories (where Categories either overlap or confusion between them) I was just following the Category "tree". I have found it useful for the Alaska-related Categories.
• Besides the "technical" (ToolServer) issues with it sometimes not working (due to too many requests) - sometimes I have had to either refresh or try it a few times. GeoGroupTemplate generally works or there is something "wrong" with the underlying articles. I have been going through the (Alaska) Categories with the GeoGroupTemplate and updating the articles when I find "bad" coordinates or a problem (rather than removing the GeoGroupTemplate). If you encounter one or more Canadian categories with a coordinates problem, if you post a list, I can help go through them to fix the underlying problems in the articles. I will take a look at those you posted on my Talk page. LeheckaG (talk) 06:58, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

In response to your question, GeoGroupTemplate can go on either an article page (including a "List of ..." article) or a Category: page.

• In the case of an article page (including "List of ..." articles). ToolServer.Org kmlexport script only looks for coordinates "within" a the corresponding article's page text (it does not go following WikiLinks to other related articles). So it only works when an article/page itself contains multiple coordinates, and not WikiLinks to other articles containing coordinates.

• In contrast, on a Category: page GeoGroupTemplate looks for all coordinates contained within all articles within that Category: (from one of your replies - it apparently only goes "one level" deep - i.e. does not look through sub-categories? I am not sure - something I have not personally tested.)

LeheckaG (talk) 10:28, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Oops (about your Yukon airports "Russian" coordinates) Yes, Most of the Canada and the U.S. are "West" of Longitude 0 Greenwich England. In the Alaaka and Russian Aleutian / Bering Sea (Islands), there are a few coordinates which are farther West than Longitude 180 West, so are just under Longitude 180 East instead. I have run across several "odd" Alaska/Russian article coordinates where I am guessing the contributors copied from some "Russian" or other foreign language text and the degrees roughly "made sense" but the minutes were > 60 ? I am guessing the contributors misunderstood what they were reading. Likewise they had Latitude S instead of Latitude N (so several Alaska coordinates appeared in the South Pacific, I have found "bad" Alaskan coordinates either there or around Africa).

The "Fastcgi Protocol Error" is apparently an "inter-server performance" issue with (2) or more of the ToolServers. When "region:" is not supplied with an accurate/valid ISO 3166-1 (and preferrably -2, for instance CA-NU), then geohack ends up doing a region query to another server which takes too long, and the first server "times out" (i.e. expects a reply within ... seconds, when that did not happen an "alarm" terminates the query) and generates the error message. The moral of the story/workaround is to supply region:CA (or region:CA-NU ... if known) whenever possible. Someone submitted an appropriate bug report and is looking into the server performance issues. Details on the WP:GEO discussion/talk I posted. LeheckaG (talk) 11:07, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

UNprotection

You couldn't do me a favour? Could you unprotect User:StewieGriffin!/Welcome. Thanks. StewieGriffin! • Talk Sign Listen 10:39, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. StewieGriffin! • Talk Sign Listen 10:41, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

showbc.com

Yo; saw your edits on various BC articles this morning re the showbc videos link....haven't actually watched those, but have used links from that site as refs for other pages (cant' remember what just now). Maybe they were rank spam, not sure; but showbc.com is I think connected to hellobc.com, which is the oh-so-cheesy domain name used by BC Tourism (at least they didnt' use www.thebestplaceonearth.com).....govt or govt-connected corporate p.r. types are busy all over wikipedia; hellobc.com and otehr sties like it are probably public-private-partnerships and not really publicly-owned, and with an overall agenda of spamvertisting; just wanted to comment on the origin of these links, it would help if i actually lookeed at what they were, huh? Later, time to make breakfast....Skookum1 (talk) 14:03, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

are you even supposed to protect pages without reaching consensus on an AN/I board? All I'm trying to do is put up this notice for Yamla, a good friend of my registered counterpart, so people don't continue to reach him. He isn't logging in, so he can't do it himself.

Moreover, this is no business of yours. I'm not vandalizing, and you're not supposed to arbitrarily undo changes unless I'm either vandalizing, or the statement is blatantly wrong. Neither of these are true.

Finally, and most importantly, it's no business of yours. Please focus your efforts on trying to improve wikipedia, and not just censoring other's comments. I realize anonymous IP's edits are suspect, and we're treated like second-class citizens, but that DOESN'T mean you have the right to interrupt the community side of wikipedia by constantly editing my communication with Yamla. If Yamla doesn't like my edits, then he'd revert them. This is between me and him. I don't understand why you're getting involved at all, unless it's to get your edit-count up or something. My edits are clearly not a problem, are not factually incorrect, defamatory, or otherwise vandalism in any way. Focus your efforts on improving wikipedia ARTICLES, instead of sabotaging communication on community pages.

75.43.213.27 (talk) 16:52, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

Lake Muskoka South Water Aerodrome

Sorry about the Bala thing. Try Port Carling instead, see if that works better. Bearcat (talk) 21:17, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

user:Yamla

Is there a reason Yamla's userpage was blocked without so much as an AN/I hearing? The diffs don't show any vandalism... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.117.49.103 (talk) 06:05, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

Hortillonnages

Could you restore this article? I would like to see what it has to say. Sincerely, Manhattan Samurai (talk) 11:51, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

Image:Announ.JPG

Image:Announ.JPG doesn't have the wikipedia logo in it, so unless you desire to assert copyright, it can and should be a free image. {{GFDL}} would be the best IMO tag to use. MBisanz ^talk 16:54, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Caliphate

I have checked this page and have found same opinion but still this section is presemt in Wikipedia? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Islamhistory123 (talk • contribs) 23:58, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Ahmadiyya_Caliphate.2C_1908-present section

This is the section I am talking about. This is not correct so should be removed.The link you have sent me, you can see others have raised same concerns but not sure how it went un notice? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Islamhistory123 (talk • contribs) 00:02, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

Gawp?

I have three questions:

• What does Gawp mean?
• Why were my links removed?
• Why did you tag my unanswered questions as resolved?

I am referring to the Wikisports post on the Wikiversity:Administrators' notice board. Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.184.24.152 (talk) 12:24, 15 August 2008 (UTC) 79.184.40.241 (talk) 12:00, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

Go fuck yourself you stupid cunt --211.29.171.149 (talk) 02:03, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Well, ain't you the cheerful one. CambridgeBayWeather Have a gorilla 02:49, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

I made a logo for you

Looking for something to do. Looking through Tango icons, I found some weather ones, and thought of you. Here it is:

Jonathan talk - contribs - review me! 03:15, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

Barney & Friends Kids Cast

You recently redirected this page. It looks like a fork from Barney & Friends cast, where the content is older. Think Barney & Friends Kids Cast could be deleted? Gimmetrow 00:05, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

So what do you want to do with it? Gimmetrow 00:30, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

Re: 57 varieties

I should've guessed that. Either the winter sleet here or the thought of the 24-hour sunshine where you are is probably affecting my brain :) Grutness...wha? 00:51, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

CfD nomination of Category:Settlements in the Arctic

Category:Settlements in the Arctic, 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. Thank you. Cgingold (talk) 12:59, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

white tiger references

Someone has messed up the references section of the white tiger article in a way I can't fix. I had'nt looked at the article in a long time. Will you have a look please? —Preceding unsigned comment added by LagunaBeachCA (talk • contribs) 15:59, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

Peter Kattuk

In the other Canadian election articles they had "†" beside incumbents that were not running again. I thought I had read that he wasn't running again, but when I came back to try and find the source I couldn't find it anymore. Then I forgot to remove it because I wasn't sure. --Cloveious (talk) 03:06, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

white tiger references

Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.1.195.5 (talk) 15:05, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

white tiger

I just deleted a paragraph from the white tiger article because it consisted of a number of statements which I doubt are true i.e. that tigers in the wild don't breed with close relatives (It's far more likely that they do) and that most white tiger cubs born in the wild would'nt have survived to adulthood, and if they did would have had difficulty surviving. All of the evidence shows that white tigers had no difficulty surviving in the wild. Please don't put that paragarph back. —Preceding unsigned comment added by LagunaBeachCA (talk • contribs) 14:26, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

Login Password

I recieved an e-mail asking me to use a different login password, and giving me a new login password. I never gave my e-mail address to wikipedia and why would I use a password that anybody else knows? How did wikipedia get my e-mail address? —Preceding unsigned comment added by LagunaBeachCA (talk • contribs) 15:20, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

white tiger

This person 99.238.139.137 or Gossiphitie did a lot of damage which nobody caught. I would'nt mind your having my e-mail address. It seems like people are changing the article to try and make it support an animal rights agenda. —Preceding unsigned comment added by LagunaBeachCA (talk • contribs) 15:08, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

Territorial COA / Provincial COA (Cats)

Yes, please.. I was going to put them up for speedy delete this morning. Thank you!

Prince of Canada ^{t | c} 16:27, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

Have you ever seen Barney? User:KoziKaz 2 September 2008

Look at this. [[1]], [[2]], [[3]] Now tell me what is different? User:KoziKaz 2 September 2008

thanks :)

I'd been arguing with User:KoziKaz about that article for some time to the point where he'd begun insulting my intelligence, so thank you for stepping in.Miquonranger03 (talk) 01:49, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
I'm not sure...do you think blocking him may smack slightly of WP:COOLDOWN? I don't know. I'm too much of a newbie to know too much about policy.Miquonranger03 (talk) 04:34, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
Ah. Right. Thanks for taking the time to clear that up. Miquonranger03 (talk) 04:34, 3 September 2008 (UTC) :)
Hahaha...yes, I tagged his new entry for speedy deletion (nonsense) and that happened...twice. Miquonranger03 (talk) 04:43, 3 September 2008 (UTC) :D

Paleo-Eskimo

There are various groups of indigenous arctic peoples that populated the area before the Dorset (and long before the Thule culture, which was the original target). It's better to have a stub that can be expanded than risk confusing people by redirecting to just one of the various cultures.--Cúchullain ^t/c 07:51, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

Free Pictures

Where do you find Free images for Freddie Mercury in Wikipedia?--Greg D. Barnes (talk) 22:05, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

I found a fair-use photo (with license) for his solo album, is that OK?--Greg D. Barnes (talk) 22:18, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

Awrtable

Hi CanbridgeBayWeather,

A friend of mine from the awrtable clan asked me to add some information regarding his family's clan today, and I did, but it seems that you edited it back right away. Please tell me the reason of your editing, are the provuded information false.

Thanks, —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ebleyes (talk • contribs) 23:08, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

List of ethnic groups

Hey there, It seems like the list of ethnic groups article is no more available, is it removed ? Please put the page back. Thanks, 87.64.199.158 (talk) 11:28, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

It's at List of lists of ethnic groups. Cheers. CambridgeBayWeather Have a gorilla 16:11, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

Deccan is now Kingfisher Red

Deccan destinations should now read Kingfisher Red destinations.203.81.207.18 (talk) 15:18, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing that out I moved it to Kingfisher Red destinations. Cheers. CambridgeBayWeather Have a gorilla 16:12, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

Justyn Pogue

Thank you for backing up the value of having a Wiki entry for Justyn Pogue. I intend to fill out the entry as more information becomes available. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Billowing sheen (talk • contribs) 06:17, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

check email

please check email in regards to deleted page —Preceding unsigned comment added by Swiggins2 (talk • contribs) 13:57, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

Re:James F. Reda & Associates, LLC

I commented there.   jj137 (talk) 21:01, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for your quick response. It is greatly appreciated. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.179.100.44 (talk) 21:10, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

Talk:Dogopoly

Hi CambridgeBay, could you help out with this page? It's under serial attack. It appears that pretty much the whole thing is bilge, but if so, it's best that an administrator sort through the vandals and clean the page. Thanks and cheers, JNW (talk) 03:58, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

Much appreciated. JNW (talk) 04:28, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

They have started already. Don't they have classes tomorrow? Cheers, JNW (talk) 04:59, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

Agreed. Why can't they just do intoxicants, like my peer group did? Sigh. JNW (talk) 05:04, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

Fort Simpson Logo

Hi i would like to know why the image of the coat of arms for Fort Simpson was deleted it had proper permission it be used all that needed to be done was to make sure i ref it back to the site i would realy be great full if you could get back to me on this. Thank You Kyle1278 (talk) 04:13, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

KATL

I understand your concerns and have expanded on my thinking on the Talk:KATL (AM) page. - Dravecky (talk) 07:05, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

Category:Mertozoro

Yes I will use

• Mertozoro
• Mertozoro/Article Milestones
• Mertozoro/Article Records
• Mertozoro/Articles I created
• Mertozoro/Articles I have made
• Mertozoro/Articles created
• Mertozoro/Articles made
• Mertozoro/Articles started
• Mertozoro/Categories I created
• Mertozoro/Categories Started
• Mertozoro/Important Templates
• Mertozoro/MyRecords
• Mertozoro/My Records
• Mertozoro/Number of articles created by month
• Mertozoro/Number of articles made by month
• Mertozoro/Places Been

, but what should I do with the category?Mertozoro (talk) 19:23, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

/* Dogopoly */

DOGOPOLY IS SERIOUS BUSINESS! HOW DO YOU EVEN DARE TRYING TO PREVENT INTERNET DISCUSSION ON A REAL THING!! THE INTERNET IS NOT YOUR "CAMBRIDGE" CLUB HOUSE. THERE ARE PEOPLE HERE TOOOOO! HostellingsPetDog (talk) 01:28, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

Since you know everything about Barney how about helping me on my wiki. User:KoziKaz 9 September 2008 —Preceding undated comment was added at 02:19, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

David Simailak

It looks okay to me from a WP:NPOV perspective, but it almost doesn't make sense to even have it there at all unless we give a bit more detail about what the violation actually entailed. I understand the caution around WP:BLP, but as long as it's properly sourced to the media coverage and doesn't get too far out of proportion to the size of the rest of the article, it's perfectly okay to give at least a brief summary of what he did, allegedly or otherwise, that constituted an integrity violation. Bearcat (talk) 04:59, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

Deleted page: Dr. Whisky -- notability does exist

Hi there -- you deleted a page I had created on Dr. Whisky. The thing that wasn't on the page (but should have been) is that Dr. Whisky was the first writer on the subject to bring Scotch to an ordinary person; other Scotch writers educate the connoisseurs but this guy is so good at making Scotch accessible to the average person that he won the first consumer choice award (with 45% of the votes) for Best New Non-Whisky Product. It's quite a feat to win an award for a new product in the Scotch whisky world without actually having a whisky.

What I notice is not on the main Scotch Whisky page (but probably should be) is the increasing popularity of single malts for lots of amateur enthusiasts, much like good wine became accessible to an average North American in the 1980s. It may not be visible to you yet, but I think this guy is leading a trend in terms of hosted whisky tastings that will become quite a thing in the next few years. The other thing I find notable personally, but probably isn't wiki-worthy, is that he's written tastings on over 300 whiskies in the last year and a half... he's seriously prolific.

Anyways, if you could let me know what you think, that would be great. Thanks.

Ianbrooks2000 (talk) 14:28, 13 September 2008 (UTC)ianbrooks2000Ianbrooks2000 (talk) 14:28, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

Republishing Dr. Whisky page

Hi there -- thanks for moving Dr. Whisky over to my sandbox. I've rewritten it to specify why it's notable, and I'm republishing it. Hope that's ok. Interestingly, I discovered when looking at the Single Malt Whisky page that Dr. Whisky is noted as an external link; somewhat helpful, but maybe someone will create a section on Scotch writers at some point. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ianbrooks2000 (talk • contribs) 15:29, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:CYCB 2 cropped.JPG)

Thanks for uploading Image:CYCB 2 cropped.JPG. The media description page currently specifies that it is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, it is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the media was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that media for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that all non-free media not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. BJBot (talk) 05:19, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:CYCB 1 cropped.JPG)

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If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that all non-free media not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. BJBot (talk) 05:19, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

Monumental Island

Hi CambridgeBay. Can you look at this article and its Talk page. I'm wondering if you have some resources that support renaming it to Oomienwa Island (currently a redirect). Thanks. --Rosiestep (talk) 23:08, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

Sign

I sign my comments, but, bot Signbot send me a message about sign. What's happened?--Vatrena ptica 17:59, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Green Party

Hi, Active volunteer with the Greens. I get my names from Green.ca, Punditsguide, and elections Canada. Attila Nagy and Peter Ittinuar are both registered candidates with elections canada. Please don't undo my work without checking with me first. I've been around long enough and it just creates more work for me to re-add correct names. 74.14.131.8 (talk) 22:15, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

YOU KNOW WHAT! THIS IS OUT OF CONTROL. TELL ME WHY YOU ARE DELETING MY PAGES?

Every time i create a page for "Kenny Lykins" you delete it. This is a kid that is making a name for himself and apparently your administrative abilities is clogging the road. there are thousands of useless articles on Wikipedia so why are you deleting one that is useful. Kenny also has been gaining popularity in Cincinnati.

So please tell me why your doing it and how i can fix the page so it wont be deleted. —Preceding unsigned comment added by EntertainersInCincinnati (talk • contribs) 20:45, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

Try referencing it with something notable. Ie newspapers and such. Rather than just linking to his own social networking site pages. If you can "assert the notability", its got more chance of staying —Reedy 21:38, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census

The standard pattern for demographics section is to link to the same article, Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, or to redirects to that article. Because the Census Bureau's definitions of race and ethnicity might differ from other people's, it's important to link there so as to explain the classification of people of certain backgrounds: for example, Arabs are included as White by the Census Bureau, although I'd guess that many people wouldn't really see Arabs as whites, and the idea of being Hispanic (to many people) conflicts with the idea of being white, even though the statistics produced by the Census Bureau don't have a conflict: for example, see Fort Hancock, Texas, where 94.51% of the residents were white and 90.83% were Hispanic or Latino. In short: we have to use the Census link to explain Census criteria. Nyttend (talk) 00:21, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

Having links for all of them is the standard format for these articles: historically, there were separate articles for each race, but they were merged into a single article. Anyway, as the reader might expect them to be separate articles, it helps to link all of them: it's not as if the same word is being linked multiple times. Nyttend (talk) 04:22, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Wikipedia:BUTTHEYDIDITTOO,ANDTHEYWEREN'TBLOCKED-IT'SNOTFAIR

A tag has been placed on Wikipedia:BUTTHEYDIDITTOO,ANDTHEYWEREN'TBLOCKED-IT'SNOTFAIR, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to have no meaningful content or history, and the text is unsalvageably incoherent. If the page you created was a test, please use the sandbox for any other experiments you would like to do. Feel free to leave a message on my talk page if you have any questions about this.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on [[ Talk:Wikipedia:BUTTHEYDIDITTOO,ANDTHEYWEREN'TBLOCKED-IT'SNOTFAIR|the talk page]] explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the article does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that a copy be emailed to you. Regents Park (one for sorrow) 00:41, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

I feel your pain :-) --Regents Park (one for sorrow) 00:53, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

You got unlucky. I was bored and desultorily looking at rc when I spotted your page and pounced on your article with an "aha!" --Regents Park (one for sorrow) 00:57, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

How about {{db-r3}}: redirect from implausible misnomer. — Athaenara ✉ 01:06, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

(Something like BUT THEY DID IT TOO AND THEY WEREN'T BLOCKED-IT'S NOT FAIR would work.) — Athaenara ✉ 01:21, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

I still would have preferred G3. Then I could have upped the drama level by recreating it under several different titles. CambridgeBayWeather Have a gorilla 06:49, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

*laugh* — Athaenara ✉ 13:06, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

Blueberry yum yum

Hey, I saw the deletion log of Blueberry yum yum. I saw where it said something about writing an article about the song. I did, in fact, write articles about the plant and the song. However, the article about the song was deleted due to the inability of mine to make fit within the standards of inclusion. The article was entitled "Blueberry Yum Yum (song)". If you would like to help me in finding sources for notability about this article, I would be more than happy to get it back. Cheers, Ζρς ι'β' ^¡hábleme! 02:27, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

Hey!

I am back and want to say I want to work with you and ever one else on creating wikipedia a better place. House1090 (talk) 03:06, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

East Africa

Hi Cambridge. There's a bit of a problem over at East Africa. An anonymous editor is constantly reverting the page to a version of the article that contains sources which do not support his assertions. Specifically, he wants to include the North African nation of Egypt as one of the countries in East Africa, although the UN geoscheme that is observed on all the geographical pages on Wikipedia doesn't even include it in its expansive "Eastern Africa" region. He seems to think that this source supports his inclusion of Egypt, when I've clearly explained to him that it only states that Egypt is "situated in the Northeastern corner of Africa" and not East Africa. He is also under the impression that this other source supports his inclusion of Egypt, even though all the source does is mention the fact that Egypt was among ten countries in Africa that signed up for a development project, a project aimed at helping "East African and Riparian Nile countries" (where Egypt obviously represents the latter and not the former). He has also gone over the 3RR rule two days in a row, and is quite belligerent (engaging in name-calling, belittling comments, aggressive talk, etc.) when I have never said anything mean or cruel to him. I honestly have no idea what this chap's problem is, but he is definitely not amenable to reason, cooperation or compromise. He has just reverted the page once again instead of finding reliable sources like I've politely asked him to. I'm not sure what to do at this point. Can you please intervene? Causteau (talk) 11:20, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the prompt response; much obliged. Causteau (talk) 11:41, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

Hi Cambridge. The protection template you put on the East Africa page has expired and as expected, the anonymous IP immediately reverted the entire text without even so much as once making an attempt to discuss the issue as you have recommended. I've restored the article including the failed verification tag for Egypt that he conveniently removed. Please keep an eye on the page in case he returns. Kind regards, Causteau (talk) 05:48, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Hello, CambridgeBayWeather. You have new messages at Delicious carbuncle's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Thanks for the welcome

Ohh ok well thanks for the info. House1090 (talk) 21:53, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

Help with new article

Hi, we have crossed paths before and it has occured to me to ask for a dose of your expertise! In a burst of exasperation and enthusiasm, I have created a new article, and asked for general help -- neither are things I have often done, so am feeling a little unsure of myself. It concerns Human flagpoles, i.e. the Inuit who were transported to the High Arctic to serve Otawa's Cold War ends, and the questions I have asked is here. Any comments? Thanks! BrainyBabe (talk) 16:29, 27 September 2008 (UTC)

Please delete

It's me again. User:Poe Joe/My_Wikipedia Life. Thanks in advance. -- Poe Joe (talk) 21:01, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

Pyramid Bioplastics

"Pyramid bioplastics, a partnership of Pyramid Technologies of Switzerland" looks like an add to me. Cheers Mion (talk) 14:58, 29 September 2008 (UTC).

User talk:Mac has a history of making advertising redirects to products, making redirect of persons to products, to companies, etc, minor thing, only a few % of his overall edits, my request, speedy delete the redirect, they are also causing interwiki problems. Thanks. Mion (talk) 15:18, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for helping, cheers Mion (talk) 15:22, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

Re:Po

Wow.....what can I say, but I think I can manage the dab pages together....in the end. I don't see why the po should be redirected to the Po River. Thank you for the notice anyway.--Caspian blue (talk) 22:33, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

I will do because I don't like typing such the long word (for me as a non-native speaker) "disambiguation" in English. The job seems tedious though.--Caspian blue (talk) 22:41, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

To the or not to the?

I've requested a discussion regarding what our naming convention should be for NWT-related categories, since right now they're very inconsistent — some use the form "the Northwest Territories", while others use the form "Northwest Territories" without the word the. Would you be able to offer any input at WP:CANTALK#Northwest Territories as to which format is generally preferred? Thanks. Bearcat (talk) 22:19, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

Help with article vandalizing

Hey Cambridge I know you from other articles and wanted to thank you for the help on contributing to articles. I need some help on an article I randomly picked, Luck ( conveniently :) ). Both the article and the talk section were vandalized. I didn't request protection, but just wanted to make sure that what I was doing was the proper wiki procedure as so far the articles I usually work in have been vandal free. Thanks! BaShildy (talk) 00:08, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

• Thanks for the advice. Another question. How does talk work. It seems awfully difficult to follow a conversation if you reply to my talk page and I reply to yours. What is the proper form for this and is there a guide? If I'm not misconceiving this, I just don't see how a 3rd party could ever follow anyone's talk page.

Somali People group image

Hi there,

i'm not sure whether you've been aware of the temporary editing storm on the 'Somali people' page, regarding the group image. We've settled on a collage of my design[7]. But there appears to be a copyright issue with the Abdi Bile image [4]which i've put up on Commons from a cropped image(apparently from a poster) i received; the copyrights of the original belong to getty images. I'd really appreciate your input, do you have any advice on this?

Cheers!

Somaliwarrior (talk) 04:25, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

DYK for High Arctic relocation

On 3 October, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article High Arctic relocation, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

BrainyBabe (talk) 06:55, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

Dear CambridgeBayweather

Hi

I noticed your deletion of the proposal of removing ' Northland state '. I find it very unfortunate you claim no reasons where given. When I [b]clearly[b] wrote explanation below.

The whole Northland and Maakhir thing is very unsure neither of the regions have been verified by objective sources. You cannot rely on biased petty private websites in Maakhir article. And absolutely No what so ever proof or source to Northland state.

I am going to recommend removal of both Maakhir and Northland. Untill you can find reliable proof do not attempt to remove the sign. Or I will report you for vandalism.

Sincerely Igor akb80 (talk) —Preceding undated comment was added at 23:03, 3 October 2008 (UTC).

Colin Brumby

Hi CBW. Thanks for coming to my rescue by removing the copyvio tags. It's often a fine balancing act to say things that are factual (as evidenced by the cite) but without repeating their exact wording, and not even paraphrasing it. Sometimes saying it any other way is a counter-productive move, and amounts to change for the sake of change. The better written and more comprehensive and more accurate the cite, the worse the problem is, which is a paradox. But I added in some extra info from other sources (mainly in the list of works), so I hope it's going to be OK now. Btw, I haven't seen you hanging around the Ref desks lately. Well, for quite a long time, actually. Are you still a secret voyeur of what goes on there, or have you cut your ties completely? Cheers. -- JackofOz (talk) 23:14, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

regarding your editing

You have no right to impose your filthy biased view on Somaliland article and those two bogus states makir and ' north '

The union between Italian Somaliland and British Somaliland 1960 was never ratified. Jstor.org Nor is Somaliland part of Somalia as an autonom region.

Igor akb80 (talk) —Preceding undated comment was added at 11:31, 7 October 2008 (UTC).

Note

Hi CBW, just to note that I've blocked Igor akb80 (talk · contribs · count) (24h) for continued disruption and incivility after a final warning. Deiz talk 13:37, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

Oldest buildings in Canada by province or territory...

Hello, I stumbled onto Oldest buildings in Canada by province or territory and this article is completely FUBAR'ed it seems. You appear to be the last person to have taken an interest in it. Could you please respond to my question on the talk page for it? Thanks! CSZero (talk) 23:00, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

Boothacre

Hi there,

I noticed you deleted the wikipedia entry I created for my band (Boothacre) and I was wondering why you deleted it?

If you could shed some light on this subject that would be great as I do not wish for my page to be deleted time and time again.

Is there a way I can protect it from deletion?

Regards,

David —Preceding unsigned comment added by Boothacre (talk • contribs) 08:50, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

Re: Boothacre

Hi there,

Thanks for the speedy response.

Would I be right in assuming that if I have a different username to that of my band it shall not be deleted?

I basically wanted to start the page and let others elaborate on the details etc and contribute to the article.

Regards,

David —Preceding unsigned comment added by Boothacre (talk • contribs) 09:11, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Rock music Newsletter for October 2008

The Rock music WikiProject Newsletter Issue 9 - October 2008

"As long as my face is on page one, I don't care what they say about me on page seventeen."- Mick Jagger Project news The project has a total of 106 GAs and 91 Featured Articles and Lists put together. We collaborated on Soul Bomb. Help us select good versions of WP:ROCK articles for inclusion on the Wikipedia 0.7 release! Find out more about Wikipedia 0.7 selection on the project talk page and add your thoughts to the discussion. If you are personally responsible for a Featured or Good Article listed here, please the select a version to include in Wikipedia 0.7 on that page if you haven't already. Page versions must be selected by October 20. The genres in infobox fields have been removed cause of the discussion found here Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Music#Time to remove genre section on info box?. You can provide any opinions you may have about this. This month's "Recommended Rock Album" is Soundgarden - Superunknown (1994).

Editors User:Be Black Hole Sun

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Leeds

I didn't do that, it wasn't it was someone else who got at my computer while I was browsing through, honestly. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.102.232.210 (talk) 17:02, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Redirect

I'd love to get the pages moved but a) they're already redirects, so I can't move them (not being an admin) & b) there's evidently WP guideline preferring an irrational use of capitals, which I see no hope of changing. TREKphiler ^{hit me ♠} 15:08, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

I don't know where it is, but I've been told it. I can't find who said so, tho... Try here; he's had the same beef I have. As for changing the main links, you're right, I should've probably left them, but this peeves me. TREKphiler ^{hit me ♠} 15:37, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

.. for looking after the integrity of my talk page. Cheers. -- JackofOz (talk) 02:43, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

Fo shizzle

Thank you for linking the Fo Shizzle to the izzle.(Wallamoose (talk) 03:54, 15 October 2008 (UTC))

Page protection

Can you please protect my user and talk page(s), please? A stalker has returned and is running amok. Thanks. ---RepublicanJacobite_{The'FortyFive'} 04:45, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

You better protect every page he edits. I have multiple sock IP's and plan to follow him around and undo all of his work until he stops vandalizing Whiskey In The Jar —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.230.106.103 (talk) 04:52, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Range block?

Is a range block in order here? ---RepublicanJacobite_{The'FortyFive'} 05:05, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

I will bring it up with Alison tomorrow. She has dealt with this same character in the past. Thank you for your help. ---RepublicanJacobite_{The'FortyFive'} 05:10, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

I've not heard back from Alison, yet. But, he's not been active today, either. Though, frankly, that does not ease my mind. We will see what transpires. ---RepublicanJacobite_{The'FortyFive'} 02:45, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

Oh, I will not be around nearly that long. I do appreciate your vigilance, sir. Cheers! ---RepublicanJacobite_{The'FortyFive'} 02:50, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

I need to grow up?! That is some pretty choice advice from a block-evading, racist, serial vandal. I feel so inadequate now... ---RepublicanJacobite_{The'FortyFive'} 03:36, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

Please Reconsider your Deletion of my Live on Arrival Wikipedia Page

I was just wondering if you could reconsider deleting my page, i just want to put some good information out there about this band. The major problem seems to be that I lack, "reliable sources." I must say that it is incredibly hard, if not impossible to get reliable sources for this page. Please give me a shot at posting this page so I can get the word out and let people know about this musical group. People need choices and the freedom to access information.

Thank you

User:oneheadlight23 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Oneheadlight23 (talk • contribs) 17:52, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Thanks ....

.... for the defense against the anon IP. My page getting vandalized - I must be doing something right! --Regents Park (sink with my stocks) 20:56, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

RE: East Africa

Tell that to the instigator/sockpuppeteer. 69.158.144.108 (talk) 08:58, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

Shafiq-ur-Rehman

Thanks for restoring the article. Indeed it looks better now :-) Cheers --Mahak library (talk) 12:01, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

Michael Rault

I would like you to keep the page I wrote for Michael Rault. I read your guidelines and I do not understand why the page keeps being deleted.

206.75.190.30 (talk) 04:51, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

OK I see that you are part of the school project. The problem is that the articles you and the others are posting don't meet the criteria set out at Wikipedia:Notability (music). The band/artist must have some way of proving why they are notable. There has to be some source other than what the band/artist is saying about themselves. You might want to get the person who set this assignment to read the notability link and Wikipedia:School and university projects. CambridgeBayWeather Have a gorilla 05:03, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

My class has a wiki article assignment due tomorrow, which I assume would be the reason for this. Or maybe because edmonton is a hot bed of local bands. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Msross1 (talk • contribs) 04:56, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

I have at least a dozen article links to this particualr artist though.

206.75.190.30 (talk) 05:18, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

What is needed is reliable sources, major magazines or newspapers such as the Journal or the Sun, something like that. Not to online blogs or sites hosted by Tripod. CambridgeBayWeather Have a gorilla 05:25, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

Cheetah

Oh no I didn't mean your particular edits. An unregistered user before you did anything to the article changed a number of things and I just happened to notice. I don't remember exactly but the information was falsified. That edit wasn't against you at all. My briefing was slightly vague.Mcelite (talk) 06:26, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

Re: You Magnificent Bastards Wikipedia Page

I try to upload a Wikipedia on a very unknown Canadian duo that has been performing covers on youtube and on facebook. There is a notable musician in the group and I linked to his other projects but, still nothing. This is a project for school and I am very unfamiliar with how to do Wikipedia articles. I need this to be up for school and I do not feel that I infringed on any copyrights, all I did was tell the story of this group and give a background on the covers they have performed, the groups they have performed with and the direction they are going. I am asking for a reversal on the decision or at least a temporary allowance so that my professor can view it publicly. Anything would help here...

Cheers, Brennan —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bmcfaul (talk • contribs) 06:36, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

Doesn't indicate significance or importance of a real person? There are plenty of profiles on wikipedia that fall under those guidelines... wow. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.230.179.87 (talk) 20:45, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

I wrote the David Freese article. That gets deleted, yet there are other insignificant and unimportant articles out there... wow.

70.230.179.87 (talk) 20:48, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

Please feel free to point them out. CambridgeBayWeather Have a gorilla 20:49, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

So you are saying that the article will not be made for public viewing and that he has to contact you to see it or can you put it up at least temporarily? For like 2 weeks? I'm not sure what I have to do to make acceptable under the terms of Wikipedia as there seems to be lots of articles that are the same as mine yet, they somehow passed the test... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bmcfaul (talk • contribs) 21:36, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

So you are saying that the article will not be made for public viewing and that he has to contact you to see it or can you put it up at least temporarily? For like 2 weeks? I'm not sure what I have to do to make acceptable under the terms of Wikipedia as there seems to be lots of articles that are the same as mine yet, they somehow passed the test... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bmcfaul (talk • contribs) 21:36, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

Not it's not up to me per se. I'm just following the guidelines. The idea is not to use Wikipedia to increase/advertise/promote anything but to document that which is alread notable. Others have also deleted some of the others and various comments have been left at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard#Music night in Edmonton. As to other articles being on Wikipedia that are no more notable than the ones your project created you might want to see Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions#What about article x?. While your teacher does not have to contact me it would be useful if they did or left some comment at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard#Music night in Edmonton. Thanks. CambridgeBayWeather Have a gorilla 22:02, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

Just wondering where the topic "music night in edmonton" went on the admins notice board page? Have we resolved the problem of all these student wikipedia uploads of unknown canadian bands? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bmcfaul (talk • contribs) 20:45, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

It got archived to Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive172#Music night in Edmonton after the discussion traile off. CambridgeBayWeather Have a gorilla 21:15, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

Spurn Lightship

Hi, I noticed you have changed the co-ordinates for this, but now on streetmap, which I used to locate it, the location is west and slightly north of where it should be. The ship is located near to Humber Dock Street not at the road off Castle Street that goes to south of Trinity Burial ground. Is there a a problem with the different mapping sites or the conversions that may account for this problem? Keith D (talk) 21:58, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for looking. Using the link at top of article and selecting streetmap gives me this which is off west. Keith D (talk) 22:37, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

Thanks it does look strange. I hope that there is not a problem with streetmap usage this way as I have done several hundred using this over the last year all of which could be out. Keith D (talk) 23:05, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick response. Keith D (talk) 11:02, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

Live at the 9:30 Club (Virginia Coalition album)

Yep, was a typo.. thanks for the catch! SkierRMH (talk) 04:11, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

white tiger

I have not been using my username because I am afraid I will forget to log out, and I'm in a public library. I think I might forget and never realize I'm still logged in. I just added some things to the article which were then reversed by Dougweller. I put it back and left him a message, but I even added a reference. How could adding a reference look like vandalism? I don't see how the things I write can be mistaken for vandalism. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.1.195.4 (talk) 15:55, 18 October 2008 (UTC) I wanted to ask you also whether either you or I could ask the Smithsonian for permission to use the photograph of the tigers on this website: http://www.siarchives.si.edu/history/exhibits/thisday/december.htm Also is there any possibility the article could be locked out and I could work on it exclusively. I'm asking because it's being vandalised constantly and no one else seems to be doing any work on it except vandals. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.1.195.4 (talk) 17:12, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

ANI

Thanks for alerting me. I've left a response here. Middayexpress (talk) 07:31, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Image

Thank you.