User talk:Bearcat

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Your edits

Hi! I saw that you made some edits on March 9th to the page I developed "channel expansion theory". I am new to Wikipedia and I am developing this page for a class project. Could you please tell me what were the edits (I wasn't able to figure out by edits history)and maybe give me your feedback? Thanks! M.elvira (talk) 04:50, 1 April 2012 (UTC)

Patrick Brazeau unprotection?

Hi Bearcat-- would you consider moving the article on boxer Senator Patrick Brazeau down to semi-protection, at least? It was April 2009 that you set an indefinite protection to the article, because of blankings of controversial content. New information has been sparse, and a legitimate requested change to clarify something was ignored. -- Zanimum (talk) 16:03, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

Category:Healthcare in Canada by province or territory

Category:Healthcare in Canada by province or territory, 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. Karl.brown (talk) 02:18, 5 April 2012 (UTC)

Category:Healthcare in Saskatchewan

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Category:Healthcare in Prince Edward Island

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Category:Healthcare in Ontario

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Category:Healthcare in Nova Scotia

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Category:Healthcare in Newfoundland and Labrador

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Category:Healthcare in New Brunswick

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Category:Healthcare in Manitoba

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Category:Healthcare in British Columbia

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Category:Healthcare in Alberta

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Speedy deletion nomination of Template:Ontario elections/PCP

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Dispute resolution survey

Dispute Resolution – Survey Invite Hello Bearcat. I am currently conducting a study on the dispute resolution processes on the English Wikipedia, in the hope that the results will help improve these processes in the future. Whether you have used dispute resolution a little or a lot, now we need to know about your experience. The survey takes around five minutes, and the information you provide will not be shared with third parties other than to assist in analyzing the results of the survey. No personally identifiable information will be released. Please click HERE to participate. Many thanks in advance for your comments and thoughts. You are receiving this invitation because you have had some activity in dispute resolution over the past year. For more information, please see the associated research page. Steven Zhang DR goes to Wikimania! 00:41, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

Dorothy Lawson Page

Hi Bearcat, I see you took down the Dorothy Lawson page that User ZYXW started and that I had added some content to. Can you please put it back and perhaps help it meet its minimum requirements? I tried to add some content so it wouldn't be removed, with the hopes that someone more qualified would expand it. Thanks for your help. (Sansevieria4 (talk))

Hi Bearcat, This is why I am asking for your help. I clearly don't know what I am doing. I was trying to add categories to Mary Rowell's page and was in process of doing this when you deleted the content. I can expand on both of their entries but I am really just learning as I go. I don't even know how to properly converse with you. Am I supposed to respond here or on my talk page? (Sansevieria4 (talk))

Thanks for your help. (Sansevieria4 (talk))

Hi Bearcat,

One more question for you. How do you create a category? I have looked at the Wikipedia instructions but I don't understand them. I am trying to create a category for Electroacoustic musical groups and another for Electroacoustic composers. Much thanks! (Sansevieria4 (talk))

Ah, I looked for this category but I guess I don't quite understand where to look for categories. (Sansevieria4 (talk))

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Dirty Radio deletion

Hi there. Can you please advise why you deleted the Dirty Radio page? I reviewed the notability requirement for bands and it is clear that charting and obtaining significant national radio airplay qualify a group for notability. The proper references were included as well. Heratixmusic (talk) 01:08, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

Hi again Bearcat - Thanks for your feedback. I wasn't sure how to include you in my response, which I posted here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Yunshui#Dirty_Radio_deletion (sorry about that, meant to reply to you first). I'm curious why you don't consider the Emerging Canadian Artists chart as notable (especially given how active you seem in editing Canadian music topics) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_charts#Canadian_charts it gets a mention right under the top 100 chart here and certainly is considered a target in the industry (and basically came about as a result of the CAB requirements on broadcasters to meet certain targets with respect to emerging Canadian artists in particular genres - http://www.cab-acr.ca/english/research/08/sub_jun1308_4.pdf is an interesting (albeit slightly dry) review of some of that process.)

I take your point on the references however, and as I noted with Yunshui, I'd certainly welcome the opportunity to take the text that was deleted and try to flush out the content and references a little (some of which I provided in that post). I know youtube and blogs are not considered great third party resources, but one of them is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KUtdmKk6bc which is virgin radio vancouver (who also has a bunch of content related to the band on their site including http://vancouver.virginradio.ca/Blog/Jeff/BlogEntry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10239051 and http://vancouver.virginradio.ca/Channels/SpecialFeatures/Story.aspx?ID=1309148).

The broader issue of conflict of interest is a little less black and white I think - certainly the idea behind editing under this username was to make it clear that there was some connection and not hide the conflict, but at the same time I'm neither the band nor staff or anything (just a friend) and short of waiting for someone random to create the article, I figured I would take a stab at it. I'll repost what I consider to be the relevant excerpt from the section on close relationship COI here:

"Close relationships... Closeness to a subject does not mean you're incapable of being neutral, but it may incline you towards some bias. Be guided by the advice of other editors. If editors on a talk page suggest in good faith that you may have a conflict of interest, try to identify and minimize your biases, and consider withdrawing from editing the article. As a rule of thumb, the more involvement you have with a topic in real life, the more careful you should be with our core content policies when editing in that area. The definition of "too close" in this context is governed by common sense. An article about a little-known band should preferably not be written by the band's manager or a band member's spouse, and a biography should preferably not be written by the subject's spouse, parent, or offspring. However, an expert on a given subject is welcome to contribute to articles on that subject, even if that editor is deeply committed to the subject."

Your comment was that "if you have a personal involvement with the band's career (which I have to assume you do, given the fact that your registered username on here closely resembles another act that was named in the original article), then you cannot be the primary author of a Wikipedia article about it." This isn't stated in the COI policy - just that I should be careful to try and meet the core policies and make sure to minimize biases and remain neutral. Given the limited scope of the article (it was set up as a stub to basically be the bare minimum so others could start contributing) I believe those concerns outlined by the COI policy were met.

Anyway, appreciate the feedback and would appreciate the opportunity to get the original text so I can attempt to revise and fix those issues identified.

Thanks.

Heratixmusic (talk) 16:56, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks a bunch Bearcat. Your assistance is much appreciated. I notice you seem to be the most active admin in the Canadian music articles, so I will def. hit you up with questions to make sure everything is up to snuff before republishing. One thing I could use help with is properly sourcing evidence of national radio play - the best online source I could find was mediabase as it shows which radio stations in Canada have added which tracks, but I'm not sure that meets the wiki standards for references (and I can't find or think of any other sources that would evidence national radio airplay other than station playlists themselves, but those change on a constant basis).Any thoughts on how other editors may have handled this? Heratixmusic (talk) 21:38, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

Hi Bearcat. What he said ↑. At least one of the proposed sources that Heratixmusic posted on my talkpage meets the requirements, so it's possible that the band are actually notable. I'm happy to work with Heratixmusic to bring the article up to standard and ensure NPOV. If you restore the text and don't feel comfortable userfying it to Heratixmusic, I'm willing to host it in my userpages for a short while. Cheers, Yunshui 雲‍水 07:27, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

Per Yunshui's suggestions, I've modified the article and mainspaced it with much more solid references. However, given your experience in this area, I would be appreciative if you could take another look and let me know if you have any further suggestions. One area I think that needs help is verification of some of the references as I'm unsure how to change a reference to a print sources from the online version (for example, linking to a specific chart date as the online version on bds is now a different date and doesn't work). I'm also unsure how to deal with the question posed by another editor on linking to an audio feed for the interview on virgin radio - there is one on youtube, but not sure how to reference that. Thanks! Heratixmusic (talk) 06:54, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

Vine v London Borough of Waltham Forest

Thanks for your help Bearcat. Failed to insert the categorisation before posting the article. Now inserted.
Care to remove the Uncategorised tag? Thanks - HO 87 (talk) 19:37, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

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Chinpa Tenpel

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Otto Böhler (artist)

Hi Bearcat. Could you have a look at my translation of this article, please. And perhaps something can be adapted to the rules of en.wikipedia. Many thanks -- Walter Anton (talk) 22:21, 18 April 2012 (UTC)

Willard Hill (rapper)

Hi Bearcat!

I saw you moved the article to a new title. Is it possible to just scrap the parenthetical category all together? So instead of Willard Hill (rapper), it would just be Willard Hill

Thanks for the edit.

SoulSchool504 (talk) 21:13, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

Willard Hill (rapper)

Hi Bearcat!

I saw you moved the article to a new title. Is it possible to just scrap the parenthetical category all together? So instead of Willard Hill (rapper), it would just be Willard Hill

Thanks for the edit.

SoulSchool504 (talk) 21:13, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

Nomination of SERVOS Professional / Server Elite for deletion

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Minority Ownership of Media Outlets in the United States

Thank you for finding and editing my extra copy of the article. I had posted the one version and then lost my connection, when I came back I was in a hurry and couldn't find the listing and figured that it didn't post before crashing. Probably in my rush I misspelled the title when it was posted. Thanks for the catch! --NetworkedTogether (talk) 03:01, 22 April 2012 (UTC)

Mental Health Reform in North Carolina

Thanks for your help cleaning up my article! Jefiner (talk) 00:30, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

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Defaultsort

I've seen you do alot of Alberta politician articles today, include a few Mc. FYI... Per WP:MCSTJR, the defaultsort for Everett McDonald is: McDonald, Everett. It is just Mc instead of Mac. Bgwhite (talk) 06:26, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

It was added on October 2010 by JimCubb. Refs are there to show it is British Standard and recommended by Chicago Manual of Style. Bgwhite (talk) 06:43, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

Changes to the docs happen all the time around here. Nobody can keep up with all them... Heck, I can't remember 5% of the docs, little alone any changes. Alot of people still add "importance" to the WP Biography banner on talk pages and that hasn't been used in around four years. Bgwhite (talk) 06:59, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

Politicians

Thank you for your note, I'll have to give it some thought. --Me-123567-Me (talk) 21:06, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

gay memoirists

ok. will you still nom it? I think writers is sufficient; if we want to further super-categorize people, use some of the other cats in the 'everyone' tree. There are a bunch of others too: Category:Gay DJs, Category:Lesbian feminists, etc. --KarlB (talk) 15:18, 27 April 2012 (UTC)

East Bay (Nova Scotia)

"(diff | hist) . . East Bay (Nova Scotia)‎; 01:06 . . (-32)‎ . . ‎Bearcat (talk | contribs)‎ (removed Category:Cape Breton Island using HotCat)"

I'm new at this stuff so please excuse me. Why did you remove the 'Category:Cape Breton Island' from the article East Bay (Nova Scotia)? Shouldn't the category be used for Cape Breton Island geographical features? East Bay (Nova Scotia) is in Cape Breton. Ken Heaton (talk) 19:15, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

Edit: Thank you for the explanation, it makes sense. Ken Heaton (talk) 20:58, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

Unofficial

I was curious as to why you have decided that this article is not worthy of being published. It is an event that, if using the number of people who social media alone suggests participates from 2012 and applying those numbers for the entirety of its existence, has had over 100,000 people participate. The event greatly effects the economy of the area and not just the bars.

Thank you for the clarification and I do agree that it should not be considered a primary definition of the word Unofficial, and should make an Unofficial (event) page. I disagree with it not having evidence for a presence outside of the Champaign-Urbana area. The restrictions the university is taking towards restricting visitors should provide proof of that. For examples see special enforcement specifically years 2008 and 2011.

Ultimate albums

I've been taking a stab at this page. Advice? Thanks BigJoeRockHead (talk) 01:25, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

Ah, I could only find that source. Should I revert all? It's no problem. Thanks BigJoeRockHead (talk) 01:43, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

Political party leaders

Thanks for the clarifications. I will keep that in mind going forward. Also, thanks for your level-headed, rational approach in general. West Eddy (talk) 19:47, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

Political party leaders

Thank you for your note, I greatly appreciate it. :-) It means I can do more work on those articles when I have time. Me-123567-Me (talk) 20:39, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

May 2012

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to Wikipedia, at least one of your recent edits, such as the one you made to Mandala (Canadian band), did not appear to be constructive and has been reverted or removed. Please use your sandbox for any test edits you would like to make, and read the welcome page to learn more about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. Srikar Kashyap (talk) 07:41, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at Pointed Sticks. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted or removed. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Srikar Kashyap (talk) 07:41, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at The Haunted (Canadian band), you may be blocked from editing. Srikar Kashyap (talk) 07:41, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

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Extremely Sorry

I'm extremely sorry.It was a mistake.Please forgive Srikar Kashyap (talk) 07:46, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

A brownie for you!

Really sorry....:) Srikar Kashyap (talk) 07:46, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

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Re: deleted redirect

Sorry about that. I distinctly remember looking at the page history and seeing that the page was moved, but I guess I forgot to go delete the redirect. Thanks for the heads up. -RunningOnBrains^(talk) 16:33, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

Kodos

Your well reasoned comments here were excellent and was great to see. I must say keep up the good work! I hope this issue is settled. I'd give you a barnstar or something but I'm not sure which one works - pick one out for yourself, they are all so shiney. Outback the koala (talk) 01:45, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

Uncategorized?

You posted something I am unfamiliar with on an article I created for The Clydesdale. I read the internal link on categories and am still confused. I'm not sure what uncatagorized means exactly, as I have created articles before and never had this problem. please explain. They are a band, if that helps. Sal Calyso (talk) 01:55, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

I figured it out and fixed it before your reply. Thanks anywaySal Calyso (talk) 19:27, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

Peggy Nash lead

Hi Bearcat: Could you change the last sentence in the Peggy Nash article to read something like this:

"She became a candidate to replace the late Jack Layton as leader of the Federal NDP in October 2011, but was ultimately unsuccessful in her bid, placing fourth. In April 2012, she was reappointed the NDP's Finance Critic."

Thanks.--Abebenjoe (talk) 01:11, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

You may want to cite her Parlimentary Information page, which is already a citation elsewhere on the page. It lists that she regained her critic portfolio on April 19.--Abebenjoe (talk) 01:29, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll keep watching the page.--Abebenjoe (talk) 19:51, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Barnstar of Diligence
	For your work at WP:AfD. Bearian (talk) 17:07, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for fixing my mistake

I'm not sure which article I messed up, I've started a couple. I did realize I'm supposed to change the name when I move it, but clearly I didn't. Sorry. I ran into a problem when one article had a redirect, and it caused me some problems figuring out the proper order for fixing that. Maybe I messed up then. Anyway, thanks for fixing my mistake and being nice about it. I will try to be extra careful in the future.Tlqk56 (talk) 18:56, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

Conrad Lally

Hello,

Though I am delighted to see corrections of my errors in Wikipeda, and although I have been hardened to rude language by my years of military service, there are some editors who would be offended by the term you used in your recent edit summary. In the interests of civility, you may wish to be more careful of your edit summaries in the future.

Georgejdorner (talk) 18:46, 6 May 2012 (UTC)

Race Horses

I just came upon Goodbye Falkenburg when viewing random articles and was about to nominate it for speedy deletion (A9) but it appears that the group/album may well be notable, per [1] and [2] for example. Does Race Horses, which you deleted on notabilty grounds, have content worth restoring and do you agree that it could be? Thanks! RichardOSmith (talk) 18:29, 7 May 2012 (UTC)

more LGBT cats

Category:LGBT people by occupation Hi, I've nominated a few more. They seem to sprout like mushrooms. I'd be interested in your thoughts on the overall Category:LGBT people by occupation category tree (and some of the GLB subcats). What is the thinking on those? In a way, I feel like the whole tree is problematic, because suppose you have a doctor and you put him as LGBT Physician. But he's actually an amazing heart surgeon, but since you've already put him in, you may not categorize him in the main Category:Cardiac surgeons tree. In that way, the LGBT cats are sort of like ghettos, because they're not (and never will be) as granular as the main tree categories, and by classifying people within, you are risking under-catting them, or at least just putting them in rather generic buckets; and they always seem to be underpopulated; the net result is, it seems to actually underplay the contributions of LGBT people; rather than just saying "joe is X, Y, Z, and gay" - instead you say "Joe is an american-gay writer of jewish descent" (and grouping him with all the others). I wish we had category intersection, so we could get rid of all of these cats in general... It's just so weird when I look at something like Category:LGBT models and there are so few in there. Don't you think lists might be a better solution here - that way the assertions could be sourced (when I click around, many of the articles have no source for marking someone as LGBT). --KarlB (talk) 23:48, 7 May 2012 (UTC)

Designated places

Hi Bearcat, I just finished the incomplete list at List of designated places in British Columbia, and recently established equivalent list articles for Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, and Saskatchewan. For the Quebec list, I performed a basic translation of the two designated place types from French (per StatCan) to English. If you happen to know if the translations are incorrect, please advise so that I can revise. Also, any help avoiding redirects for entries within the lists or cleaning up redlinks would be appreciated if you are interested and have the time. Cheers, Hwy43 (talk) 08:15, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

I posted to Talk:List of designated places in Quebec about why many if not most of the "dissolved municipality" items in the list are problematic: they comprise some oddly-chosen subset of territory (often several non-contiguous tracts of land) within the eponymous municipality; they are not the eponymous municipality itself, and it might take some amount of original research to figure out just what the heck they are supposed to represent. For the other of the two types of designated places in Quebec (unconstituted locality), I actually created List of unconstituted localities in Quebec a few weeks ago, but passed on creating a list of designated places in Quebec precisely because of the problems mentioned here. -- P.T. Aufrette (talk) 19:36, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

CIAT

Hi Bearcat, I undone your edit on the CIAT article where you removed the category architecture. CIAT members are not architects but they provide full architectural services. CIAT members practice architecture and CIAT is involved in regulating the profession in the United Kingdom, Hong-Kong and the Republic of Ireland. Do not hesitate to contact me if you require more information. --Christophe Krief (talk) 08:56, 9 May 2012 (UTC)

• Thanks for your clarification on the category duplicate. --Christophe Krief (talk) 15:25, 9 May 2012 (UTC)

Nested categories at EMP Museum

Hours ago you fixed some things at EMP Museum and my interest is covered by your summary duplicate categorization; already in subcat(s). using AWB revision as of 06:47, 9 May 2012.

• Evidently Frank Gehry buildings (our biog calls him Canadian-American) or Postmodern architecture in Washington (state) is a subcat of American architecture. —so you deleted the latter cat
• What about Media museums in Washington (state) and Media museums in the United States —which you retained? Does this represent your oversight as operator? or a different region of category space where policy is different or robot not authorized? or a robot bug? or the robot's failure to recognize because we have failed to make the one a subcat of the other as it should be? I've eliminated the fourth alternative in this case.

Thank you for your time. --P64 (talk) 21:28, 9 May 2012 (UTC)

Thank You/DJ MELL STARR

Thank You for the contributions to the DJ Mell Starr page. Do you think the page is ready to be submitted? (DJ MELL STARR 01:39, 11 May 2012 (UTC))

Otto Plath

I have expanded Otto Plath significantly since you originally tagged it as needing additional categories. As you are the one who tagged it, I thought it would be appropriate to ask you your opinion on whether the tag should be removed. While you are at it, any other advice/help on the article would be greatly appreciated (especially help with an infobox and some pictures if possible). Here is the talk page for the article. --Philpill691 (talk) 18:07, 12 May 2012 (UTC)

Nomination of Fanny Imlay for deletion

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Comment at AfD discussion

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A cookie for you!

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Ted Opitz

Hi Bearcat, just letting you know that when you protected the Ted Opitz article, only part of a previous editors changes had been reverted. The intro still states he "was" a Canadian politican, but shouldn't it read "is a Canadian politician"? I'm only telling you this since I can't fix the text because it's protected. Cmr08 (talk) 00:11, 19 May 2012 (UTC)

LPU

This was a dab page - someone turned it into a new version of one of the articles it linked to, Lovely Professional University, and you added a cat. I've restored the dab page. Dougweller (talk) 05:59, 19 May 2012 (UTC)

Kray twins

Hi. I noticed your note (or at least, the fact that you pointed to a note) on Kray twins about not including their death categories in the main article. I don't suppose you would know how to keep them (and similar articles) from appearing at Wikipedia:Database reports/Living people on EN wiki who are dead on other wikis, since other Wikipedias do include the individual death categories in their article? Category:Dead people would technically do the trick (since it applies to both of them), but that is for subcategories only. Just wondering if there's anything that can be done... Canadian Paul 21:34, 19 May 2012 (UTC)

That's actually a really great idea. The section directly above yours on my talk page dealt with another situation where an editor felt that the current options for death categories weren't appropriate (and I agreed to some extent). When I have a little more time, I'll have to propose that somewhere, or maybe just boldly create it. Glad I dropped a note, thanks! Canadian Paul 21:48, 19 May 2012 (UTC)

Hmmm, just to play devil's advocate, I'd probably cover those with Category:Year of death uncertain or Category:Year of death unknown. Canadian Paul 21:57, 19 May 2012 (UTC)

Bearcat (band)

I was just going though some old CDs, and found one by Bearcat (band), from Thompson, MB. I laughed and thought of you, being the musical aficionado that you are. --kelapstick^(bainuu) 22:55, 19 May 2012 (UTC)

Crackling bread

Hi Bearcat, I'd appreciate it if you could keep an eye on this. The article's author is rather persistent in restoring the recipes and removing templates. Ownership issues, and I'd rather not edit war. Thanks, 99.153.142.225 (talk) 00:19, 23 May 2012 (UTC)

Zoos template

The zoos template is in every article about a zoo, and has been for years. Is there some particular reason that you have decided that it is "unnecessary" at this time? This template provides links that used to be placed in See also sections. It seems to me that this kind of overall change to zoo articles should have been discussed first at WikiProject Zoo rather than implemented unilaterally. This is hardly TCREEP, as the templates have been around for at least since I have been editing (admittedly only three years), and in in many cases they replaced fairly long See also sections. Don Lammers (talk) 09:50, 23 May 2012 (UTC)

re-creation notification: Zawya

This is a notification from WikiProject Requested articles of the re-creation of Zawya, an article you previously deleted. Thanks. -- Eclipsed (talk) (COI Declaration) 22:59, 26 May 2012 (UTC)

Request semi-protection for COTS Demo Flight 2

Hi Bearcat: Could you please put a semi-protected block on the COTS Demo Flight 2 article. There's a crank going in on an anonymous IP changing the spelling from International English to American English. It's an international flight, that includes the Canadarm2, without which, the mission could not be accomplished. So I am requesting the type of block that prevents anonymous and new users from editing the page. Thanks in advance.--Abebenjoe (talk) 21:44, 27 May 2012 (UTC)

It is definitely not an international flight, the Canadarm2 is on the International Space Station, not the capsule, which is the subject of the article. I have written an explanation here if you wish to read it. 138.88.213.95 (talk) 23:29, 27 May 2012 (UTC)