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Musicals Infobox

Hello, according to your comments on the Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicals/General page you have had some experience in infobox code. If you get a chance, could you take a look at the code on Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicals/Template_sandbox as I believe it to have some formating issues (I'm not sure) and it is not completely wikified. There are a couple comments about it on the Template sandbox page (don't worry about removing any information yet as a consensus seems not to have been reached yet). Thanks so much for your help and I look forward to working with you. --omtay38 02:06, 1 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Things in common

I'm following ICMP tunnel which led me to Image:DiagramNeeded.gif and then to Event monitoring. I'm thinking of cleaning up Event monitoring since the intro reads as a cross between link spamming and original research, when who do I see but you in the edit history from earlier this year cleaning up and wikifying. I have a feeling the two of us have more in common than simply WP:EiC. Anyway, somewhat related to all this, here are some possible issues I've run across tonight:

Looks like this is starting to show up more in articles. Personally, I find it unfortunate since it makes the articles seem like they're in the middle of being edited. What do you think? --Stephane Charette 06:54, 1 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!

Thanks for the editing you provided on the St. Benedict Catholic Secondary School, Waterloo Region Catholic School Board template and page. Appreciate the help! --Ithinkhelikesit 17:48, 5 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Pseudoscalar

Hi, Why did you split the aticle on pseudoscalar ?? Both the physics and the math concept are one and the same thing -- mathematical pseudoscalars have odd parity. I'm reverting for now. linas 01:05, 6 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I reverted, and cleaned up the article to make it clear that this is not two different things being talked about, but is the same thing. linas 01:17, 6 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Next time that you have any questions about physics or math, consider contacting Wikipedia:WikiProject Physics or Wikipedia:WikiProject Mathematics. In this case, it would have saved you the time and effort spent trying to sort out the various links to the article. More generally, I'd suggest that you refrain from editing articles on which you are not knowledgable. linas 01:54, 6 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the recent post to WP:WPM about additive group, the answer may have been confusing but the results hopefully helpful. linas 16:01, 9 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Musical templates

Thanks for your support of my musical theatre templates! I'm currently working on a Gilbert and Sullivan one, and hopefully I'll get around to Andrew Lloyd Webber today as well. After that, I don't know where to go, but it was good to know someone agrees. :) Daydream believer2 05:41, 6 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Profile

I'm curious as to why you moved Profile (engineering) to the See also section when, by MoS:DP guidelines, it should be in the main section. --Usgnus 06:56, 7 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I reverted my edit and expanded on the various engineering uses of the term as the page only listed one of the four definitions previously, thus it didn't disambiguate the subject adequately.--Lordkinbote 07:20, 7 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Peel logo

I reverted the logo change and put a bit more info on the logo over at Talk:Peel District School Board. Hope this makes sense. (Sorry, I just feel bad every time I have to revert something which otherwise should be a perfectly valid edit...!) --Stephane Charette 21:30, 12 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Just wondering...

Right now, I can't seem to e-mail you using the "E-mail this user" link. Do you think you can add one? I've been meaning to ask you some things in a more private setting. Thanks. -→Buchanan-Hermit ™/?! 00:09, 13 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'll set one up and get back to you. --Usgnus 00:17, 13 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Parks in British Columbia cat re change on Victory Square

Hi; saw your change to Victory Square's category; I'm surprised there's not a Vancouver parks cat; you'd think there would be; especially since GVRD-wide there's tons of them. My concern with the Parks in British Columbia category is that it's going to be huge once all prov, RD, fed and municipal parks are added in. Wouldn't a subcat hierarchy be more workable? Or are there not just enough park articles yet?Skookum1 02:34, 13 July 2006 (UTC) PS I know there's a provincial-parks cat, and there's only 10 or so federal parks (lots more fed-park proposals); but still between munis and RDs it's going to be a huge list...Skookum1 02:36, 13 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Saw your response on my talk page and agree about not all parks being worthy; but even in the city of Van it's a list: Hastings, Queen E, Stanley, Jericho, Vanier, Pacific Spirit, China Creek etc, which have some history or other significance to them; and no doubt people will want their own neighbourhood greenspace added in, like that new insta-park at Homer and Davie, as we've seen with "invented neighbourhoods" (remember "Dickens"?); but I'm not the sort to leap in and invent categories because I don't know the existing hierarchies well enough. One little tidbit park comes to mind that's almost worth a blurb is that little creek just west of where Point Grey Road meets MacDonald; it was featured in the film That Cold Day In The Park ([[Robert Altman|Altman]'s first-and-worst, they say...); can't remember what it's called right now...

Might as well take the time now to invite you to sign up for the draft BC WikiProject at User:Buchanan-Hermit/WikiProject-Sandbox, where tonight I fielded the idea by Buchanan-Hermit that the model for project organization cooked up by the incredible Phædriel ♥ tell me for the Wikipedia:WikiProject Indigenous peoples of North America (q.v. her revamp as of the last few days) be used to help coordinate what obviously will be a vast and complicated set of articles/issues and sundry; he wanted input from other editors but only he and me (he and I?) are signed up so far, and the project's not "gone official" of course; he's no slouch in the formatting department himself as the User:Buchanan-Hermit page demonstrates. But given that suggestion, it also seems a propos that maybe Phaedriel's layout be applied/adapted to the Vancouver WikiProject also; I know only a few people bit at those table formats I tried introducing, but if the project layout were made less unwieldy they'd work in just fine. Give 'er some thought and pls feedback; and also pls consider the BC Wikiproject, which I think it's high time for (esp. since OR, ID and AK have 'em going, and WA and AB aren't far behind)....Skookum1 09:13, 13 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

WP:EiC

Just wanted to know, if I want to be listed on the Participants page... Do I just go and add myself?

--Yongblood 03:51, 13 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the fast answer. Yongblood 03:55, 13 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Signature

Do you know how to customize the signature?

--Yongblood No. Remember to use four tildes (~~~~) to sign so that there's a timestamp. --Usgnus 04:24, 13 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

BTW re Education in Canada project

I don't have a copy so can't cite you a page ref, but FYI I was somewhat stunned while reading Francis Decker's Pemberton: History of a Settlement to discover that correspondence courses for elementary and high school were first introduced anywhere in response to pressure and ideas from parents in the Birken-Gates Valley (between Pemberton-Mt Currie and D'Arcy) in the first decade of the 20th Century. Not sure where that fits into existing education articles but if that's one of your WikiFields I thought you might like to know that. Turns out, as an unrelated aside, it was a farmer up there (but in the Pemberton Valley, i.e. the Lilloet River Valley) who was the first to recognize iodine as a cure for goiter (in cattle, originally).Skookum1 09:16, 13 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Very interesting. --Usgnus 14:18, 13 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding Category:Women

I think it was originally created as a category meaning women as opposed to men, not as opposed to girls. You appear to be changing it. Georgia guy 23:34, 13 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I disagree. I had to remove exactly 2 articles from each: Girl and Flower girl; Boy and Boy soprano. Besides, who's calling the kettle black [1]. --Usgnus 23:39, 13 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well, what do you think it was originally created for?? Georgia guy 23:40, 13 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not a mind reader. --Usgnus 23:41, 13 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Now, here is a new problem: How would you categorize an article that is for female human beings regardless of age?? Georgia guy 23:57, 13 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

In both Women and Children or in Humans, depending on the content. --Usgnus

BC & Pacific Northwest History Forum

Please see RE BC & Pacific Northwest History Forum re: Talk:List of United States military history events#Border Commission troops in the Pacific Northwest. If you think maybe I should also move some or copy some of my other stuff from NW history and BC history pages let me know; I never mean to blog, but I'm voluble and to me everything's interconnected; never meaning to dominate a page so have made this area to post my historical rambles on. Thoughts?Skookum1 03:51, 14 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Extraneous Links

You're right about extraneous links on diambiguation pages. When I added links yesterday, I not only didn't know about that policy, but I didn't notice that I'd added them before and that you'd removed them afterward. You're absolutely correct that you were following Wikipedia policy, and after following your link, I learned something I didn't realize before. I stand corrected, and thanks for your promptness. -- Skymasterson 11:41AM, 14 July 2006

Mission Bridge vs Mission CPR Bridge

Hey; saw your tweak. I know why it's necessary, but the usual and traditional name for it is "the Mission Bridge", now of course meaning the highway bridge; I went to MSS and the bridge (and its line-up) was a part of local life; I guess the official or official-Wiki name has to be Mission CPR Bridge; looks really weird, though, like the long-form Second Narrows Ironworkers Memorial Bridge vs Second Narrows or Ironworkers (as has come into vogue lately). Also I'm not sure it was always CPR; I think it was Burlington Northern; at least as far as Abby (from the border) but I'm pretty sure the track crossings/overpasses in Matsqui Prairie say "Burlington Northern"; or used to, anyway. Before the building of the Pattullo rail bridge (CNR, BNR or BCER I'm not sure whose) rail traffic from the US had to go through Mission via this bridge; I probably already said that in the article, though.Skookum1 19:32, 16 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I changed it to "Mission Railway Bridge". Both bridges are notable and deserve their own articles. Perhaps their naming can be tackled as part of the Wikipedia:WikiProject British Columbia. --Usgnus 00:03, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Help

I could use some help with Journalist (talk · contribs). He was assuming bad faith when I reverted the spam link at University of Toronto. Ardenn 03:09, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I wouldn't worry about it. You explained it, and it seems Journalist is handling it as well as can be expected. --Usgnus 03:27, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I apologise if I acted too soon with the U of T page. From my end, it really didnt look like spamming. Anyway, thanks for the kind words, and for actually approaching me in such a respectful manner. Regards. Orane (talk • cont.) 03:46, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Vancouver Wikipedians Meetup

Greetings, you're getting this spam (courtesy of Tawkerbot) because you were listed on Wikipedia:WikiProject_Vancouver. In short, we're trying to have a meetup and we'd appreciate it if you'd join our Yahoo Group setup to figure out a time/place that would work. You can find the group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vancouver_wikipedians/. If you have any questions feel free to make a post there or on the WikiProject page.

Happy Editing!

CFD

I have nominated Category:French language schools in Ottawa for deletion. Ardenn 18:26, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Double redirects

I'm pretty good with en-mass. --Polar Deluge 14:41, 18 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I hope the en mass isn't too en mass. :-) --Polar Deluge 14:50, 18 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Breaks

In regards to this, shouldn't we instead be putting the break into {{OCCSB}} versus going through all the schools to see if they need a line break? Note that at first glance, we may think an article does or doesn't need a break, but at a different resolution or if the browser window is resized, then all of a sudden we're stuck with some incidental overlap. $0.02. --Stephane Charette 18:38, 18 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That was quick. Thanks! --Stephane Charette 19:02, 18 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Water airports

I see the problem. There is Coal Harbour, Vancouver and Coal Harbour, British Columbia. So Vancouver Harbour Water Aerodrome CXH/CYHC is at Coal Harbour, Vancouver and Coal Harbour Water Aerodrome N/A/CAQ3 is at Coal Harbour, British Columbia. It's quite clear if you review the google sat photo and the maps in the Water Aerodrome Supplement. Cheers. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 17:12, 19 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry I got called away. Which is the better main name "Vancouver Harbour Water Aerodrome" or "Vancouver Coal Harbour Seaplane Base"? CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 17:47, 19 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Participants

Too late...I am over halfway through the WikiProject participant category...BLAST! I hope that they won't mind a change to the template. EEK!
Lady Aleena talk/contribs 00:12, 20 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

BC Stubs

Pls see User talk:Agent 86#RE: another category of stub needed Skookum1 18:25, 20 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Spam pic reverts

Do you think this warrants a block? It's, like, the millionth time this has happened. -→Buchanan-Hermit ™/?! 04:06, 21 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If so, we should probably do it by the book (unfortunately). --Usgnus 04:17, 21 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Students' Unions

Your proposed speedy renaming is fundamentally incorrect. A Students' Union is capitalised. (I've worked for them.) That is their formal name and a proper noun. Lowercased, it means an informal union of students. They are formal bodies with a formal name. Similarly your proposal re Students' Associations is wrong. That is their formal name, so a proper noun and capitalised. Wikipedia policy is to uppercase proper nouns, not lower case them. Your nominations are factually incorrect. I strongly advise you to withdraw the nominations.

Slán FearÉIREANN\^(caint) 23:28, 21 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, can someone point me to the place where the above-referenced discussion is going on? I personally believe that "students' union" should not be capitalised. (I've been the president of two.) To clarify, when we are talking about the name of an organisation (e.g. the University of Saskatchewan Students' Union), then it must be capitalised, just as one must capitalise "Corporation" in "Microsoft Corporation". However, when one speaks about, say, "tax cuts for corporations", one does not capitalise the word because, in that context, it is a common noun, not part of a proper noun. Thus, if one were to say that "Canada's students' unions lobbied against tax cuts for corporations," for example, then one would not capitalise, for the same reason. The distinction has nothing to do with the organization being formal or informal (again, the corporations who may be getting tax cuts are still formal bodies, they just don't get a capital "C" because their names are not currently involved.) However, this is not really the best place to be saying this - where is the right spot? AshleyMorton 23:49, 21 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Centerville H.S.

I know that you go to Centerville High School because you are constantly editing it and talking in our discussion page. You have changed correct information numeorus times, however I thank you for not changing the new image of our school. Consent for use granted to wikipedia by Centerville City School District. I contacted them to verify that using image was alright. Thank you! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.65.92.121 (talk • contribs) 07:05, 23 July 2006.

pls see new item on WikiProject BC sandbox

Re map standards for mountain range locator maps. Thoughts? Thx.Skookum1 17:11, 24 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Okanagan Trail

Hi; saw you added the BC-geo stub to Okanagan Trail; I thought of it when writing the article; you'll see when more of it's done that it actually should be BC-hist (history) stub, but we don't have one of those yet. More on this later, it's hellish hot as you know and I need a shower...Skookum1 22:47, 24 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Do you think it should be {{BritishColumbia-stub}} instead? That works for me. The {{Washington-stub}} category is going to be deleted any day now. --Usgnus 22:49, 24 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'd rather we get a BC-hist-stub together, maybe...but not sure as to, for now, whether the general BC stub of a geo stub; it's a geographic piece only in a historical sense....and why is the Washington stub being deleted anyway? Too few articles? I note that Washingtonians don't seem to have been as busy on Wiki as OR and AK and even ID...or else they write complete articles, and leave fewer stubs dangling?Skookum1 23:36, 24 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Too few articles, exactly. --Usgnus 23:38, 24 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Koreatown: Vancouver

No problem with your edits. Whatever works best! -Sewing 01:08, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]