User talk:Young Cdn

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Hello, Young Cdn! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions to this free encyclopedia. If you decide that you need help, check out Getting Help below, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by clicking

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November 2008

Welcome to Wikipedia. It might not have been your intention, but your recent edit removed maintenance templates from Canadian Youth Assembly. When removing maintenance templates, please be sure to either resolve the problem that the template refers to, or give a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry, as your removal of this template has been reverted. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia, and if you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. The article does still read like an advertisement and a few more references wouldn't hurt, the templates aren't bad, plenty of fine, encyclopedic articles have them. In the long run they'll help improve the article. By removing them one might assume that it truly is intended as an advert and you wish to disguise that. Synchronism (talk) 01:19, 17 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not remove maintenance templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to Canadian Youth Assembly, without resolving the problem that the template refers to, or giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your removal of this template does not appear constructive, and has been reverted. Thank you. —None of your edits has addressed the marked concerns. If you think I've overlooked something, please state it on the article's talk/disscussion page or below here. Thanks again Synchronism (talk) 01:28, 17 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I don't get what you mean by recentism at all...and how can information that is directly from the governing documents be considered an advertisement?--Young_Cdn (talk) 18:01, 17 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Young Cdn,

Here are some examples of other articles people find on Wikipedia that are like the one you've authored, they may have their own problems or not, and they all have their well-done aspects:

I found them on this list: List of youth empowerment organizations

By recentism it is meant, like the template says, that recent events should be kept in historical perspective. Did the Canadian Youth Assembly spontaneously form in 2008 as it is implied? If so, that is an extraordinary example of a grass roots organization and should be made explicit and referenced by a secondary source. But, if it evolved from predecessor organizations or has its roots in long running social currents, it should say so.

Articles need to be reliably sourced to verify content, this means a respectable work of the media, authors, scholars and so on. Only when describing works of fiction or art is it exceptable to use the subject as a reference in its own right. External links to the oraganization are OK, however, Wikipedia is not a WP:soapbox to reitierate any organization's own point of view. You don't see too many standalone mission statement/goals sections (however noble or even notable) about political or non-profit organizations, charities and so on in encyclopedias, you see critical and historical perspective, at least aren't you supposed to? – And thanks for engaging in a discussion, Synchronism (talk) 22:51, 17 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Adoption offer

Hi Young Cdn! I saw on your user page you said that you are interested in being adopted. If you would like me to be your adopter, just let me know by leaving me a note on my talk page. I'd be glad to help you out. αЯβιτЯαЯιŁΨθ ^(talk) 21:43, 20 November 2008 (UTC) [reply]

CYA

The article looks much better, :)Synchronism (talk) 07:05, 11 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Image problem

No problem Young Cdn. Do you think that the image may have been deleted? What exactly was the name if the image (such as Image:Example.jpg)? Arbitrarily0 ^(talk) 00:55, 18 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hm, I'm not sure exactly what happened to it. Try following the instructions here. Let me know if you have any problems. Good luck, Arbitrarily0 ^(talk) 18:33, 19 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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You can find many userboxes here. Just add the appropriate text to your user page, {{userbox}} to produce:
Let me know if you have problems. Arbitrarily0 ^(talk) 16:34, 28 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

License tagging for File:CYA-AJC.jpg

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For help in choosing the correct tag, or for any other questions, leave a message on Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. Thank you for your cooperation. --ImageTaggingBot (talk) 02:05, 23 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, the image seems to be tagged properly. Let me know if you get a message like this again, because I didn't see any problems with it. Good luck, Arbitrarily0 ^(talk) 01:08, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned non-free media (File:CYA-AJC.jpg)

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