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Archive 1 (2003/04)
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Archive 3 (2006)
Archive 4 (2007)
Archive 5 (2008)

South Australian Museum

Regarding this edit, you say: Removed category "Visitor attractions in Adelaide".
Sorry to bother you, but could you tell me why you removed it?
Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 23:47, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

Because Category:Museums in Adelaide is already a subcategory of Category:Visitor attractions in Adelaide. Articles thus shouldn't be appearing in both categories simultaneously. Bearcat (talk) 23:48, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

Agreed. Thanks for the clarification. Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 23:54, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

State Library of South Australia

BTW: I undid your change to the cat on the page itself - it is more usefully sorted under "library" than under "state". Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 23:54, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

Oh dear! it is more usefully sorted under "Library" than under "State". My apologies! Pdfpdf (talk) 23:59, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

Clearly, there's far too much blood in my caffeine. Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 00:03, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for doing useful work improving Misplaced Pages. --KP Botany (talk) 00:43, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Webster!

Italicziing that because it's one of his TV shows; he was also a TV host, y'see, not just talk radio....and he should still ahve the journalist category as he did write a semi-regular column as well, despite his main presence being on-air.Skookum1 (talk) 20:39, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Steroids in the gay community and/or HIV+ community

Me again; wondering what you might know of in the way of sources/articles re Talk:Ergogenic_use_of_anabolic_steroids#use_in_HIV.2FAIDS_and_other_wasting_disease_therapy.Skookum1 (talk) 21:24, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Speedy delete of Leagurian Mountains failed!

Hi; as you're an Ontarian, and also an admin, I'm coming to you about the waste of time that User:Mizu onna sango15 has just incurred. Last night User:Black Tusk very rightly placed a "speedy delete" tag on Leagurian Mountains, which is some kind of sophomoric joke connected to the Appalachian League baseball league and it was removed this morning by Miza onna sango15 as "not meeting speedy delete criteria". ?!?!?!?!?!? My respnnse to her was, well, fairly shocked - she's a Londoner, if somebody started putting spurious topography in London, e.g. a mountain range spanning Croydon and Whitehall, do you think it would need a full AFD to be deleted? Now, unless I'm wrong and there is a mountain range spanning the shore of Hudson Bay from Manitoba to Quebec.......not on any map I've ever seen. There are times that Ithink the Misplaced Pages admin-making process should include an intelligence test, and a basic geographic knowledge test, this is one of them. If someone made The Sinking of England about how England disappeared yseterday, it wouldn't need a full AFD, right? Anyway maybe you have the authority to just delete this bit of Yankee-joke fluff....I didn't watch Stephen Colbert these last few days, it's of the same order as is "Idaho's Portugal" which cause so much trouble for the Oregon article a while back....Skookum1 (talk) 13:01, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

Another admin speedy-delete blooper

Please see User_talk:Promethean/MXams#Category:Russian_colony_of_Alaska, which is another decline-speedy-delete bit of admin-twaddle. I wish I had a bot to automate creating CFDs/AFDs as it's time-consuming to do and a bloody waste of time. This should have passed no problems, and we were instructed to do it, in fact, by another admin on Talk:CFD when I asked about it before Xmas; user:Jaraalbe's been away and just got to it last night; I hate getting kicked in the teeth by people who don't konw teh subject matter, don't care, and only want to enforce rules. Misplaced Pages needs admin reform....Skookum1 (talk) 19:15, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for simplifying that, Bearcat.Skookum1 (talk) 01:38, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

RDs again

I don't want to get us in a fuss again, but thought I'd drop mention to you of my comments on Talk:Strathcona Regional District about the impracticality of regional district categories being used for geographic classification; the SRD is a case-in-point of one kind of problem; there are others but i won't go into it for now, just wanting to keep you apprised of the issues involved. There are fairly precise, often very precise, definitions for the traditional "countries" (not all use the "country" appellation) and they're very current in BC to this day in terms of what people actually use as self-referential terms for where somewhere is; another related discussion is on Talk:Merritt,_British_Columbia#Nicola_Valley_vs_Nicola_Country; similarly I think it's on Talk:Slocan Valley where a similar valley/country distinction is made; in other areas "Bulkley Country" is pretty clearly the Bulkley Valley though might also include the Bulkley Ranges, at least those parts of those ranges facing the Bulkley River...it's when something like Mount Waddington is stated as being "in" a regional district when its most obvious geographic classification is "Pacific Ranges"/Coast Mountains that it gets a bit ridiculous; a place like Chilko Lake is known for being in the Chilcotin not for being part of the Cariboo Regional District, if anything the Williams Lake Forest District see this google, which even the Ministry of Tourism uses as a reference (as noted before, BCGNIS and CGNDB use the Land District system); similarly Marble Canyon sites astride the SLRD and TNRD boundary; but in most government texts and academic writings it will be described as being in the Kamloops Forest District (as noted elsewhere, Forest Districts have more power and more recognition in the areas affected than the RDs, which most poeple regard as nuisances and are really just excuses for mayors to lord it over people who don't want to live in their towns LOL). Anyway not wanting to stir it up, just sharing some information by way of education; the misconeptions that arise when somebody sees that Atlin is the Stikine Region just don't make sense if you don't know that capital-R Stikine Region is part of the (non-)regional district in that area and has nothing to do with the Stikine small-r region aka Stikine Country...ditto something like Tatlatui Provincial Park being in the Peace River Regional District really just because the RD's boundaries take in the basin of the Finlay, which is hundreds of miles from the Peace River, and the Peace River Country.....Skookum1 (talk) 17:55, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

further to previous, other editors not familiar with BC often shorten "regional district" to either "region" or "district", which causes the confusions I'm alluding to above; the SRD thing came up because someone had categorized it only within a Vancouver Island category; that's where most of its population is; most of its actual landscape is either the Discovery Islands or the adjoining mainland flanking Bute Inlet.Skookum1 (talk) 17:57, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

After our previous contretemps I knew what was needed was an article with putative title Political geographic classification systems in British Columbia ("Political geography of British Columbia" would have political content...maybe Political geographic units of British Columbia would work...) where all the different tiers/structures of political-regional subdivisions of BC could be laid out and compared; Counties, Forest Districts, Health Districts, MoE/Parks regions, Mining Districts/divisions (once the basic division, other than LDs but originally the same thing), regional districts, and Tourism regions. They're all used, depending on the context; the Tourism regions almost might mmake the best sense, except for the rebranding in some cases ("Kootenay Rockies" which really is "Kootenays and Rockies"). But in some very vast areas, the only monenclature available is the plateau or mountain range, e.g. the Cassiar Mountains, the Liard Plateau, or the name of the river e.g . Tatshenshini-Alsek, or as in the case with Mt Waddignton above, which isn't in the Cariboo - or the Chilcotin - and isn't on the Coast; it's just in the Coast Mountains....the Tourism regions work sometimes very well, e.g. Thompson-Okanagan, Coast-Cariboo-Chilcotin; but not always; because so many combine the traditional "countries" in their names, whether RDs or Tourism distircts or MoE regions, the easiest thing, to me, was to create a system of region cats based on the "countries" system...it only doesn't work when there's no "country" name for certain areas - mostly unpopulated ones, as in the far north or in the densest parts of the mountains....Skookum1 (talk) 18:23, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

I've also pondered a substyle guide for BC, because of our many "special usages" which aren't covered in CanStyle...Skookum1 (talk) 18:25, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

And since I'm ranting :-) I might as well note that geographic regions, geologic regions, ecoregions, biogeoclimatic regions, hydrologic regions and other purely-geographic systems in BC are also all different; and some articles have been written from the one perspective/system that coopt/share titles with those used by others.....the old line about Canada having too much geography, not enough history, is even more true in BC, where we've got more geography - more rivers, more mountains, more mountain ranges, more named localities - than seemingly anywhere else, even in comaprison to Washignton and Alaska....Skookum1 (talk) 18:27, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

Bear Community Wikiproject

A wikiproject for the Bear community is being proposed, please come and put in your support athttp://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Proposals#Wikiproject_Bear_Community

--Skyler (:^| 23:57, 3 January 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Skyler13 (talk • contribs)

The Red Green Wiki

Hi there. I noticed you contributed to List of The Red Green Show episodes, so I wanted to invite you to join a new wiki devoted to that show. The Red Green Wiki is at http://redgreen.wikia.com , and it's just getting started. Eventually, the wiki will catalog virtually everything about the show, all of its trivia and production info, etc. If you're interested, please drop on by, create an account, and help me build the best fan site on the 'Net. :)

Thanks! — KieferSkunk (talk) — 23:48, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Henry Leavitt Ellsworth

Hello. I notice that you seem to have removed from this entry the category: People from Hartford, Connecticut. I'm unclear why this category would be removed for a gentleman who happened to have been Mayor of Hartford, Connecticut? Regards,MarmadukePercy (talk) 08:03, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the explanation.MarmadukePercy (talk) 08:07, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

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Steve Pajcic

I'm a bit puzzled by this edit. What's the reasoning? Un school 14:04, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Jesse J. McCrary, Jr.

Not a Florida politician? Cheers, Dloh cierekim 14:08, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Ach so. Thanks Dloh cierekim 19:48, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Tabor

Tabor was indeed from Holland, Vermont. One of the better known facts about him. When he became "famous" they were quite aware of this back "home." Not sure why you removed these categories. Student7 (talk) 13:34, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Election map

Oh sorry, I didn't realize the seats weren't correct. I can fix it tomorrow if your friend hasn't done so by then. What are the errors exactly? TastyCakes (talk) 04:42, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Ok, thanks. TastyCakes (talk) 05:20, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

The font used in the map was converted to script because it is not a typically compatible font. To be corrected, numbers will either have to be copied and pasted into place or all of the text will have to be rebuilt. I would rather do the latter, since it makes multilingual versions easier to create. I don't have time to do this now but will work on it this afternoon, and create multilingual versions since the French article doesn't have a map. vıd ıoman 13:10, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Reply

Hi, replied User_talk:Hu12#Music--Hu12 (talk) 20:09, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

Minor-edit by default

I noticed that almost all of your edits are only a couple of chars, but only a few of those have the M flag. Have you seen the option in the prefs to mark edits as minor by default? Or is this a bot thing? Maury Markowitz (talk) 22:40, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

Sorry, I didn't know if you'd see a reply on my page, so I'll do it here. I use a simply algo for this: if the edit does not make a content change to the page, it is, IMHO, minor. Changes to spelling, grammar, formatting, adding links or removing them - these are all minor edits. So is adding and removing cats - they aren't changing the content of the actual article.

The tool you mention is absolutely making minor edits. Even the edits that aren't cat-edits are also minor, looking over your list of last 20 edits. So why not turn it on and see what happens? Without experiments, there is no progress. Maury Markowitz (talk) 13:10, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Marc Bureau

Hi. You've recently made contributions to the Marc Bureau article. Would you like to add your opinion on the article name itself on the talkpage? Thanks. LarRan (talk) 23:24, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

French Media request

Dear Bearcat,

The French CBC radio would like to do a radio report on you as the most prolific contributor of Misplaced Pages. I read the article in Toronto Life and was very intrigued. We do French radio in Toronto and I do small 5 minute-reports that will air on CJBC. I read you were from Franco-ontarian stock and you likes all things French...So for your own information, here is the link to the show I work on:

http://www.radio-canada.ca/regions/ontario/Radio/yapas2matinspareils.shtml

I would be willing to meet with you while you are contributing to Misplaced Pages. Please contact me to catherine.meury@radio-canada.ca

Catherine

Meuryca (talk) 19:20, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

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Categories on Radia

Hi. You removed two categories from the Radia article and I think you're wrong. Also, I think you should have explained your modification. The Radio program category is relevant because Radia is a radio program! The Radio category is also relevant because Radia, as a radio program and as a network, intends to bring reflection on radio as a medium. --Etiennen (talk) 13:25, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

James Horton (actor) listed at RfD

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Susie Elelman

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Which CFD?

To which CFD are you referring for the deletion of the various LGBT actor categories with the country qualifier? It's not linked to your edit summaries or in the deletion notes of the categories. Otto4711 (talk) 13:36, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

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Politician v. Partisan

Please don't remove categories as you did at Bob Vander Plaats. It is entirely possible to be a Republican w/o being a politician and vice versa, so both categories are appropriate and informative. Thanks. --Philosopher 09:50, 29 January 2009 (UTC) Replied at my talk page. --Philosopher 18:00, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

Deletion of Roy Sorensen

Why did you delete the Roy Sorensen article? He is a major philosophical figure in philosophy of language concerning vagueness and paradoxes. Please undelete this page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Justdweezil (talk • contribs) 06:48, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

You

Blah blah --ThePURPLEpirate (talk) 06:08, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

actress naming

Hello Bearcat, there is a question for you on Wikipedia_talk:Categorization/Gender,_race_and_sexuality#Actresses. Jay (talk) 07:54, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Please respond to the question relating to an edit you had made. Jay (talk) 07:52, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

For reverting that copyright mumbo jumbo for the Coast to Coast AM affiliates. I found that rather funny that it violated Copyright. Have a great day :D--milonica (talk) 20:19, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Response

There's a bug that needs manual fixing. Try Seagate, Brooklyn for example.

Carlossuarez46 (talk) 04:09, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Selwyn Dewdney

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My mistake

Im sorry, I was 100% wrong.72.68.205.215 (talk) 06:00, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Sudbury Star / Osprey Media and Sun Media

Thank you for mentioning that. As you may have noticed, I'm a Sudburian, thus I made a Sudburian-relevant edit, whereas I frankly didn't know all publications had transfered operations, nor would I have noticed those details since I have no knowledge of other papers, nor did I see it as relevant to my intent. Please, I know you are a busy and noted contributor, but I think it would be nice if you could not rub things like that in the talk page of a non-frequent user who helps with articles, not entire categories. -- Zblewski |talk 01:19, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

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LGBT people

Hi, Bearcat! Could you leave the "people" categories when you make changes like this one? Thanks! -- SatyrTN (talk / contribs) 00:36, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

I don't know of any special exemptions from the category tree? Due to ongoing discussions about LGBT professions, I've been trying to keep people in both the professions tree and the location tree. Is there a different course of action that would be better? -- SatyrTN (talk / contribs) 16:35, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

So wait - you're saying that it's correct to have ":Gay writers" and ":LGBT writers from Norway" on the article, but that adding ":LGBT people from Norway" is duplicating things and assuming something will be deleted? I think we're both trying to work things out, and until that's been done, it's better to err on the side of too many categories (where users will still be able to find their articles whatever way they traverse the category trees) than too few. -- SatyrTN (talk / contribs) 05:26, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

Need help re Hemlock Valley Resort

Hi; I know there must be somewhere to post problems like this but hopefully you're around and this isn't complicated, you're the first admin who came to mind.....see User_talk:Gump_Stump#Hemlock_Valley_Ski_Area_-.3E_Hemlock_Valley_Resort and you'll see what happened - Hemlock Valley Ski Area I'd created, apparently its DBA name (now) is Hemlock Valley Resort, but the move wasn't done properly....Skookum1 (talk) 01:31, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

The Age of Persuasion

Hi, Bearcat. The CBC minisite for the show lists its title as just The Age of Persuasion. I was going to move the WP article to that title, but I thought that, since you created the article, I'd ask you what you thought before doing so. --Rrburke 20:19, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

Did that. Thanks. --Rrburke 04:00, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Why RDs suck

Hi; a discussion at what is now titled List of filming locations in Metro Vancouver hits on a few of the very serious problems involved with using regional district-names as if they were valid as geographic divisions of BC. Please have a look at Talk:List_of_filming_locations_in_Metro_Vancouver#Third_opinion and its preceding sections; User:Ol'English did an end-run on preventing a change to List of filming locations in Greater Vancouver by creating that (i.e. the redirect); it had been "in and around Vancouver" and I had suggested "Vancouver and area" or "Greater Vancouver", but he had decided "Metro Vancouver" was so cool-sounding and "proper" that he dug in his heels, called in a Third Opinion. It's just so wrong (and if you'll forgive me, icky-Toronto-sounding - some standa-alone uses of "Metro" in the Vancouver article I quickly ditched the other day - "creeping Torontofication", like referring to the Cariboo or Okanagan as "cottage country"). RDs are not involved in the film indusry, the film industry does not think in temrs of or define its operations based on regional district boundaries, teh film industry in the Lower Mainland regularly shoots at locations in other RDs than "Metro Vancouver", but still refer to those locations as "Vancouver" (i.e. from LA's/NYC's/Toronto's perspective). This is only one of the many problems posed by Wikipedians deicding that it's "proper" to use RD names for all kinds of things that don't have anything to do with RDs. WP:Wiki-ism is a section/page I'm thinking of starting, on the issue of Wikipedian conventions becoming influential, which just shouldn't be; it's effectively synthesis to use definitions in ways they weren't intended for, it's that simple. I'm plopping this here because you're an admin and there's a redirect immediately blocking a name change I woudl have done before the third opinion was called in; but the redirect was deliberately created, IMO, at the same time as the third opinion was called in, expressly to prevent me from doing that.....not good faith, no, but given the stonewalling and the timing I know what's worth having faith in....Skookum1 (talk) 04:21, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

That's been resolved, just wanted to let you know of the ongoing issues with RD mis-use.Skookum1 (talk) 04:34, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

Blocking an IP user

User:209.112.173.196 has for about the 20th time (ok, 9th, I just counted) inserted material in the Haida article that is not only conjectural and synthesis, but also happens to be copyvio - from the Museum of Civilization website, no less. It's gotten to be quite a game, every time we take out his comparison of Haida war tactics to those of the Mongols and Japanese, he puts it back in; THAT is not in the Museum of Civilization material, but much of teh rest is; I just reversed his latest edits, which as you'll find in talkpage comments User:BrainyBabe had wondered why they were taken out, and others put in. "Somebody has an agenda". Is there a way to block IP users?Skookum1 (talk) 04:34, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

My Story (Julie Couillard book)

Per this edit and your summary, "disambiguate books by the author's full name, not just their surname": That's not what Misplaced Pages:Naming conventions (books) says. The section on disambiguation reads, "If further disambiguation is needed, add the author's surname in parentheses: "(Orwell novel)", "(Asimov short story)", etc." That's the guideline I was following when I moved the page.--ShelfSkewed Talk 19:50, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

I guess I don't get it. I don't understand why her obscurity justifies an exception to the guideline. Her full name already redirects to the book, so adding the first name to the book-title disambiguation gains you nothing for a User using Go or Search to find her. I'm not going to cough up a hairball over this--there are hundreds of books, if not thousands, that already flout this convention, so perhaps it's the standard disambiguation for books that ought to be changed. Cheers! --ShelfSkewed Talk 20:19, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

Typo

Thanks for catching my typo in Template:Category relevant?. Debresser (talk) 17:02, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Mount Royal

Sorry to bother you, but you fixed this problem about a month ago. This time someone has moved the article about the mountain to Mount Royal Montreal (without a comma), and it needs an admin to fix. Much thanks.--Skeezix1000 (talk) 13:29, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. --Skeezix1000 (talk) 01:22, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

Mount Royal Montreal

Hey. There's an issue with this article. Black Tusk (talk) 21:03, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

RE: Radio rebroadcasters

Thanks for the information. The reason why i've been adding CRTC links to each rebroadcaster in the radio station articles is because I feel that it will show wikipedia readers historic information of when the stations/rebroadcasters were first licenced to sign on the air. Note that CRTC broadcastign decisions only date back to 1984, there's none prior to that date. Not only i've done that to CBSI-FM, I did that to like a hundred other stations across Canada, a lot of them CBC stations, First Nations stations, etc. In some articles, I had also converted some rebroadcasters to the Template:RadioRebroadcaster template. Webfan29 07:00, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

Great idea! but before I even add license links to the articles again, do you mind showing me how to integrate licensing information into the text of the radio station articles incase I make any errors, etc.? look at CBH-FM, CBLA-FM for example, there are still licences in the rebroadcasters table that I had created a few days ago.

I had found some radio hoaxes but hopefully this is it. In CBD-FM, I had removed some hoax rebroadcasters from that article such as: CBOY St. Martins, New Brunswick on 1660 AM, along with a couple of other ones CBFY-FM Sussex and CBKJ-FM in St. Andrews. I don't think any CBC radio station in Canada operates above AM 1600 kHz and highly doubt that will ever happen. I had converted the CBD rebroadcasters to the RadioRebroadcaster template.

If you have time, please show me how to integrate licensing information into the text of the radio station articles. This could take forever to remove all the CRTC links and move them to the appropriate area. Thanks. Webfan29 14:57, 16 Febrary 2009 (UTC)

Contrib count - just curious

Hi; how do I found out my number of total edits/contributions? Just curious, I might be up over 10,000 by now, feels like it anyway; and is there a way to count new articles started? Again just curious....I really gotta get a life....Skookum1 (talk) 18:44, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

For all your vainglorious needs, try the toolserver. For example, here are your current stats. You can also use the SUL edit counter (also at the toolserver). Mindmatrix 17:11, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

Is this band notable?

HOPE (band), which I found in List of bands from Canada. It seems to be a abnd from the early 1990s that has since created a MySpace account. I can find nothing much about them outside MySpace, except for a listing in canoe.ca (not sure if that's sufficient). I figured as the resident Canadian media/music connoisseur, you may have input into this. (I think it fails WP:BAND, but I don't follow the music scene all that much.) Mindmatrix 17:05, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

Kenneth McClintock

Hi Bearcat, you removed two categories from this article, why? --J.Mundo (talk) 20:40, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for your quick response. Keep up the good work. --J.Mundo (talk) 20:49, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

Hi Bearcat, why have you removed the category of Puerto Rican writers from Julia de Burgos? Don't you think that it would have been best to have posted a notice in the Misplaced Pages talk:WikiProject Puerto Rico as to your intentions of undoing categories related to Puerto Rico at a mass scale and at least asked the opinion of the Puerto Rican community in Misplaced Pages before doing so? For example, we understand that the "category Puerto Rican politicians" refers to Puerto Ricans involved in politics regardless of the place where they hold office and a simple sentence in the cat. page would have been enough as a clarification? Tony the Marine (talk) 21:28, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

You stated: "And one doesn't require the permission of a WikiProject to apply proper categorization rules". No one is telling you nor asking you to ask for permission. What I have stated is that out of "courtesy' to the Puerto Rican community you should have posted a notice in the Misplaced Pages talk:WikiProject Puerto Rico as to your intentions of undoing categories related to Puerto Rico. Most users who are non-Puerto Rican normally do so to aviod the misunderstanding which may come of your actions. Is that asking too much or too hard to understand? Tony the Marine (talk) 21:41, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

O.K., I guess that your explaination does make sense and has some logic behind it. No problem. Tony the Marine (talk) 22:52, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

Ontario Locator map

Hi Bearcat, following up on this CWNB thread, have a look at my test page and tell me what you think. The base map is here. Because of the way the map system works, I made some templates of my own, the map encapsulation and a bastardized copy of {{Location map skew}}.

My examples work fairly well but not quite exact and I can't pin down any systematic error in rotation, boundary/scale, skew, etc. Is there any way you can set up AWB to run through some examples? And do you think it's worth pursuing any further? The base map has been repeatedly manipulated and pinning down the exact boundary locations could be a bit of a trick. Well it was fun to try anyway. :) Cheers! Franamax (talk) 07:14, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

BearPodCast

this was probably my fault. Sloppy userfication. Sorry for confusion StarM 02:21, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

Haida copyvio/editwar

Hi; please note Wikipedia_talk:Canadian_Wikipedians'_notice_board#Haida_article_edit_warfare_-_protect_or_block.3F.Skookum1 (talk) 02:54, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

Deputy Premiers

Hi Bearcat,

Which province doesn't have a Deputy Premier? I googled "Deputy Premier of x" for all the provinces and territories before adding the navboxes, and each turned up hits.

Neelix (talk) 03:53, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

Edit summaries

Greetings. Would you mind terribly using edit summaries while you make non-trivial alterations? I was tempted to revert your edits to Neorhino.ca on the basis of removing content without a rationale. Sincerely, Skomorokh 07:34, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

Post-election edit war syndrome

I made some substantial changes to the Misplaced Pages:Post-election_edit_war_syndrome which you created. Thought you might want to take a look. I expanded it a bit beyond its original scope, to explain when someone should be called elect/designate as well as what to do once they are. Huadpe (talk) 18:05, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Sudbury Steelworkers Hall

Hi there Bearcat, i'm wondering if you're going to create an aritcle on the Sudbury Steelworkers Hall in Sudbury, Ontario? I noticed you left it as a "redlink" on the Greater Sudbury article under history. I think it would be a great idea if you can create an article on the Steelworkers building, so you can add all the historic information of when it was built, etc. up to when it burnt in September 2008 done by two twelve year olds and add information from the online newspapers that you removed from the Greater Sudbury article. Let me know what you think! :-) Webfan29 01:24, 28, February, 2009 (UTC)

Saskatchewan award

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Proposed deletion of Tricky Woo

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LOL THANKS FOR DAT! LOVE Kevin (talk) 19:24, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

John Baird on parliamentary democracy

It appears that you have removed an entire section relating to John Baird's comments regarding parliamentary democracy from his bio. If you did so, I kindly request to know why. They reflect his view on the legitimacy of a direct democracy approach to governance that is at odds with our system of parliamentary democracy and deserves to be known. The comments were transcribed from, and were linked to, a primary source. The section also contained the different view of Newman regarding legitimacy of governments under a parliamentary democracy. I initially thought it was a simple case of vandalism but, since you have admin status, I await enlightment as to why it is not.

Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.146.248.44 (talk) 02:04, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

The purpose of Misplaced Pages is not to provide transcripts of every individidual interview that a politician happens to give to a media outlet. Our purpose here to provide a broad, contextualized and neutral overview of the topic, and the segment in question simply didn't serve any of those purposes. If and when his views on parliamentary democracy actually have a documentable impact on something more than his ability to have a civil conversation with Don Newman, then they'll be worth noting — but until then our purpose here isn't to be a quotes database. Bearcat (talk) 02:07, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for your response. My initial reaction is that you are likely incorrect that the views regarding parliamentary democracy of John Baird are not relevant to his biography until they have a "documentable impact." That is a particular view of biography which I think is too limited. There is such a thing as intellectual biography. In fact, I think it is ludicrous to think that, given the political context of the time of Baird's comments on democracy, the potential non-confidence vote of the Government, that Baird's views against the legitimacy of parliamentary democracy do not contribute to a "broad, contextualized, neutral" biography and have no impact. His reporting of his own views and attributing them to the Government had a definite impact if you recall: namely, the prorogation of Parliament to avoid a non-confidence vote. Contrary to what you say, a context was given prior to the quotation provided and could have been filled out in more detail as the entry progressed. The point is not that the subentry on Baird's views against parliamentary democracy were perfect and complete. They could do with some additional context and editing. But the nature of Misplaced Pages is that one builds from small contributions into something better, so that simply deleting entries that you don't think have reached a high standard is inappropriate. Further, I don't think that providing a quotation makes Misplaced Pages a "quotes database." That is an exageration, obviously, as many articles contain quotations without being "quote databases". I will take another look at the Misplaced Pages policies to see if your position can be plausibly derived from them. Finally, your method of editing - by simply deleting without providing any comments - is a disservice to people who are spending their time editing content on Misplaced Pages. If you think that something violates policies, then refer to them in the comments.

Regards. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.146.248.44 (talk) 02:45, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Chilcotin Group/Chilcotin Plateau Basalts

Hi; I just noticed User:Black Tusk just redirected this manually, from the latter to the former, without using "Move", so it wasn't done properly and such edit histories as there are weren't transferred: I guess he didn't know how to use "move", he's an experienced editor but I guess he's just never used "move". Not sure why this was done, maybe Chilcotin Group somebody else had started; whatever teh case I can't undo it because that articlename is in the way now; maybe you can straighten it out?Skookum1 (talk) 13:56, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

See my talk page. Black Tusk (talk) 16:10, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks a lot Bearcat. Your are no longer a user I will trust. Black Tusk (talk) 16:33, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Que? Is that me you mean, BT? How did Bearcat, or myself, lose your trust over this?Skookum1 (talk) 16:41, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

And yes I do know how to move pages. I have moved 124 of them. Black Tusk (talk) 20:20, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Martha Hall Findlay

Fine, I'll remove the blog source, as all of the material was in the Globe and Mail article. Otherwise, I don't see this as edit warring, rather I consider that this is as reverting vandalism from an anon single-use account. GoldDragon (talk) 14:48, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

This anon user shows up periodically just to revert my edits from time to time, without ever doing anything constructive, not surprisingly I take a hard line with this anon user. I would actually appreciate this if you, as an admin, could help me out on either blocking this IP address or convincing him to sign up for an account, as otherwise I would have no choice but to edit war. GoldDragon (talk) 14:51, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Could you help me to get this user blocked or registered, as they are WP:Hounding me ? GoldDragon (talk) 18:16, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for your help. GoldDragon (talk) 17:50, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

KYDZ and KSFN

It is suggested that KYDZ be the new name of KSFN as it is a new radio station, and KSFN be the redirect. Go to the website on the page or go to www.kydzradiolv.com to learn more. Thanks.jbl1975 (talk) 21:27, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Hans Erich Slany

Dear BearCat, Thanks for the edit. I'm finding posting confusing since it is all in programming speak. What did I do wrong? How do I turn this into a real post? Any pointers would be greatly appreciated. designerx (talk) 22:00, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of John Mann (pornographic film star)

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Middle Cyclone

I've been the person updating Middle Cyclone, I just haven't got around to making all the new citations look as good as my earlier ones. I'll clean them up in time. I figured it was better to get the material in there and hope someone might help. ;) 128.118.153.79 (talk) 21:58, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

I saw your recent edit

Id like to say i neither like it nor dislike it bud... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ur9elipsputer (talk • contribs) 23:27, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

This comment would be more useful if you'd tell me what edit you're talking about... Bearcat (talk) 23:29, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks.

Thanks for the copyright help! WiiWillieWiki 20:18, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Well this is an odd request....

Hi Bearcat. I would like your opinion on what is happening to a page. I replied on the talk page, but I cannot edit it for reasons that will become abundantly clear when I say it is the page about David Brodbeck... Anyway, I replied on the talk, but I wanted you to take a look. I trust your judgement and you always struck me as a decent sort. Dbrodbeck (talk) 22:09, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Bearcat, this is QQsands1. I received the replies and explanations. As explained, I am very unfamiliar with the "replying" and "talk" process- so I did not reply immediately to the talk about my edits (re. David Brodbeck). This reply/talk is intended for you- and for all talk users about David Brodbeck. If I have incorrectly sent it- can it please be posted to the discusion about this article?

When I added my discussion, I had indicated that I was satisfied that "consensus" would prevail. I received the replies and I realized that I was mistaken about David Brodbeck not being a psychologist. In fact, I verified, the Psychology Act- and there is subcategory that indicates that professors of psychology are permitted to use the title "psychologist". Therefore, David Brodbeck is clearly a psycholoigist. Sorry, for my mistake. QQsands1 —Preceding unsigned comment added by QQsands1 (talk • contribs) 14:05, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

Image Problem

Hi Bearcat I'm Matthew and I'm in the Philippines. I've tried to give you guys some photos but seem to be going no where. I know a little about copy right. I've given you my photos as copy right free. The photos on my own site I want to keep my copy right options open. Which is only fair. I've uploaded several photos and they seem to be in limbo. Can you help in any way I just going round in circles here. Acred99 (talk) 06:10, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

Acred, the problem here is that you are trying to offer your images under an invalid license. You show a good CC-BY-SA license, yet you also link to your website which reserves commercial rights - that's not a valid license for Misplaced Pages, you have to license the images for any use whatsoever. You can't give them away for free here and restrict usage on your own site. You need to modify your site to license the images there as CC-BY-SA, for instance change this page to show the image as licensed for Creative Commons. You have to decide, do you want to make the images completely free or do you want to own them? Franamax (talk) 06:40, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

Hi Franamax Thanks for your time on this. I have adjusted my site webpage at the bottom of the page http://www.asisbiz.com/downloads.html and changed the license to CC-BY-SA. I hope this helps so I can now give you more images. Do i have to go through this special upload feature to add images or is there an easy way/ Matthew Acred99 (talk) 07:39, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

Re: Defunct CBC Stations

Thanks for clarifying the situation regarding those defunct CBC stations. I thought that since the station still technically exists, it would be appropriate to place the current callsigns of the stations in the infobox and the lead.

However I am confused regarding stations like CBSET-1. Shouldn't the article be at CFKL-TV and not CBSET-1? Shouldn't be also be in the defunct category as the station ceased being its own station a long time ago.

I also am confused about CFLA-TV, the stations ceased being its own station in 1991 and became a rebroadcaster of CBNT. Should the station be considered defunct as well?

Thanks. єmarsee • Speak up! 23:35, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

On CBSET-1, Misplaced Pages contradicts itself. The CBSET-1 article claims "CFKL-TV became CBSET-1, a repeater of Sept-Îles' CBSET which, in turn, is a semi-satellite of Montreal's CBMT" (inferring that the content differences, however minimal, are between Sept-Îles and Montréal - with Sept-Îles and Schefferville content being identical) while the CBSET article redirects to CBMT (inferring that there is no content difference between Sept-Îles and Montréal, but minor differences in Schefferville) as CBMT's article has '"CBSET" redirects here. For the semi-satellite station of CBMT, see CBSET-1.' Which is correct? --66.102.80.212 (talk) 01:16, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

Ahousaht, British Columbia -> Ahousat, British Columbia_Ahousat,_British_Columbia-2009-03-10T02:44:00.000Z">

Couldn't do this move myself, a redirect is in the way; cf. http://ilmbwww.gov.bc.ca/bcgn-bin/bcg10?name=755 which is the standard to be used; vs. Ahousaht First Nation, which is a different page and is for the government/society as opposed to the place. Note that Ahousaht First Nation covers two otehr communities than just Ahousat itself....which in reference to other matters is a big reason why First Nation names should not rediret to Indian Reserves and vice-versa, ditto to regular placenames; in this case there's only a native village, although Old Ahousat was in fact a different location (Cheterpe, British Columbia now http://ilmbwww.gov.bc.ca/bcgn-bin/bcg10?name=49159. Sorry to drop these quickie-moves on your lap, it's just if I post them on req moves on WP:Canada they just sit there for too long/quite a while....Skookum1 (talk) 02:44, 10 March 2009 (UTC)_Ahousat,_British_Columbia"> _Ahousat,_British_Columbia">

Malcolm Norris and James P. Brady

Bearcat, I disagree with you moving Jim and Malcolm into the "First Nations leaders from Alberta" category.

Jim and Malcolm were Metis leaders, First Nations in my understanding usually refers to what are called Status Indian people in Canadian law. Metis are not First Nations, though they are an Aboriginal people in their own right, neither are Inuit.

Wyldkat 12, March, 2008.

I guess my concern is that it may lead to confusion amongst Non-Aboriginal Canadians (where considerable confusion and ignorance already, unfortunately, exists) to classify M. Norris and M. Brady as "First Nations." In response to your suggestion a "Metis Leaders," "Metis People from Alberta/Saskatchewan," "Aboriginal Leaders," or "Aboriginal Activists" might be ideal category headings, the last two being of wider scope.

The Canadian Constitution delineates three Aboriginal peoples as having special status within the federation: First Nations, Metis, and Inuit. I am viewing things through that perspective, although of course the government is not the only one who defines people.

Wyldkat 12, March, 2008.

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CBCT

Thought you might be good for some sober second thought — pretty much everywhere I can think of where radio and/or TV stations share a base call sign, we disambiguate. Before I just go ahead and boldly do it, do you think it would kick up a s**t storm if I moved CBCT to CBCT (TV) and put a dab page in its place, to distinguish from CBCT-FM? Mlaffs (talk) 15:11, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

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Pierre Trudeau's Anti-Communism

Bearcat - you write that "Canadian Prime Ministers were never "leaders" of the Cold War." Well, using that logic, Canadian Prime Ministers, by virtue of Canada's influence, can NEVER be leaders of anything internationally, Cold War or otherwise. Obviously, a Canadian PM could never go to the Brandenberg Gate and order Gorbachev to "tear down this wall." He would have looked foolish. Reagan, on the other hand, due to the military might on his side, was credible when he said that.

If you read Peter C. Newman's "Secret Mulroney Tapes," you will notice that Newman writes extensively about how Mulroney said that he "brokered" peace deals between Bush and and Gorbachev "right here in Ottawa." Is that not leadership? Is that not anti-communism?Sopm (talk) 16:02, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Reverting to past vandalism

May I please ask why you made this edit on 20:43, 1 March 2009? NuclearWarfare _(Talk) 23:45, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

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AfD nomination of Beauty Through Broken Glass

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At KROQ

Of course you could always create a separate, more descsriptive, section to put it yourself. --JD554 (talk) 15:37, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

You even described it as an EP yourself. ~~But I've made the changes that you felt unable to do.~~ --JD554 (talk) 15:52, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

I apologise the above comment which I've struck out, it was petty and uncalled for, sorry. It is, however, usual practice to list EPs in a separate section within discography articles, at least it hasn't been an issue on any of the discographies I've taken to FL-class. EPs may be treated as albums in North America, however, in the UK they qualify as singles and chart as such. I guess this is the reason they are listed in their own section. --JD554 (talk) 18:24, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Grégory Charles

Let me say something very quick, Thank you so much for checking the main article Grégory Charles. Most of his television starring roles credited as Grégory Charles that has an accented name. Just doing my editing job. Steam5 (talk) 03:19, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

Changes to Southey, Saskatchewan

I appreciate your edits clearing up "offsets" but I don't understand why you eliminated headings, links, and many other features that contributed to the interest of this site.(Yocep (talk) 13:47, 19 March 2009 (UTC))

Quebec electoral districts

So you think (electoral district) is sufficient? Can it be done for all Quebec ridings? Gordalmighty (talk) 04:03, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

Nicely put. I'll run with that then. (It is a bit odd, but I learn as I go along). I'll check out the rest (and the ones I've already done). Thanks! Gordalmighty (talk) 04:16, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

One more item if I may: if there remain no links to a redirect page, can it be recommended for deletion? Thanks, and great info on your previous post! Gordalmighty (talk) 05:54, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

Weird ...

CBOQ-FM, CBC Radio Two in Ottawa, isn't in the Spectrum Direct database. Weird s**t ... Mlaffs (talk) 21:58, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

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Closed discussions

I went ahead and closed the discussions posted on WP:CWNB so you can delete the redirects to make way for moving the pages.--kelapstick (talk) 03:39, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

Looks like Mindmatrix beat you to it though.--kelapstick (talk) 03:40, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

Re: CFWH and VF2161

"Something doesn't make sense about the VF2161 transmitter in Haines Junction — the CBC already has an owned transmitter there. So why on earth would the Yukon Department of Infrastructure and/or the CRTC feel the need to duplicate a service the town already has? Do you have any ideas on this one? Bearcat (talk) 06:29, 23 March 2009 (UTC)"

Hi Bearcat, I guess it was just my mistake! sorry about that one. Recently, i've been creating new radio station articles, updating and adding them, etc. I've even updated some radio and television stations in the states, such as WLLW, WIVB-TV in Buffalo, New York, a television station that used to be on cable TV systems in Northern Ontario many years ago. Take care. Webfan29 16:00, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

AfD for article MedicLINK Systems Ltd.

Hi Bearcat;

The article I referenced is now a defunct company which has been getting some vandalism as of late; could be due to an irate employee. The article itself is borderline noteworthy, but with its closure I feel it's no longer noteworthy. Would you mind given me the readers digest version of nominating the article for AfD.

Thanks, HJKeats

Question RE: Category:National Public Radio programs

I posted a question on the talk page for the category National Public Radio programs. --Notyourbroom (talk) 00:13, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

Category:Submersed songs

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Deleted page

Hello Bearcat. I was wondering why you have deleted my "After Nine Series" page that was in progress. Reason says it was because no major station has aired it yet. I may be wrong, but I find that a little... confusing. I search on wikopedia for plenty of topics that are not 'major league endorsed' and find them just fine. Add to that, After nine has had 8300 views (For the Trailer) and some of the interest has been sparked by Wikopedia. I simply find it a little offensive that in order to be on wikopedia you need to be a "Brand name star", which is one of the reasons you have deleted the page. It's no big deal I guess, just thought I should write out my slight frustrations, and please keep in mind that we all have to start somewhere. That doesn't make us any less important than David Caruso. BTW, I'm not trying to be a smartass, and hope I haven't offended you somehow. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Arthurjamesjr (talk • contribs) 14:21, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

NA of Q

Hey,

I wasn't disagreeing with you, I was trying to stop a very "Québécois"-centric editing of the english text. Just because it's law or custom in Québec doesn't mean it is gospel in the rest of the English (or even French) speaking world. I grew up in Québec, but do not view the world through the same "Bill 101" glasses as the seperatists. I just thought the constant battle of versions needed to stop. I try to see things from all sides. --Never give up! Never surrender! (talk) 01:36, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Griffin Poetry Prize shortlist

Bonjour, Bearcat. Thank you for the quick additions of bios for Kevin Connolly and Jeramy Dodds. VickiZ (talk) 19:10, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

New Article Editor Request

Dear Bearcat, I like your style. I would deeply appreciate it if you would take a look at my next article that I'm writing on my user page. Thanks for the help. I think that while Wiki speak is not my native language, I can now ask where the bathroom is and order a beer. I'm getting there - slowly. Comments are welcomed!.--designerx (talk) 00:21, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Ladner

I made a few changes to the Ladner article: Chiefly, I changed the tag from COI to NPOV. I hope this is acceptable. The NPA lost in the 2008 elections but some of the article reads in the present tense. I'm also trying to source an image of Ladner from someone and NPOV may be more palatable. Anyway, I'm not at all enamoured with Vancouver politicians and am from the Fraser Valley....but since Ladner's sister's death is now in a Vancouver Sun editorial this Wedneday, maybe a picture would help.

PS: I did source this image of Surrey mayor Dianne L. Watts as mayor. Thank You, --Leoboudv (talk) 20:52, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

I have now added a Commons picture of Ladner...in much happier times. Regards, --Leoboudv (talk) 23:12, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Proposed Burnaby rename categories

Hey there, I check on on Burnaby's talk page for an example and you support renaming all of it's titles from City, Province to it's City name only and I was wondering I propose the nominated categories for 5 Burnaby related categories to be renamed and I did so if you want to check the categories go to today's Categories for discussion to match it's main article title and let you if you could support renaming those categories click on this link located above. Steam5 (talk) 04:27, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Hey, you haven't discussed for the propsed Burnaby categories 2 days ago, 2 of the user opposed renaming, so I want to go to Friday's Categories for discussion and talk to User:jc37 and User:Peterkingiron to settle those renamed Burnaby categories to settle it's discussion for the City only related main article titles. Go to this link on top. Steam5 (talk) 01:48, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Billy Bob

I was reading WP:CANTALK yesterday and drew a blank at your Billy Bob Thornton reference, then I went home and out of the blue my wife asked if I had heard his Q interview, so I watched it...top marks.--kelapstick (talk) 17:26, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

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Linkspam

Did you review Cherryflavouredantacid (talk · contribs)'s edits before reverting mine? Over the course of three months, every single edit by that user added a link to Chartattack. Whether or not it's a reliable source, it's linkspam. Please consider reverting yourself. TheJazzDalek (talk) 12:28, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

It really doesn't matter how the link was added, if it's a valid and permissible link to a valid WP:RS. There's no point in removing it just because of who added it the first time, if it would be a perfectly valid link to be readded again later by somebody else. WP:SPAM talks about the kinds of links that aren't wanted at all, and says nothing whatsoever about deeming valid and reliable source links to be spam just because of the process by which they happen to have been added. It's not "linkspam" if it's a reliable and valid source, because WP:SPAM is about unwanted links. Bearcat (talk) 20:17, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Not true. It's about unwanted promotion. If 50 different people each add a different review from the same site to 50 different articles, that's fine. One person doing the same thing (and only adding links for that one site) is promoting the website. TheJazzDalek (talk) 23:18, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

A valid link is a valid link, period. Whether intentionally or not, what you're doing communicates a dismissal of the website's basic validity as a source. What it communicates is "this is an invalid link", not "the user who added it should have used a different process" — because other users can't see your internal rationale for removing the link, it loses that context and just comes off as "Chart is always a spam site and links to it are always spam" instead. Which is why my bottom line remains that if the link is valid in its own right — and Chart is a major Canadian music magazine — then it's a valid link no matter what. Bearcat (talk) 00:15, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Categorisation Barnstar
		for pruning and caring for the category structure by removing duplicate categorization from the following pages Arbuthnot Lecture, Belpre Medal‎, Caldecott Medal‎, Geisel Award‎, Newbery Medal‎, Odyssey Award‎, Printz Award, Stonewall Award and Wilder Medal associated with United States children's literary awards which had also been placed in the parent categories of Children's literature, Young adult literature, Literary awards or American literary awards. --ErinHowarth (talk) 17:08, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Requested move

Hey Ya, I came here for apologized for the categories for discussion on Friday, cause I was too eagered for opposing users for renaming, Anyway, we won't talk about the past so that's done. So I came here to talk to you for the nominated requested move on Victoriaville, Quebec to rename Victoriaville and I did. If you want more about a requested move to Victoriaville go to Victoriaville's talk page. for more info. Steam5 (talk) 23:26, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Cheri DiNovo

Just a quick note to let you know that the Cheri DiNovo antagonist is back. No edits to List of theological demons yet (or since the page was moved from List of demons). Mindmatrix 14:29, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Your edits

Thanks for your edits on my page about TEAMS Design. My only problem is that while what you did makes a lot of sense when I look at the final result, I have no understanding of how you did it. Can you recommend a book or good site on Misplaced Pages formatting for dummies? I would be the dummy here. I 'd like to change that. I am also editing the site for our design organization now (I volunteered). Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thanks againdesignerx (talk) 16:52, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Regarding categories for This Sporting Life (radio program)

Hi, I'm still learning about how/when/why to apply categories & it seems like it can be a bit tricky. I've just re-read the relevant section of WP:CAT but am still unsure about applicability of 2 categories I'd previously added & I'm not sure the removal of them takes into account the way in which they apply to the topic.
{Your note on their removal: (categorize radio shows by what they are (radio shows), not by the broad topic-overview categories pertaining to what they're about.)}
I added the 'Australian culture' and 'Performing arts in Australia' categories not because the show often is about those things but because the show itself represents Australian culture & Performing arts in Australia (it is two comedians performing the whole time). Would the categories apply under these circumstances? (Or is it a matter of subcategorisation?) Thanks very much.
--Tyranny Sue (talk) 23:49, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Rollbacks

Hello. I was just looking through "recent changes", and suddenly found that you made a questionable rollback as seen here. However, I also want you to explain it as I'm not sure if it's actually unjust or not. Thank you. —Mythdon t/c 03:51, 14 April 2009 (UTC)