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Hey, you were clear I said! Good! Now stop detailing. (btw, if you won't tell anyone, take a look at [[:category:Music of foo article for attention|this]]. Silent, ok?). ;-) -[[User:DePiep|DePiep]] ([[User talk:DePiep|talk]]) 23:09, 21 July 2012 (UTC) |
Hey, you were clear I said! Good! Now stop detailing. (btw, if you won't tell anyone, take a look at [[:category:Music of foo article for attention|this]]. Silent, ok?). ;-) -[[User:DePiep|DePiep]] ([[User talk:DePiep|talk]]) 23:09, 21 July 2012 (UTC) |
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The article, [[Sydney, Nova Scotia]] has been receiving random anonymous and new-user edits. Could you please semi-protect it? |
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Thank you.--[[User:Abebenjoe|Abebenjoe]] ([[User talk:Abebenjoe|talk]]) 01:58, 27 July 2012 (UTC) |
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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
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Category:Healthcare in Saskatchewan
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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.
- 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)
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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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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)
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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!
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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!
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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)
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)
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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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)
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)
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)
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)
Eric Newman
Hey. The DP you deleted yesterday has been recreated and is now at articles for deletion. Please take a look at the article's entry and leave your comments. I'd really appreciate it. Thanks. --Hahc21 [TALK][CONTRIBS] 03:36, 1 June 2012 (UTC)
BLP Policy and Luka Rocco Magnotta
Bearcat, first, I'd like to mention that I am aware that you are one of the top contributors to Wikipedia. You're number 4:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_Wikipedians_by_number_of_edits
That said, some of your comments on the Luka Magnotta AFD discussion are disturbing. You are suggesting that someone accused of a crime cannot have an article because it violates BLP. That's not really the case. First of all, the article can cite facts...for example, Luka Rocco Magnotta is wanted by Interpol. We don't need an actual conviction of a crime to establish notability. We do need to respect that there has not been a conviction...thus words such as "allegedly" can be used.
This issue is larger than just this one case. This guy is alive, not convicted, and has an article solely based on his criminal actions and the subsequent media coverage:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anders_Behring_Breivik
I note that Wikipedia's BLP policy:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:BLP#Persons_accused_of_crime
states that:
"For people who are relatively unknown, editors must give serious consideration to not including material in any article suggesting that the person has committed, or is accused of committing, a crime unless a conviction is secured."
Let's review the wording again. There are two issues:
1. "Relatively unknown"...actually, Luka Rocco Magnotta was relatively known (even if not notable enough for an individual article four years ago, there was at least some consideration of notability). Indeed, Luka Rocco Magnotta is "relatively known." It's ironic that had there been even more publicity about the kitten-killings, the most recent murder may not have happened.
2. "Serious consideration"...this does not say "no exceptions." Clearly, there are times when exceptions should be made. Anders Behring Breivik, for example, wants attention and has admitted to having committed the crime; there is also video and other evidence that he is the perpetrator, and he is not denying having done what he's accused of.
Similarly, we see no denial at all from Luka Rocco Magnotta, and even his family believes he is guilty. That does not mean that the article cannot, like Breivik's, have some degree of "pretended" objectivity, using words such as "accused".
I'd like to mention that I rarely support the creation or keeping of an article on a killer. The recent Seattle man who killed six persons did not warrant an article (but the event may have warranted coverage). He killed more persons, but the case did not raise the issues that the Magnotta case has raised, and was similar to many other "spree" killings. That's not the case with Magnotta. From mailing human body parts to political offices to posting snuff films online that were ignored by authorities (even after being alerted by an American lawyer), Magnotta has exposed issues in the social fabric. For example, a killing in a low-rent (low-social-class area) of Montreal didn't get immediate attention, but human body parts showing up at the elite power structures of society did. Also, this psychopath/sociopath showed repeated signs of depression, disordered thinking, disturbing thoughts, etc. that were repeatedly ignored by Canadian authorities, until it was too late. Hindsight is 20/20, but a case like this should lead to a reflection of how society deals with social misfits before they become a danger to other.
It's true that the media helps create fame for individuals (including victims, such as Trayvon Martin). In the Martin case, notability was established due not to the murder but to the social issues involved (the suspect not being charged right away raised issues of racial bias and profiling). Magnotta's case raises quite a few issues, as I already discussed. Magnotta, evil genius or not, also has the profile of someone who warrants a biographical article. A "biography"'s purpose is not just to tell about a person (like an obituary in a newspaper) but to help the reader understand how someone came to have the social impact that they did. Magnotta, five years ago, already was making waves in Canada, in both the Karla Homolka case and in the LGBT community.
The real issue for me is that Wikipedia, as an alleged encyclopedia, should be dealing with issues on a higher order of thinking. This is not about current events, it's about someone's life trajectory over time that came to have an impact on society. Someone like Magnotta (like Hitler) showed repeated signs of being a danger to society, yet society looked the other way until it was too late. Having an article on Magnotta is not about glorifying him or denigrating him...it's about discussing how his life trajectory came to have an impact on society in the year 2012. A final mention is that Magnotta himself was obviously affected by Karla Homolka, another high-profile killer case. Had his connections to this been followed up more closely in 2007, the current murder may not have happened. Sticking our heads in the sand is not the proper approach with this case. Profiling the biographical trajectory of Magnotta is important for many reasons, including how society deals with those at the margins and at risk for being violent in the future. Ryoung122 15:06, 1 June 2012 (UTC)
Mississauga St. Michael's Majors
Please allow to be restored the article related to the team under that name and keep a separate article for the new team, the Mississauga Steelheads. This is the precedent established in articles like Kingston Raiders (whose existance under that name was even shorter) and Owen Sound Platers. The old Mississauga name article should be kept. Since you are an admin. you are welcome to move it back yourself and have a new article created. To ensure the old history is kept the article should be moved back, not a replacement created. CycloneGU (talk) 04:14, 2 June 2012 (UTC)
Addendum: I've created a thread related to this at WT:HOCKEY. Your thoughts are appreciated as well. CycloneGU (talk) 04:57, 2 June 2012 (UTC)
- For what it's worth, at least officially the standard procedure is supposed to be that if a team changes its name, but is otherwise essentially the same entity as before the name change, then it's supposed to have one article at the current name rather than separate articles for each name. I do grant that in actual practice we're not terribly consistent about that, and there are numerous cases where we have two or more separate articles instead of one merged one — but that's also, at least in part, a factor of whether the merged team article is actually long enough to warrant being split up or not, which in my estimation Mississauga Steelheads currently isn't. (The Owen Sound and Kingston articles aren't really long enough to require separation either, but that's another story.) Generally speaking, a team that actually moves to a new city will have a much stronger claim to a separate article for each incarnation than one which stays in the same place and merely changes its name.
- To be honest, though, I would actually have left things alone if the user who originally created the new Mississauga Steelheads article had actually written a real article which actually had enough content to justify an article at all — but what he wrote was literally a single sentence which stated that Mississauga Steelheads is the new name for the Mississauga St. Michael's Majors. I'm perfectly willing to reverse the move if you or somebody else is willing to write a real article about the Steelheads — but I'm not going to reverse it just to reinstate a one-sentence article whose entire content is "this is the new name for that". Bearcat (talk) 21:21, 2 June 2012 (UTC)
- I know at this point it is very difficult to really put much of an article together - after all, the team has no history on its own to speak of. Given your note on what WAS created, I certainly understand your stance. Let me review the cases I've mentioned for how those are done and it will give me an idea of how to go about with the new article. I do know that the team history would have to be mentioned, at a minimum.
- I also read a comment that Toronto Arenas & Toronto St. Patricks "should be considered an exception to the rule". At this point, no official guideline exists that I can see related to this; one editor I asked last year said separate article for every team, and now I'm finding the opposite opinion, only allowing separate article if moved to a new city. My point for the first stance is looking at old season articles. Go to 2011-12 OHL season and it references the [[Mississauga St. Michael's Majors|Mississauga Majors (that's actually incorrect, I'll fix that after dinner going back to its start but the wikilink is correct). If the link in the season article redirects to Mississauga Steelheads, it's basically incorrect. It's suggesting that someone has wrong information, and an unknowing editor may try to modify the season article to show Steelheads which is incorrect. For the sake of these articles we ought to keep the articles that they link to intact. This is, of course, just my view, but I think it's a pretty well-founded view from an encyclopedia standpoint; a Canadian hockey encyclopedia (which I do not think exists but would be a cool idea) would still show an entry for it, I think.
- I'll do a search for things I can put in later this evening. I did see a couple of pieces that information might be gleaned from. CycloneGU (talk) 22:40, 2 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi Bearcat, you've had some discussion with this account before [3], and you may be able to help with this article now. I think it's well over the top with regard to external links, and looks a lot like a promotional piece as a result. Raises likelihood of COI. I've opened a thread re: this at the article talk page, and dropped a note to the primary editor. My take is that a lot of what they've recently added will be reverted. Your thoughts would be much appreciated. Cheers, 99.156.68.118 (talk) 16:02, 2 June 2012 (UTC)
- By the way, thank you for helping out above [4]. 99.156.68.118 (talk) 16:04, 2 June 2012 (UTC)
- Just passing through
- My take on that article is that the entire content of the article appears above the table of contents. The discography is the first thing seen underneath. This is a striking no-no. I do agree that the article appears to be nothing more than a link farm as it appears right now, and without knowing the past history, it could use a rewrite. CycloneGU (talk) 18:07, 2 June 2012 (UTC)
- I couldn't agree more with your last statement. I wish someone would please rewrite this article. I haven't done it because I would be the first to admit that I don't know how to use this site well enough. I was trying to get the article expanded from a stub by adding citations and links. Well, I guess I at least accomplished that. Are there rules for removing and completely rewriting other users work? I have been wary of removing passages and reorganizing the article because I just don't know the guideline for doing this. So instead, I have been trying to bolster what is already there and add in missing information where I can, such as the discography. Sansevieria4 (talk) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sansevieria4 (talk • contribs) 23:06, 2 June 2012 (UTC)
Mea culpa. I meant to add a category to the Robbie Harden article the other day but must have had technical difficulties. I removed your tag but the cat had not saved. Just wanted to let you know that I wasn't intentionally removing a valid tag. My latest category additions seem to have worked - UnbelievableError (talk) 00:43, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
Why did you delete this? She's only #2 on the NZ singles chart. -_- — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.86.207.157 (talk) 09:51, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
- The article didn't state that she had a number two hit on a record chart; it basically only stated that she exists. It's not enough to make claims of notability on an administrator's talk page after the fact, if they weren't in the article as it was written. If there are proper references that can be added to demonstrate that she actually meets WP:NMUSIC, then by all means the article can be recreated — but she's not entitled to keep an unreferenced article whose tone is purely promotional in nature. Bearcat (talk) 18:11, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
Thanks, Bearcat!
I was having a bit of trouble figuring out how to type out a reference to that "Magnotta is a lying nobody" article. After a crazy long time, I managed, hit post then swore aloud at the edit conflict (PS3 typing ain't easy!). But then I noticed that was you, phrasing it better than I would have. Thanks for stepping on my toes! No sarcasm intended. InedibleHulk (talk) 19:40, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
User:Franck Holland
hello. this user is speculating on his user page that i, along with several other editors, are Luka Magnotta. imo, this amounts to a personal attack. plz review his usar page if you are inclined. the information there is nothing that can not be gleaned from the article history. -badmachine 18:25, 4 June 2012 (UTC)
Visuospatial dysgnosia
Hi may be can help, Visuospatial Dysgnosia like many other medical terms in this area have been overtaken by a research review. Visuospatial dysgnosia after "Topographical disorientation: a synthesis and taxonomy (1999)" PMID 10468502 became known as either Egocentric disorientation or sometimes Bálint's syndrome depending on the symptoms and the location of the lesions. I have tried to add a multiple redirect to these articles, but seem to have failed, which is why you added the lack of categories banner. I have added the Agnosia category for now ias it is the best fit, but could you correct my redirect error so that there is no need for the page to have a category. I am not very good with issues that can have multiple wikipedia solutions dolfrog (talk) 07:59, 5 June 2012 (UTC)
I see that Bearcat deleted a page on this singer songwriter. I'm not sure exactly why but I thought I'd begin recreating it with a couple references to her notability. (I've heard her interviewed on CBC radio which also played her songs.) I'm a novice wiki user so please forgive the poor quality and I will endeavour to upgrade the page. Please add back as appropriate any deleted portions that, in light of my references, should never have been deleted. Thanks. Note: I would myself but currently, I'm not sure how to see older text on now deleted pages. AlbertaSunwapta (talk) 15:44, 5 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi BearCat !
I see you edited "Truculent" . I have some concerns of my own that the meaning of truculent may be getting lost because of the difference between what is on paper and what is on the net. What do you think ? MalcolmX86 (talk) 19:26, 5 June 2012 (UTC)
Category:People from Holland, Vermont
Category:People from Holland, Vermont, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. Kumioko (talk) 23:14, 9 June 2012 (UTC)
A beer for you!
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Hello, I see that you have moved my article Tanduyong Festival to the article section from AfC, thank you very much, and I will still try to improve the article also make some new articles for wikipedia. This is my first article on wikipedia. The others are deleted and was not approved. I hope that I have improved a little. Again, many thanks for your consideration Wakowako (talk) 05:11, 14 June 2012 (UTC) |
Wikipedia Help Survey
Hi there, my name's Peter Coombe and I'm a Wikimedia Community Fellow working on a project to improve Wikipedia's help system. At the moment I'm trying to learn more about how people use and find the current help pages. If you could help by filling out this brief survey about your experiences, I'd be very grateful. It should take less than 10 minutes, and your responses will not be tied to your username in any way.
Thank you for your time,
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International Society for Performance Improvement
Hi Bearcat,
Thanks for your help on the ISPI page. Any suggestions you have on how to improve the narrative to stop the caution that it is like an advertisement would be MOST appreciated. I modelled the layout after the ASTD page and don't understand why I am getting the warning.
christensenbd
Hi, can you tell me why you reverted the page that I updated? I have intimate knowledge of the subject. Please let me know. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vfriess (talk • contribs) 04:58, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
Pink Gorilla
Thanks for the ref cleanups at Pink Gorilla. Do you know of any bots or tools to get the refs into a condensed format (that is, take out the line breaks between the different citation parameters)? I used the multi-line version for convenience, because it's hard to copy and paste individual parameters when they're all together. But now that the refs are completed, the line breaks make it difficult to edit the prose. Do you have any ideas? CaseyPenk (talk) 07:50, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
- Good to know, thank you! CaseyPenk (talk) 16:47, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
Luka Magnotta AFD4
Hi, your input is requested at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Luka Magnotta (4th nomination), per your previous comments at the third AFD. Regards, -Stevertigo (t | c) 03:49, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi, regarding the Romesh Wadhwani page, can you consider "unprotect" it? The existing content is out-of-date, will propose new content and follow more closely to Wikipedia's guidelines. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.198.192.175 (talk) 22:30, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
I see that you removed Diggeress Te Kanawa from Category:Weavers, presumably because she's a member of Category:New Zealand Māori weavers. I'd like your advice on this. I added her (and others) to both, both because Category:New Zealand Māori weavers is a hyrid catgeory which implies both a style of weaving and an ethnicity and because my reading of Wikipedia:Categorization/Gender,_race_and_sexuality suggested that not to was ghettoisation (something I'm keen to avoid). I have recently created a relatively large number of categories (see Category:New Zealand Māori people by occupation) based on a mass-creation of stubs from the DNZB, as per Wikipedia:WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles/NZ/Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. I'm open to suggestions on how to handle these. Stuartyeates (talk) 01:30, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
Orgastic potency & Health
Hi Bearcat, you removed the categories Sex-economy, Health and Human sexuality from the orgastic potency article. However, I would like to re-create the sex-economy category because I want to place both orgastic potency and vegetotherapy in that category. Moreover, contrary to common misconception, the concept 'orgastic potency' is first and foremost a general concept of health. It is related to sexuality, but that is really secondary and important only because of the health-aspect (the 'sexual acts' category has direct relevance only to the subsection 'natural sex act'). Thus, the present categories do not accurately reflect this. Is that ok? Maybe you have some suggestions for better categories. ('sexual health' would be a candidate, though 'physical health' and 'mental health' would be equally valid..).--Gulpen (talk) 13:20, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
- I understand it requires existence (as you noticed I had a technical complication with the categories) There are more articles that would fall under 'sex-economy', such as Neo-Reichian massage and some more that I will create in the future. The problem with 'sex economy' is that it is too easily confused with the completely different Sexual economy. Do you think that is enough reason to justify including the hyphen (apart from that that is the way it is defined and used in the literature). And any comments on the health categories?--Gulpen (talk) 15:02, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
- Haha. I will explain the difference in an article 'sex-economy' which I will dedicate to you, if I ever get to write it :)--Gulpen (talk) 18:57, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
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Thank you for the contributions to my new Burkhard Schröder article. I'd just like to let you know that it's extremely appreciated. Alyas Grey : talk 06:38, 19 June 2012 (UTC) |
Clock towers
[5] This is odd; these categories certainly existed when I diffused to them, though their creator then got blocked. Really they should continue, unlike many of his other changes. The US category is way too big. Johnbod (talk) 22:54, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
page merge
Hi Bearcat,
I don't know how to do a merge. but figured you can assist.
the below are 2 pages on the SAME thing. the correct is the 1st page. the 2nd is a typo in the name.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wabasca_Oil_Field
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wabasco_oil_sands
cheers! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Weedgod (talk • contribs) 04:50, 25 June 2012 (UTC)
Peter Haining
I don't know how to request a "disambiguation" page / change for "Peter Haining (rower)" and "Peter Haining" -> Peter Haining (author). Please could you advise.
Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alcook101 (talk • contribs) 22:39, 25 June 2012 (UTC)
- I came across this string and moved and disambiguated for you. User:King4057 01:44, 28 June 2012 (UTC)
Whitewood, Saskatchewan at CFD
Now, since you discuss to me about the propose deletion for Whitewood, Saskatchewan categories at CFD. User:Fayenatic london has decided to merge Whitewood, Saskatchewan categories and decide to keep it's eponymous category. Could you reply to User:Fayenatic london not to keep it's Whitewood eponymous category at CFD. Reply right now before the discussion will be closed in 24 hours. Steam5 (talk) 18:21, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
- Sorry to bother you, Didn't you read this message that I'm writing to you? You've been very busy editing on the Algo Centre Mall. I am writing to you an urgent message earlier at CFD about the categories Whitewood, Saskatchewan and User:Fayenatic london has written comments and decided to keep the Category:Whitewood, Saskatchewan at the CFD. Could you reply to User:Fayenatic london at the June 20 CFD page if you would please it's urgent. Reply to User:Fayenatic london before the nomination closes in less than 24 hours. Steam5 (talk) 22:43, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
Algo Centre Mall collapse
I just thought I'd thank you for your help expanding and cleaning up the Algo Centre Mall article, much appreciated. I've nominated it for ITN, and added you as one of the credits for the article expansion. There's just one weak oppose vote so far, not sure whether article contributors can vote. I'm also planning to put it in DYK, I'm asking on the article talk page for ideas on a "hook". -- Zanimum (talk) 00:51, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
Watch out for dab pages
CMHI was a dab page when you slapped on an {{Uncategorized}}. A {{dab}} would have been better (and shorter). PamD 23:16, 28 June 2012 (UTC)
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Article is being vandalised for four days
Hello, and please help. It's unbeliavable how article Siniša Vuco is repeteadly being destroyed for quite a long time now. Shortly it began on 26 of June, all up until now. The whole thing was cut down to this. Users who reverted this edits fail to see the total damage. Can we please protect it? This is not the first time this is being done. I believe it is gone too far with this particular article. Thanks!--Gdje je nestala duša svijeta (talk) 18:03, 30 June 2012 (UTC)
Nomination of Quelitu (computer operating system) for deletion
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Category:Transportation in Parry Sound, Ontario
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Misha B article - consensus request
Hi Bearcat - you are invited to offer your opinion at User_talk:NewzealanderA/Misha_B#User_Consensus_Request regarding X Factor contestant Misha B - User:NewzealanderA/Misha_B. Thank you for your time!-- NewzealanderA (talk) 23:13, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
Category:Franco-Ontarian education
Category:Franco-Ontarian education, which you created, has been nominated for renaming to Category:French-language education in Ontario. 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. -- Black Falcon (talk) 03:17, 3 July 2012 (UTC)
- I've also started a separate discussion for Category:Quebec communities with significant anglophone populations, which you created also ... The perils of being a prolific category editor, eh? :) Best, -- Black Falcon (talk) 04:22, 3 July 2012 (UTC)
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Robert Burke Warren - Deleted
Why did you delete the page for Robert Burke Warren. He is an actor/musician/song writer whose name appears in at least three other wiki articles so i thought he should have his own page so that people who were interested could see who he is. What do i need to change to get his page back up? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pmaddox015 (talk • contribs) 20:17, 13 July 2012 (UTC)
Your edit of 'Dilazak' page for 'Catagory'
Dear Bearcat, Thanks for your interest in Dilazak page. I understand that all non-Afghan and non-Asian people have a particular understanding of the term 'Afghan'. Therefore, I want to highlight few important and basic points which may help you understand the subject:- 1. 'The Afghan' term has two distinct meanings:-
a. A person, citizen of the country 'Afghanistan' b. A person who claims himself to be an Afghan by lineage but is not a citizen of Afghanistan.
2. Generally Afghans speak 'Pashto' or 'Pakhto' as a dialect amongst themselves but so many (More than the Afghans in Afghanistan itself) do not speak Pashto but rather the languages prevailing around them. Same is the case with the Dilazak. There are very few in Afghanistan but a large number lives in countries like Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Indonesia etc. From centuries they are settled in those countries and have become part of their societies, though they still possess their true Afghan characteristics.
3. In the light of previously mentioned points, our categorization of the 'Dilazak' page requires re-consideration because 'Dilazak' is no Afghan ethnic group of Afghanistan but certainly it is an ethnic group of Afghans living world over who have no concern with Afghanistan. An example would be as all British people are not Britons and they comprise of many ethnic identities, yet there are so many living in other parts of the world from generations. We will not call them 'Ethnic part of UK' but they would certainly be 'Ethnic part of the British people'
4. The correct category of 'Dilazak' would be 'Ethnic groups of Afghans'. It should NOT be 'Ethnic groups in Afghanistan'. I hope I have not offended you in any way. Regards 119.154.105.38 (talk) 09:07, 15 July 2012 (UTC)
- The current category may not be ideal, but the one you propose to replace it with doesn't even exist on Wikipedia, as demonstrated by the fact that it was a redlink. Articles cannot be left sitting in categories that don't exist — rather, they have to be filed in the best available category that does exist, even if it's not the most ideal description that could possibly be provided. Bearcat (talk) 13:25, 15 July 2012 (UTC)
OK, that would suffice in that case that you included it in three catagories. ThanksDilazak1 16:20, 15 July 2012 (UTC)
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Epyllion
Dearest Bearcat, do you think that epyllion could be unprotected now? As best I can tell whatever trouble there was there came after the page was made into a redirect to epic poetry. I'm now writing it up as a proper article, and wonder if we might do without the protection. You know best, though. davidiad.: 16:19, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
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Tagging the PLaSM page
Hello, I understand why you tagged the page of PLaSM, but I would like to ask if the code section could remain there. It is not meant to teach anyone, but to illustrate the nature of the CAD library. Other CAD systems are used via GUIs (clicking), this one is used via programming. I find it very important to make this clear to the reader. Otherwise readers may be confused. Thank you for any consideration PavelSolin (talk) 15:44, 21 July 2012 (UTC)
{{tl:Music of Canada}}
Why are your removing {{tl:Music of Canada}} from all the relevant articles? Are you planing to replace it with something else? Odd you would make navigation harder for this topic because you dont like the cat its in? We care about easy of navigation not the cats. Categories are to most unsed thing here on wiki - even below portals.. so I dont see how its cat is more relevant then the topics at hand. All the cat work is a appreciated but lets be honest is not at all relevant to our readers or editors. Look at the Canada article over 15000 views daily where its cat gets 20 to 25 views a day. So I do believe that navigation is much more important then its cats. As for duplication - you are aware that infobxes are not considered duplication of info - but a navigation tool that is a quick guide to topics Moxy (talk) 17:34, 21 July 2012 (UTC)
- Ok just want to be clear here - your removing the template because of the cat the article gets placed in. So your making this decision because of the cat not reader navigation. Not sure your doing the right thing here at all. Why dont we fix the cat of the template - over what your doing now. Thus far the reasoning for there removal is trivial and not helpful to our readers. think its best to fix over blanking.....lets do this properly not just blank things because of a stupid cat. Can you,pls do what is best for our wiki readers over your category fetishMoxy (talk) 18:00, 21 July 2012 (UTC)
- Should be fixed not removed and you know this - see Wikipedia talk:Canadian Wikipedians' notice board #Template:Music of Canada. Dont think anyone at any time will think categories are more important then navigational boxes.Moxy (talk) 18:29, 21 July 2012 (UTC)
- Your actions clearly demonstrate that categories are more relevant to you then helping our readers navigate topics. The proper thing to have done was to try and fix the problem. I dont see any talk about this problem before - where is this talk and why was it not resolved?.Moxy (talk)
- Time to read over Wikipedia:Ignore all rules again - there is no way you can tell me that what your doing is helping our readers navigate the topic. Is there an old talk you can refer me to, because is see no metion anywhere of this problem. Thinking of simply making a new navbox - not linked to that other one - Can I add them back if the cat is gone?.Moxy (talk) 19:24, 21 July 2012 (UTC)
- Agree one is not better then the other...yet we only have the one. Are you planing to try to get it fixed ? thus far your edits and reasoning don't seem to be geared towards our readers. Lots of talk no actions that are positive thus far.21:08, 21 July 2012 (UTC)
- Your actions clearly demonstrate that categories are more relevant to you then helping our readers navigate topics. The proper thing to have done was to try and fix the problem. I dont see any talk about this problem before - where is this talk and why was it not resolved?.Moxy (talk)
- Should be fixed not removed and you know this - see Wikipedia talk:Canadian Wikipedians' notice board #Template:Music of Canada. Dont think anyone at any time will think categories are more important then navigational boxes.Moxy (talk) 18:29, 21 July 2012 (UTC)
- Ok just want to be clear here - your removing the template because of the cat the article gets placed in. So your making this decision because of the cat not reader navigation. Not sure your doing the right thing here at all. Why dont we fix the cat of the template - over what your doing now. Thus far the reasoning for there removal is trivial and not helpful to our readers. think its best to fix over blanking.....lets do this properly not just blank things because of a stupid cat. Can you,pls do what is best for our wiki readers over your category fetishMoxy (talk) 18:00, 21 July 2012 (UTC)
Music of bearcat culture
Hey, you were clear I said! Good! Now stop detailing. (btw, if you won't tell anyone, take a look at this. Silent, ok?). ;-) -DePiep (talk) 23:09, 21 July 2012 (UTC)
- Please take a look at the template talkpage. -DePiep (talk) 14:02, 22 July 2012 (UTC)
Semi-protect article Sydney, Nova Scotia
Hi Bearcat:
The article, Sydney, Nova Scotia has been receiving random anonymous and new-user edits. Could you please semi-protect it?
Thank you.--Abebenjoe (talk) 01:58, 27 July 2012 (UTC)