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Bibliography of Canada

Grateful Dead

Template:Misplaced Pages-Books Hi Moxy, presenting... Best, --Discographer (talk) 04:16, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks so much my friend! Best, --Discographer (talk) 04:27, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

Hey Foxy Moxy!!

Yeah, buttering you up!! I got a request from a really nice guy, User:Kohoutek1138 who is working on the article for The Byrds. Since I still don't know about what's involved in a GFDL license-- can you point me the way??? Anyway, I mentioned the practical liklihood that isn't in his favor finding a complete band photo for them (especially one with Gram Parsons in the lineup-- which has been a wet dream just looking for a free use photo of him at all)! Thus, I told him to check into Flickr which is mostly where I look, contact the photographers from some website photos he found, and last and very much not least, to get in touch with you if it's at all possible to create another band montage like you did when I came to you with the same problem for The Rolling Stones' band photo. If you'd be kind to him, (and you always are), thanks! --Leahtwosaints (talk) 19:38, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

Ok np i can help with the montage when you guys are ready.Moxy (talk) 19:42, 22 January 2011 (UTC) PS hope you had a good Xmass and new year.Moxy (talk) 19:42, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

Forgot So you can add pics if you like.....Pls add pics at will -->..heres the link to the last 1400 portal pages i have made (may take time to load) .. ... .Moxy (talk) 19:47, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

Timeline of Canadian history

Moxy, for consistancy, please create pages for 1714 and 1727, even if it reads "No records have been established at this point, however, for matters of consistancy, the creation of this article page has been established." Best, --Discographer (talk) 03:19, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

Ok let me look into this may take a few days.Moxy (talk) 18:23, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

Persons of national significance

Why didn't I think of this? Nice touch. --Skeezix1000 (talk) 16:15, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

Thank you ..I noticed them when doing the GA review for Canadians and when i made Template:People of Canada.Moxy (talk) 18:24, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

Online Ambassadors

I saw you have been really active lately and I clicked on over to your user page and was pretty impressed. Would you be interested in helping with the WP:Online_Ambassadors program? It's really a great opportunity to help university students become Misplaced Pages contributers. I hope you apply to become an ambassador, Sadads (talk) 00:10, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for the invitation - however i have been aware this project since its inception and have stated before when this program is extended to Canada i will led the way in helping.Moxy (talk) 05:40, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

A couple of thoughts

Hey Moxy!! I was wondering- when I upload superior photos than ones to the portals you created, do you want me to tell you? And, do you know how to make sound clips for articles? Would you be willing to do so? Just wondering. Also, what's a rollbacker? Yeah, I know I should know, but I have limited contact with other editors. Thanks. --Leahtwosaints (talk) 11:38, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

Contents pages navigation proposal

Hi Moxy, based on your involvement at Portal:Contents/Portals, I thought you also might be interested in this.

A proposal to add topical links to all of the contents pages has been made. As part of that proposal, the navigation bar at the top of these contents pages would look like this.

• Overviews
• Outlines
• Lists
• Portals
• Glossaries
• Categories
• Vital articles
• Featured content
• Good articles
• Indices
• A–Z index

• Reference
• Culture
• Geography
• Health
• History
• Human activities
• Mathematics
• Nature
• People
• Philosophy
• Religion
• Society
• Technology

Please respond to the proposal, Portal talk:Contents#Adding topical links to contents pages navigational headers and footers, as you see fit. Regards, RichardF (talk) 02:07, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Cultures in standard cross-cultural sample

Template:Cultures in standard cross-cultural sample has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Uyvsdi (talk) 07:07, 1 February 2011 (UTC)Uyvsdi

help please

hello moxy - i don't know what the problem is; it seems like it is a simple thing to edit on the list that i keep adding my name to ( i am a singer/songwriter trying to get on the Canadian musicians' list). every time i do it, it is removed next time i look. i'm not sure where this message will end up - i am a low-tech person. hopefully your answer and explanation, and guiding knowledge will be in a place that i will see and be able to access. thank you Wikidwich (talk) 23:28, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

The best place to start would be Misplaced Pages:Write the article first --- then see Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Canada/Help.Moxy (talk) 23:44, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Chinatown: Slumming, Gambling, Prostitution and Opium

Hi Moxy;

I've posted a comment on the talk page of Chinese American history concerning the new section, 5 Chinatown: Slumming, Gambling, Prostitution and Opium.

Since you welcomed the editor, I thought I might ask you if my comment seems out of line or whether I would be justified in undoing the section.

Many thanks in any case ch (talk) 06:38, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

African diaspora

Please stop referring to edits you don't like as vandalism. Take a look at WP:Vandalism#What is not vandalism.

User:Analyzer99 left a message on Talk:African diaspora explaining his/her changes. You should discuss your problems with those changes on the Talk page as well.

Thank you. — Malik Shabazz /_Stalk 21:29, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

I guess its not Vandalism per say but..in my view its very disruptive editing. Hes been told to stop this and has been banned for it. TO be honest think i will just let the kids deal with this one for now (like was done here just today. But thank you for your time Moxy (talk) 21:33, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

I'd like to put an end to this, and if Analyzer99 is the problem, I'll deal with him/her. What did you mean when you wrote on Analyzer99's Talk page "After looking at your edits closer I see a much bigger problem"? Thank you. — Malik Shabazz /_Stalk 21:45, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

We have been talking about this over the past few days since he/her has been back from his ban..what is concerning is edits that involve the removal of text that is referenced. i.e 1 - i.e2. The editor has been taking a side in the never-ending discussion of who's really an African and simply removing material and links to Black articles. Now should this stuff "may" require removal "possible" - but the way its being done is not proper nor is there rarely an edit summary as to Y text and refs were removed and/or links simply unlinked. I am not taking a side on this simply making sure the what has been long standing definitions and wording is not changes all over at a whim to the view of one editor.Moxy (talk) 21:54, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Okay, thanks. I'll keep an eye on Analyzer99's edits. — Malik Shabazz /_Stalk 22:02, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

PS sorry i was a bit rude at first....Having a bad day,,the kid needs cash again (at 30 years old) and i guess my edit summary was reflecting emotions from a private matter.Moxy (talk) 22:12, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

No problem. — Malik Shabazz /_Stalk 22:17, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Canadians

Done. Started with two weeks; after it expires, I'll extend that if the nonsense restarts. Bearcat (talk) 06:30, 4 February 2011 (UTC)

List of Governors General of Canada

Moxy, this link for Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester should be the same, right? He's listed twice in link form under his own name, then under his title. This is not correct, is it? Might you have a look at this, please Moxy. Thanks! Best, --Discographer (talk) 00:00, 5 February 2011 (UTC)

Makes sense to me what your saying...ask User:Miesianiacal he would know best...Actually i will leave him a note to see this message.Moxy (talk) 00:06, 5 February 2011 (UTC)

It is correct as it stands: Carleton was known as Sir Guy Carleton before 1786 and as the Lord Dorchester after. --Ħ MIESIANIACAL 01:08, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

References

Perfect timing with the references. I am actually typing up a new history section for Newfoundland and Labrador into microsoft word at the moment. Thanks! Newfoundlander&Labradorian (talk) 20:04, 5 February 2011 (UTC)

Never new you could have test pages, makes it much easier. Newfoundlander&Labradorian (talk) 20:09, 5 February 2011 (UTC)

I'm unsire about how detailed to be for the history section. I noticed that Manitoba has a fairly long history section so I figured I'd try to give a good bit of detail. I don't understand that much and am not that interested in the earlier history, I don't know if that is something you would be interested in looking at after I finish with the Dominion of Newfoundland and Confederation section? Newfoundlander&Labradorian (talk) 21:00, 5 February 2011 (UTC)

I have written most of the history section in my sandbox, I have yet to write anything about Newfoundland and Labrador after confederation but I think that will only require a paragraph or two. If you would like to check it over that would be great, I haven't done much reviewing or editing so it may be a mess. :) Newfoundlander&Labradorian (talk) 19:35, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

When I get the confederation part done should I post this on the main article or wait for more input? Newfoundlander&Labradorian (talk) 20:54, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

Would you be able to read over the lead of the Newfoundland and Labrador article and give me some tips of how to improve it? If it needs improving. Newfoundlander&Labradorian (talk) 03:41, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

That would be one of the things i am not at all good at :-( .Moxy (talk) 03:43, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

Jumping in, if I may...I took a stab at copy-editing the lead here; feel free to revert if you don't like the changes. The only thing I'd suggest is make sure each major heading of the article is at least mentioned in the lead - at the moment, you don't seem to have any info on economy, transportation or culture (assuming that the language issue will eventually be covered under Demographics). It's also a good idea not to mention anything in the lead that you don't intend to talk about in the main article. Hope that helps! Nikkimaria (talk) 05:04, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

I was planning on starting something else in my sandbox and while I do have the material we worked on added to its main page I didn't know if I should just delete it all from my sandbox or if there is something else I could do with it. Newfoundlander&Labradorian (talk) 00:47, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

Portal talk:Music of Canada

Help Needed

Hi Moxy, since I've seen you in the WikiProject Country Music, I was wondering if I've could get some help from you. I've been lately working in the article of Willie Nelson, that I want to improve and nominate to good article. It does need some cleanup and sourcing, and beacuse of its size and importance to the project it would be better if there's some more people involved. I will also contact other members of the project. Thanks for your time and hope to hear from you. --Gduwen (talk) 17:50, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

Glad to have you on board, I've been working today in early life and early career currently. There are some interesting sources in Google books to check out. We should start dividing the sections between the people that works on the article to avoid edit mistakes. --Gduwen (talk) 20:02, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

Mass delinking of United States

Thanks I left a message on the users talk page and opened up a discussion on the village pump (misc) to get somem broader input on wether we should be doing this on templates. --Kumioko (talk) 18:15, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

Blondie: The Florence Ballard Story

Oh no, Moxy, this new article-to-be is supposed to be about the upcoming new movie, of which is based upon the book. It will star Faith Evans as the Supreme dreamgirl Florence Ballard. I'm not good at creating these type of articles, so I'm trying to find someone who could. Thanks! Best, --Discographer (talk) 00:07, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

Hey Moxy, I have this ref (oh, I like cats too!) used on the Faith Evans page - Best, --Discographer (talk) 21:49, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

IPA Portal

Hi, thanks for cleaning up the portal and link to it - I've never tried editing portals before and am rookie. Cheers, -Uyvsdi (talk) 00:34, 11 February 2011 (UTC)Uyvsdi

Odd i did not get notice of this...anywas NP i plan to fix it up some for in the future. We should find a picture for the portal image.20:45, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

Contents pages navigation proposal

Now that the two week trial period is completed, please respond to the proposal, Adding topical links to contents pages navigational headers and footers, as you see fit. Regards, RichardF (talk) 14:02, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

Problem with petergriffin9901 regarding Celine Dion, again.

If you have time, please take a look at this. He obviously doesn't understand the meaning of verifiability. Who is he to say that proven reliable sources are "wrong?" His statements are borderline biased. Frankly, I believe he's just trying to find a way to de-legitimatize the statement. There is no rule in place to specifically cite the sources (which are already at the end of the statement) at the beginning. If his argument was valid, then every source would have to have that format, regardless of the reliability of the sources given. It doesn't make any sense, and he has no authority to dictate what is true or false. BalticPat22Patrick (talk) 23:25, 19 February 2011 (UTC)

You are correct his original reasoning behind the change is wrong...However as per Misplaced Pages:Manual of Style (words to watch)#Puffery and Misplaced Pages:Manual of Style (words to watch)#Unsupported attributions... We should be saying who has said this (since ther seems to be a few different sources saying different things).Moxy (talk) 02:39, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

Well, he already reverted the statements, so I added two more reliable sources to the "contested" statement. Also, this is not an issue in any other WP article where the words "five octave vocals" are included, only Celine Dion. Peter has no problem not doing the same exact thing to Mariah Carey's article which explicitely states that she possesses five octaves, without any disclaimers to otherwise refute that sentence. If need be, you interveneing (your authority is much more pronounced than mine) would be greatly appreciative. Honestly, I don't think Peter cares what I say or do, so it's basically useless on my part. BalticPat22Patrick (talk) 18:22, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

Portal:Indigenous peoples of the Americas

If you could help out with the spacing on the Portal:Indigenous peoples of the Americas, that would be wonderful! I'm clueless. -Uyvsdi (talk) 01:35, 21 February 2011 (UTC)Uyvsdi

 Done..Oops sorry forgot...Was just an extra space at Portal:Indigenous peoples of the Americas/box-footer.Moxy (talk) 03:47, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

Portal creation

Hello Moxy! Is it easy to create a portal? Or, can you create me one for Jessica Simpson? – Novice7 (talk) 12:42, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

..User talk:Novice7#Portal:Jessica Simpson.Moxy (talk) 20:14, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

Thanks! I've created a basic portal. Also, how can we modify the {{Portal|Jessica Simpson}}? I mean, to add a picture instead of the portal symbol? – Novice7 (talk) 04:32, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

Thanks again!! I've finished almost everything, just some more cleaning up :) – Novice7 (talk) 10:06, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

It's amazing!!! After all, you're the master. I just followed what you said :D – Novice7 (talk) 03:15, 25 February 2011 (UTC)

Thanks ... i am glad you like the colours :-) Moxy (talk) 03:16, 25 February 2011 (UTC)

Oh, definitely. I love the new colors. They're perfect :) – Novice7 (talk) 03:25, 25 February 2011 (UTC)

Find A Grave

Hi, I draw your attention to the last sentence of the Misplaced Pages guidelines.

Find-a-Grave See also: Template:Find a Grave As an external link: Generally no. Rarely, a link is acceptable because of a specific, unique feature, such as valuable images and location information of graves, that is not available elsewhere.

The location information of Haim's grave is not published elsewhere.

It seems especially unfair when EL's to Find-a-Grave continues to go unchallenged on these celebrity Wiki pages: Heath Ledger, Brittany Murphy, Patrick Swayze, Brad Renfro

...and many, many others, including Old Hollywood stars.

And, no, I'm not alerting you so that you can take them all down ; )

--Tarrant on Wiki (talk) 00:57, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

Having a few pics of a grave is not a good enough reason to link to a page with copyrighted image - and its a copy of this entry here. Pls see WP:COPYLINK and Misplaced Pages:Mirrors and forks. I do have a suggestion...Perhaps you can upload a grave image here and we can add it to the article.Moxy (talk) 01:07, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

For what its worth I also don't agree with the mass removal of the find a grave links thats currently going on. There is absolutely nothing wrong with most of these being in the External links section unless we know they contain copyright violations or that the information is incorrect. --Kumioko (talk) 01:15, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

Agree..but you must admit that this does not even come close to meting any of the criteria at Misplaced Pages:External links.Moxy (talk) 01:21, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

I agree with that one actually and for the case of quite a few of the Major Celebs its easy enough to find the info. The ones I have a problem with are the ones that are a hard to find details on such as lessor known actors and sports figures, Medal of Honor recipients, politicians, etc. For folks like that one, Albert Einstein or any number of others whose life has been chronicled in great detail it may not be so useful. But since the Essay was written (its not a policy or a guideline) more and more peope have been using it as a bludgeon to crush those "pesky find a grave links". --Kumioko (talk) 01:37, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

Joni Mitchell at AllMusic

I recently noticed that the external link to Joni Mitchell's page on at the AllMusic guide had disappeared. I couldn't find an explanation in the edit summaries, so I went through the edits one by one and found that you had removed it in this edit: http://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=Joni_Mitchell&diff=next&oldid=413519352 Why did you remove the link to the All Music guide? I find it helpful to have that link on most musician's pages. FurrySings (talk) 04:58, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

Interesting...It was the bot that removed it - i guess because its used as a reference (#4). No doubles i guess its a refe or its an external link - no need to have it 2 times. Moxy (talk) 05:02, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

Cher

Is this image of her really appropriate for a book, let alone this article? (though I personally have no problem with it, she could be naked as far as I'm concerned)! At least Tina Turner is wearing some clothes! Best, --Discographer (talk) 19:09, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

Marvin Gaye WikiProject

Moxy, hi, might you create a WikiProject on Marvin Gaye, please? The request is from BrothaTimothy, Misplaced Pages's main man on this subject. He's also in The Supremes WikiProject with us. Much appreciated if you do! Best, --Discographer (talk) 20:09, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

I guess i can ..will make it in my sanbox today..them get you to make it live.Moxy (talk) 20:45, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

If you have a minute...

Since you are one of the regulars at WP:ELN, I'd really appreciate your views on the two websites being discussed at WP:ELN#Paraphilic infantilism. WhatamIdoing (talk) 06:35, 2 March 2011 (UTC)