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Hey Luigizanasi, as relative newcomer to Misplaced Pages when do merger propositions. I'm referring to (as you probably know from your watchlist!) the ] merger...There's a clear consensus against it, can I go ahead and delete the merger template, should I wait longer, or am I simply not allowed to delete it (a task for an admin?). Sorry to bother, but I'd like to get rid of that darn header! ] 08:12, 31 March 2006 (UTC) Hey Luigizanasi, as relative newcomer to Misplaced Pages when do merger propositions. I'm referring to (as you probably know from your watchlist!) the ] merger...There's a clear consensus against it, can I go ahead and delete the merger template, should I wait longer, or am I simply not allowed to delete it (a task for an admin?). Sorry to bother, but I'd like to get rid of that darn header! ] 08:12, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

== Country subdivisions ==

...IMO splitting the cats into a group of "Administatrive divisions of some countries" and "Political divisions of some other countries" is not useful.

could you maybe change your vote on ]

and let's discuss this on the project page

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first? It is really is mass rename, since it not only involves the cats and subcates but also lots of articles. ] ] 07:10, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

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Redirect duplicate pages

If you merge any content from an article, it cannot be speedy deleted for licensing reasons. Just redirect it, wikipedia:redirects are cheap. Kappa 08:58, 16 May 2005 (UTC)


DoCB verifications

Hi Luigizanasi, thanks for helping out with curating the DoCB entries, I can sure use the help. One favour I might ask is that for the ones you verify, besides checking that the DoCB entry is correct, would you mind also checking to see that the birth and death dates are correct with the DoCB entry and that they are in a standard format (with the ndash separator, and places of death and birth mentioned in the body of the text, not in the date range section). Once again, thanks for helping out! Cheers, Fawcett5 14:26, 21 May 2005 (UTC)

endashes

Hi Luigi, the reason for replacing the hyphens with endashes in dates is mostly pure typography weeniesm on my part. Normally, ndashes are prefered for closed ranges such as dates. See dash for a general breakdown of when to use what dash. Actually, there is also a subsection of the Misplaced Pages:Manual of Style that deals specifically with how dashes should be used on wikipedia.. see Misplaced Pages:Manual of Style (dashes). Thanks again for all of your contributions, it has really helped out. Cheers, Fawcett5 20:35, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)

"Le" vs. "le", etc.

Luigi, thanks for explaining about the various usage forms for these, I'll try and do as you suggest and use redirects as much as possible. The capitalisation issue (and also the smart quotes, and the "MacX" vs. "Macx" problem) are a holdover from when I generated a database dump of all the names from the DoCB website... Everything was dumped out in all caps in lastname-firstname order — I had to run quite a long series of text conversions to try and get things rendered correctly. I didn't always get things right. Forgetting to replace the smart quotes with straight quotes was but one example (you also noticed the "Et" capitalisation problem). Feel free to replace them en masse in the lists if you desire. I'm aware that their use is discouraged in article titles. But in any case, it is rumoured that the next version of the wiki software will make that problem go away, and treat the straight and curly quotes identically. I hope this is true. Cheers, Fawcett5 20:47, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Dawson City

Thanks for the clarification... my initial concern was to communicate it was incorporated as a "town" despite its name, and your current revision gets that across quite nicely. -The Tom 20:53, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Wood names

Thanks for the note; I'll have more of a think about it later (it's getting late here and I'm very tired after several late nights!), but as a first thought, any of these mis-named woods should only be cited under heavy qualification to make it absolutely clear that they are confusing and not the correct names for the species involved, nor valid uses of the names which belong to other taxa. I am of the opinion that wikipedia should be encouraging accuracy and education, rather than logging (and by implication condoning) every mis-naming and mis-identification that's ever been made. So perhaps something on the lines of:
*]
**Mahogany (African) (''Khaya ivorensis'')
**Mahogany (West Indies or Cuban) (''Swietenia mahagoni'')
**Mahogany (Honduras, Central and South America) (''Swietenia macrophylla'')
**"Mahogany" (Philippine) - not a mahogany; see ]
Of the FPL's Wood Handbook, I think it should be included, but only as one of a set of links to several international sources; otherwise it ends up leaving a rather unpleasant US-POV taste to things. Being more of a botanist than a wood scientist, I unfortunately don't know of good international sources, but I'd guess there'll be some around.
Outside of wikipedia, maybe someone should be taking these sellers to court under trades descriptions legislation so as to get labelling improved, but that's another matter altogether! - MPF 23:18, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Yukon map

Fixed! --NDP logo Earl Andrew - talk 05:45, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

Shanawdithit/Temp

Hi, I was wondering if you were done with this temp sub-page. If so, was wondering if you could request its speedy del, so it's not in main namespace, or you could always move it to a sub-page of your userpage. Thanks. ∞Who?¿? 22:57, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

First Nations in the Yukon

Hi Luigizanasi, thanks for catching my mistakes in Template:First Nations in the Yukon. I'll add the two First Nations that weren't supposed to be there into the BC list.

My feeling about diacritics is that if a First Nation includes them in self-identification, we should use them in our lists. If you could add diacritics to the names of First Nations that you know use them I'd appreciate it. Thanks for your help, Kurieeto 17:06, August 8, 2005 (UTC)

Oh, and because the Kwanlin Dun First Nation article is in Category:Aboriginal peoples in the Canadian Arctic, which is within Category:Yukon, I don't think the article also needs to be within Category:Yukon. However, with +600 First Nations/Bands in Canada we may be headed for needing Category:First Nations in the Yukon, Category:First Nations in British Columbia, etc. Kurieeto 17:14, August 8, 2005 (UTC)

Hi Luigi - Great work on your recent articles for First Nations in the Yukon. Thanks to your efforts the Yukon is the first Canadian territory or province for which Misplaced Pages has articles for all First Nations within its borders. Well done! Kurieeto 23:58, August 9, 2005 (UTC)

Categorization of Aboriginal peoples in Canada

Hi Luigi,

Thanks for your comments about the categorization of articles about First Nations in Canada. I agree that the current structure could be improved. Your other points about First Nations-matters are also good, and I'll address them below.

I wanted to begin our discussion with an explanation of my original vision for the "Aboriginal peoples in _" categories. I created them because at the time Category:First Nations (then Category:Canadian First Nations) had no sub-categorization at the provincial or territorial level, and only had articles for First Nations ethnicities such as Cree or Nisga'a, and nothing for First Nations political entities such as the Tsuu T'ina Nation. Additionally there was no parent category above Category:First Nations, so the Inuit and Métis were not on an equal footing. I felt a need for categories that encompassed the various First Nations, Inuit, and Métis groups, media outlets, and organizations that existed within each province and territory of Canada. In the event that insufficent articles on a province or territory existed on Misplaced Pages, I grouped them by region such as the Canadian Arctic, the Prairie Provinces, or Atlantic Canada. But as you point out the current arrangement is flawed, as articles such as the Kwanlin Dün First Nation are not within Category:First Nations, which is very counter-intuitive.

Given that there are over 600 First Nations or Bands in Canada, I feel a need for categories that only contain those political/organizational entities. My difficulty is that if we name these categories "First Nations in _", we will need some other name for its parent category that will encompass all First Nations-topics related to that province or territory. This would be avoided if we grouped First Nations or Bands in a category called "First Nations Bands in _". Or "First Nations and Bands in _". Then we could call the parent category "First Nations in _". I hope that makes sense, I'll try making a visual representation:

Category:First Nations

Category:First Nations in the Yukon
Tagish
Category:First Nations and Bands in the Yukon
Kwanlin Dün First Nation

This arrangement would then allow us to put say Raven's Eye, a newspaper about Aboriginal issues in BC and the Yukon, in Category:First Nations in the Yukon. Does that work? This category would prove most useful in provinces and territories with many First Nations and Bands, such as British Columbia, where there are over 150.

As for templates, I started dividing by tribal council because I couldn't think of a better way to seperate all the First Nations in BC. Other than grouping the Vancouver Island ones together, there wasn't an easy geographic division. I had planned to group any First Nation not in a tribal council into a template titled "Unaffiliated First Nations in _". My work on that project has gotten sidetracked though.

Your points about the term "Canadian Arctic" being a misnomer are good, and I agree that using "Canada's Territories" or "Canadian Territories" would be better.

Thanks also for splitting the Kaska article. Similar problems are rampant in Category:Aboriginal peoples in British Columbia.

Please give me your thoughts on the above. I think we're making a good start in re-organization. Kurieeto 01:33, August 16, 2005 (UTC)

Hi Luigi,
That's a brilliant idea to use "First Nations governments in", it really solves all our problems, well done. I fully support your organizational flow chart as displayed on my talk page, let's use that. My only comment would be that because there are so many First Nations reserves in Canada (a number equal to or more than the number of First Nations themselves), we could have a series of "First Nations reserves in" categories, to be part of the "First Nations in" categories. So we would have:
Category:Aboriginal peoples in the Canadian Arctic and Category:First Nations
Category:First Nations in the Yukon
Category:First Nations governments in the Yukon
Category:First Nations reserves in the Yukon
By the way, I've been considering suggesting doing away with all "Aboriginal peoples in" categories except Category:Aboriginal peoples in Canada. They may just be confusing things for new readers too much, and we may not have enough Métis and Inuit articles to warrant them existing right now anyway.
When I get back to working with the templates I'll try to effectively work in First Nations ethnicities. I'd encourage you to keep trying to work them in too. Template:Canada might be a good Template to try to work from, as it has two distinct rows that might be easily modified to our purposes. Kurieeto 17:38, August 16, 2005 (UTC)

Templates

Hi Luigi,

I've adapted your proposed First Nations category structure to the other provinces and regions of Canada for which we have categories on Misplaced Pages. I may propose to do away with all of the Aboriginal peoples categories except Category:Aboriginal peoples in Canada, if I do I'll give you a heads up and a link to where they are on Misplaced Pages:Categories for deletion. Also, we may need seperate templates for First Nations peoples and First Nations governments in a province or territory. This is because for example presently all First Nations governments in Template:First Nations in the Yukon are being listed in Category:First Nations in the Yukon and Category:First Nations governments in the Yukon. This is due to the Template's categorization in Category:First Nations in the Yukon. Any category that is applied to a template is also applied to all links within that template. Have a great weekend, Kurieeto 23:28, August 20, 2005 (UTC)

Hi Luigi,
The only advantage to keeping templates in categories is it would make individually categorizing each article within a template redundant. This would be useful if all of a template's articles eventually needed to be moved to a brand new category, as changing the categorization of the template would then change the categorization of all articles in it. But I don't see that as being likely neccessary now that we have our "First Nations governments" categories. So, we can proceed with taking templates out of categories, and keeping the lists of peoples and governments together. Kurieeto 02:47, August 22, 2005 (UTC)


yukon election

Hello, I have been trying to create some pages for the Yukons' general elections for some time now. I created the pages for the election of 2000, 2002, and the upcoming 2006. Since you come from the YuKon (I'm in Ontario), do you know where I can find the results of general elections before 2000. Especially the 1996 election. PS. Keep watch on the Yukon general election, 2006.

This may be a odd question, but was Jack Cable the Liberal leader at the time? 

Nevermind I found it. Wow you went up against the Premier, bold move!

Metalworking wikiproject?

I've noticed you making edits to drill bit... do you think a metalworking (maybe including woodworking due to the high amount of overlap) wikiproject would be a good idea? I've noticed the metalworking articles are rather fragmented, and have found many pages without a single link to them, such as endmill (which I've sinced added many to)... plus lots of (often conflicting) duplication. A bit of coherent orginization and a navigation footer might be quite a help for the pages... or any other ideas? Thanks, Bushytails 05:45, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

Native American name controversy

Very nice work on Native American name controversy. I made one minor correction, but overall it's a much better article for your work, thanks! -Harmil 09:45, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

Woodworking wikiproject

This message was sent to User:Carders User:SilentC User:Boinger User:RJP Hello, I have noticed that you have recently been making a number of valuable edits on woodworking-related pages. I would like to start a Wikiproject on woodworking if there is enough interest. Please reply on my user talk page if you think this is a good idea (oer even if you don't. I have taken a stab at a starting a wikiproject page in a sandbox page at User:Luigizanasi/sandbox. Feel free to edit it and to add your ideas. As soon as we have enough participants, I will start the project page at Misplaced Pages:Wikiproject Woodworking. Luigizanasi 22:05, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

I am not familiar with the objective of a wikiproject - is it simply a page in which several users coordinate a collection of topic-related pages? It seems reasonable to take such an approach but I cannot guarantee a large time commitment on my part. Hilmar 03:42, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
G'day Luigi. I noticed you'd been in tidying up a bit after me. I meant to drop in and say thanks, so thanks! If we can get enough interest in a woodworking project, I'll be glad to be involved. As you know the information there now is patchy and not well organised. It would be good to get some sort of consistency across it. Count me in. SilentC 22:24, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

Time for adminship

Hi Luigi — since you began here, you have been a very solid contributor, and I recently noticed that you are now past 2000 edits, with lots of articles to your credit. Please let me know if you would like to be nominated for administrator privileges. Regards, Fawcett5 01:52, 6 September 2005 (UTC)

Indigenous

No worries -Harmil 22:54, 8 September 2005 (UTC)

Yukon

Thanks for the update. I'll make the changes to the election page. Feel free to check out my user page for a riding by riding prediction. MS123 00:44, 9 September 2005 (UTC)

Hey, you're an economist. How many years did you go to school? MS123

Thankyou, I know that seemed like an odd question but I'd like to become an economist myself. MS123


Thanks

Thanks for the award, Luigi!! SilentC 22:02, 18 September 2005 (UTC)


Category:Woodworking Machine

Just got back from lunch and was looking at that and realised I'd stuffed it up. Is it an easy fix? Do you reckon it should be 'machines' or 'machinery' like it was before? SilentC 04:51, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

  • Thanks. What 'is' the protocol with responding to these things? Do I respond on your talk page, or mine. How do you know I responded if I respond on mine? Confusing.... ;) SilentC 05:33, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

Monitoring Changes

Luigi, I've noticed you seem to be able to tell when I've added new articles (because you're following along adding the Categories, which I always seem to forget to do :o) and I was wondering how you find them? I've looked at Recent Changes and it seems to go on and on for pages. What's the secret?

BTW I almost got into my first fight the other day. I moved rebate (marketing) and created a disambig page for rebate but forgot to update all the links to the old rebate page. My memory isn't what it used to be....

Cheers, Darren. SilentC 05:24, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

Just blind luck then, eh ;). Oh well, I was hoping for a magical 'show all woodworking-related articles' link. Not to worry, I've got plenty to do without looking for more trouble to get into :) SilentC 05:47, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

Can of Worms

Thanks for your support, I did not know of the drive to change X Politics to Politics of X until now. It seems rather silly, I didn't realize what a big can of worms I just opened up. --Cloveious 04:07, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

CBW RfA

Just a quick word of thanks for voting on my RfA. If you have any concerns over my actions please let me know. CambridgeBayWeather 23:44, 23 October 2005 (UTC)

Electoral Districts

I would like to invite you to participate in Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Electoral districts in Canada. It is just getting started so please read through the proposal, familiarize yourself with the options/examples and then participate in the debate about how the pages should best be laid out. --maclean25 00:31, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

Dictionary of Candian Biography

I have responded to your query at DoCB about search capabilities. I'm not sure if you are watching the page, but I just wanted to make sure that someone has responded to your question (over two months later). --Reflex Reaction 14:06, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

Native American name controversy, too

Had a quick look at this page after seeing the note farther above. Didn't want to mess with your prose style, but it might be worth adding some info if you can incorporate it with less than my usual verbiage:

"Native American" is unsuitable for aboriginal people in Canada, where "First Nations" or "Native" is preferred. In Canada, "Native American" means the equivalent to Native/First Nation people and sounds awkward.

Also, FYI your comment on the use of 'sauvage' now being racist is paralleled by the fate of its variant in the Chinook Jargon (siwash, sometimes sawash), which originally just meant "an Indian male", or "something Indian". Interestingly the etymology is something saved, or saveable, i.e. from sauver.

In some arch-political circles in Canada, "first nations person" is the gender-neutral politically-correct expression to replace "Indian". Awkward in conversation, yeah. Some native people, especially younger ones, increasingly prefer to refer to themselves by their specific nationality, i.e. Haida or Okanagan or Nlaka'pamux or Cree or Innu or whatever.

Metis also has two meanings. The older one refers to the original culture and heritage of the Riel-vintage Metis people. The newer one, and now the legal standard into which the Metis people have been absorbed or categorized, is another of mixed native blood (who can prove status descent). There was some resistance to the new meaning by the Metis people but it is now a generally accepted legalism. The unpleasant alternative was "halfbreed" (coll. "breed").

Re Mexico the term currently in colloquial use for the collective of aboriginal peopls in Mexico, whether Maya or Tarahumara or Zapotec or whatever, is indio (f. india).

Skookum1 08:36, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

Demographics

I noticed you have added to the demographics section of the electoral districts project. Since Mindmatrix, SimonP, you, and myself seem to be the only ones interested in this section, I proposed to Mindmatrix, and now you, that we each try to design a prototype section. Links to StatsCan electoral district profiles are on the page. If you don't want to mess around with code, then just a sketch of how you see the data, tables and graphs (infobox?) being laid out will be fine. Since the articles will focus much more on election results, this demographic section is just really just a sidenote to help put the results in context but it has the possibility of consuming a lot of room. So at this point I'm interested in seeing how this section will be laid out. At the sametime we can see what data is realistic to include and what is just too burdensome. How does this sound? --maclean25 06:22, 7 November 2005 (UTC)


Date Links

Hello, thanks for your edits on the Drill bit page. However, you will note that I have unlinked many years, while linking the dates. The only reason for putting square brackets around dates is so that different people's date format preferences work. See: Misplaced Pages:Manual of Style (dates and numbers)#Date formatting for instructions. Like you, when I first started editing, I was putting square brackets around all years thinking it was the right way to do things until I ran across the page on date formatting. Cheers & keep up the good work. Luigizanasi 05:51, 19 November 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the pointer, Luigizanasi. I thought linking the years, which I've seen on quite a few pages, was for categorization purposes. Now I'll have to go back to the dozens of pages I've edited to see if I did the same thing on them! --Quicksilver 06:19, 19 November 2005 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages: Bias by inclusion

Well, it's happened. We ended up with the one absolutely unacceptable result: one of them got deleted (Blogging Tories) and the other one got kept (Progressive Bloggers). What would you propose that we do to resolve this? Bearcat 19:13, 24 November 2005 (UTC)

Colour codewords for obsolete political parties?

Hi. I've been writing up defunct or important BC constituencies and came across some knots; not sure what to do for colour-abbreviations for older parties. Long, long ago there used to be things like the Soldier-Farmer party but I improvised and used colours from later parties (Natural Law in that case, I think). Most important to have a colour for is the Liberal-Conservative Coalition; I went ahead and used "Marijuana" as the colour key (!) and it worked. Figured out problems with WCC and Progressives and stuff; wondering about really obscure parties (there's a list of defunct BC parties on the Elections BC site. Can I just go and make templates, or is there someone responsible for that; I'd have to know the Wiki colourwords anyway, from what I can see of how a template is made. Also possibly useful/needed are pre-political party "Government" and "Opposition" colours, although that's misleading because the same guy might be in one or the other from election to election; also the Provincial Party and a few others that had political profiles, if not actual members (the BC Constructive Party was an offshoot of the CCF and should have a colour, as it had members, if only by grandfathering them from the CCF caucus. Skookum1 01:55, 25 November 2005 (UTC)

List of obsolete BC political parties

list of political party names 1903-1986 from Elections BC

Electoral Districts

Please review Langley (electoral district). What do you think of this as a simple prototype for a current federal riding? The demographics are based on your list at Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Electoral districts in Canada/Demographics. There are some blanks in there that I just could not find. I'm still fiddling with the election-results box but that is the gist of its size/shape/outline. --maclean25 05:45, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

  • In response to your points, I will say:
1. The area really was intended for the individual district. You're right that it doesn't really mean anything on a Canada-wide basis.
2. I really like pop change so I am ok with using whatever period is available, whether it is 1996-2001 or 1991-1996.
3. You're the economist so I'll trust you on this one.
4. Incidence of low income (and high income if that exists) is tops on my wish list. If it is not available it should be dropped. Average income can be its replacement. I do not believe it is useful but others seem to be distracted by it.
5. I'm still opposed to language (outside Quebec), immigration, and especially ethnicity. I can bend for language being included in the Ontario/NB ridings. I can bend for immigration and Aboriginal population with enough support pressure. But I do not see how ethnicity factors into voting. It has been my experience that the only ethnic group that votes as a block is the Chinese and they are not loyal to a particular party. They vote as a block for the Liberal or Conservative candidates. I believe the other economic and demographic situation far outweighs the ethnicity factor for "visible minorities" in voting decisions. --maclean25 06:53, 29 November 2005 (UTC)

Jerry Alfred

Thanks for the heads up, of coure I should know better, but I wasn't thinking. Smmurphy 05:26, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Electoral districts in Canada/Prototype

Thank you for participating in the WikiProject on Electoral districts in Canada. As you know there will be an election soon. So this may be the best time for the Canadian Misplaced Pages community to band together and write these articles on current federal electoral districts. Based on your comments, and the comments of others, I have put together a prototype layout at the above link. The prototype is not a final proposal. It is just a place to start from, where we can discuss and experiment. Please review it, comment but keep an open mind, and help form a concensus. --maclean25 01:05, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

HDI discussion concluded and next steps ... pitch in!

Hello again! I hope you're well. The discussion to determine the appearance of the HDI in the country/infobox template has been concluded, with an outline for moving forward. Please consider entering some metadata; we will more quickly realise the fruits of our labour if more users do so. In any event, thanks again for your participation! E Pluribus Anthony 06:42, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

Italian-Canadian

I noticed the new Demographics section you added. I think one of the entries is wrong - did you mean Metro Toronto, or Greater Toronto Area. The former is the city itself, whereas the latter includes Durham, York and Peel Region. I suspect you intended the latter, but if not, then you need to include Woodbridge, Ontario in the list, since it's home to more Italians than all but the first four cities in the list. I'm not sure how you split the numbers, so I'll leave it to you to make the appropriate change. Mindmatrix 19:21, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

It appears the correct answer is: the Toronto CMA, so the best fit would be Greater Toronto Area. I'll update it myself. Mindmatrix 19:29, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

I think there was a previous discussion about including statistical areas, but I don't remember the result (I vaguely recall that most people didn't want it). I haven't been able to find the discussion though... Let me think about it for a while. Mindmatrix 19:15, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

Mindmatrix scam adminship

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As fellow residents of this land, I feel it is my duty to employ my newly-granted priviliges to ensure that this politically unstable land may one day achieve a level of stability and functional governance that we all desire. To that end, please use the attached funds with the strictest confidence to accomplish this goal. (Yes, you're right, functional governance and Canadian politics is an oxymoron.) Thank you for your support. Mindmatrix 21:21, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

Chetwynd, British Columbia

Could you please review and copyedit the article on Chetwynd? Your copyedit on Dawson Creek was very productive and made the article easier to read. Thank you in advance for any contributions you make. --maclean25 02:03, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

Woodworking project

I ran across the woodworking project earlier today. Can I help? I used to build cabinets and furniture professionally for about 6 years and then turned that into a hobby when I got a real job. —  KaiserB 23:11, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

Rebate move request

Hi Luigi. Hope you had a nice Christmas. I just wanted to draw your attention to a move request I made at talk:Rebate. I moved Rebate to Rebate (marketing) awhile ago and made Rebate a disambiguation page but someone has since come along and reversed it all claiming that there is no other definition for rebate. Assuming that you agree, would you mind popping over and placing your vote? SilentC 00:22, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Deletion_review#List of interesting_or_unusual place_names

Hi. You might be interested in a/m undeletion. -- User:Docu


The page was relisted on Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/List of interesting or unusual place names (2nd nomination). -- User:Docu

Participant alert regarding Wikiproject on Advertising

The Wikiproject No Ads, created as a backlash against the Answers.com deal, has served an important function in providing a space for users to express their disagreement with the Foundation proposal. While the current controversies about userboxes raise questions about political and social advocacy on Misplaced Pages, there should be greater flexibility regarding advocacy about Misplaced Pages in the Misplaced Pages namespace. Reported and linked by Slashdot and other press sources as a unique and spontaneous occurence in Misplaced Pages history, it has apparently had some impact as, despite being scheduled to begin in January, not a peep has been heard about the trial and proposed sponsored link since the deal's controversial announcement months ago. Currently, however, there is an attempt to delete the project or move it off Misplaced Pages altogether. Since the Foundation has provided no additional information and has not attempted to answer the specific questions that participants in the project raised, it is unclear if the Answers.com deal has been abandoned or simply delayed. Until the situation becomes more clear, I believe the group should still have a place in the Misplaced Pages namespace. Sincerely, Tfine80 00:05, 10 February 2006 (UTC)


Power Tool Spammer

Thanks for the assist from the day shift! I thought he'd slip back in as soon as I dashed off to work - I'm glad you spotted him. Kuru 23:47, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

An invitation!

Hello, Luigizanasi! By browsing through your contributions, I've observed your interest in articles related to Indigenous peoples of North America, their Culture and/or History. I'm happy to announce you the creation of WikiProject Indigenous peoples of North America, an attempt to build a comprehensive guide to Native American and First Nations resources on Misplaced Pages and promoting development of related articles. If you would like to participate, you can visit the project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the discussion. I hope to see you there! Regards, Phædriel ♥ 16:05, Wednesday, December 25, 2024 (UTC)

Dall Sheep

Article states they are located in Alaska and the Yukon do you not consider these areas part of the Arctic ?? Cordially SirIsaacBrock 17:45, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

It depends on what you consider the Arctic, could be Arctic circle, Isotherm or Treeline see map bottom line is I added the word subarctic to the article, now people will know, which part of the state/territory/province the article refers. Cordially SirIsaacBrock 01:59, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

Help on Canada page

Hey Luigizanasi, I was wondering if you could help find references for the Canada page. There's a list of sections that needs references on the Talk:Canada page, and people are signing up to find references for each section. Thanks. -- Jeff3000 18:13, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

DoCB Initiative

What do you think will be happening with those pages under the copyright violation? will they reappear somewhere else in a new form. I have done a good number of articles in this area over the last while. Maybe one should "move on" if this is really a problem. A source of mine says that the pages violate nothing in Canadian law but, I guess, that is not the Big Picture. Any insights? Thanks! (Stormbay 19:28, 15 March 2006 (UTC))

Yukon

Hello, nice to talk to you again. Just wondering if you might be interested in an online political simulation of the Yukon? Yukon File:Ccflogo.PNG MS123

Re:Prospectors

Hi,

Apologies for the very slow reply; I've been swamped by vandals and sockpuppets this week, and have only just got back to my "real job" of writing articles.

I wasn't aware of Category:Gold prospectors when I created Category:Prospectors. I have no objection to merging the two. If the final title ends up being "Gold prospectors", then we would have to remove Lang Hancock, who was an iron ore prospector. But that's no big deal.

Snottygobble 01:22, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

Mergers...

Hey Luigizanasi, as relative newcomer to Misplaced Pages when do merger propositions. I'm referring to (as you probably know from your watchlist!) the Joe Juneau (prospector) merger...There's a clear consensus against it, can I go ahead and delete the merger template, should I wait longer, or am I simply not allowed to delete it (a task for an admin?). Sorry to bother, but I'd like to get rid of that darn header! Jarfingle 08:12, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

Country subdivisions

...IMO splitting the cats into a group of "Administatrive divisions of some countries" and "Political divisions of some other countries" is not useful.

could you maybe change your vote on Misplaced Pages:Categories_for_deletion/Log/2006_April_4#Category:Subdivisions_by_country_to_Category:Political_divisions_by_country

and let's discuss this on the project page

Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Subnational_entities/Naming#Umbrella_terms

first? It is really is mass rename, since it not only involves the cats and subcates but also lots of articles. Tobias Conradi (Talk) 07:10, 9 April 2006 (UTC)