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Clockwork Soul 04:44, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Hi, I noticed you edited a few of the articles related to the Oak Ridges Moraine. If you're interested, I have a (non-exhaustive) list of resources that can be used to expand this set of articles (see this page). I could certainly use the help - it's a vast topic! I would especially welcome suggestions about how to improve or extend these articles.

Feel free to leave a message on my talk page, or just reply here (I'll keep an eye on this page). Mindmatrix 01:56, 25 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Quick tip

BTW: to use plural forms for a link, you can simply add s, es etc. outside of the link, like so: [[pig]]s, which will look like this pigs. That is, there's no need to do it like so: [[pig|pigs]]. It won't work if you need to include an apostrophe, though. Mindmatrix 02:05, 25 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

speedy

Steve oakey, Matt Becker and Allen Siby are all prime candidates for speedy deletion. Don't waste time with AfD, just mark the articles {{nn-bio}} and they will magically disappear. -- RHaworth 06:46, 13 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Lists

I noticed you tagged a bunch of lists for speedy deletion as the reason of non-notable listcruft. But non-notable listcruft is not a speedy criteria and better of to take it to AFD instead. Thanks --Jaranda ^{wat's sup} 07:02, 14 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wikimedia Canada

Hi there! I'd like to invite you to explore Wikimedia Canada, and create a list of people interested in forming a local chapter for our nation. A local chapter will help promote and improve the organization, within our great nation. We'd also like to encourage everyone to suggest projects for our national chapter to participate in. Hope to see you there!--DarkEvil 17:11, 20 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Toronto Port Authority

re: Political Patronage - This article was political mudslinging and has no basis in fact. Please provide verification as stipulated in Wikipedia rulesbefore publishing.

regarding this article: Please refrain from undoing other people's edits repeatedly. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia under the three-revert rule, which states that nobody may revert an article to a previous version more than three times in 24 hours. (Note: this also means editing the page to reinsert an old edit. If the effect of your actions is to revert back, it qualifies as a revert.) Thank you.. --jpgordon ∇∆∇∆ 05:52, 7 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Scarborough Nicknames

While I don't really want to expand on this section, there are in fact some web references to Scompton:

There is also a wikipedia page called Canadian slang which references Scompton as well as a couple of other nicknames not mentioned in the Scarborough article. I used Clusty search engine to find these references. Up to you whether you want to put this reference back. I don't care one way or the other.

Regards, Atrian 16:10, 15 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You're absolutely correct. Serves me right for editing before my first cup of coffee in the morning. I found nothing relevant for Scompton, but when I redid the search later, I did get results thru a search for Scompton AND Scarborough. I ought not to have deleted the entry based on a Google search turning up nothing.
Personally, I generally don't see any value in having a section for nicknames for the municipality. But there is obviously precedent for having it (e.g. Toronto). The problem I have with these sections is that they end up including obvious entries (like "Hogtown" for Toronto), but then also up end up including nicknames that may be used in some circles but don't have particularly wide usage. The particular problem here in the Scarborough article is that so many of the nicknames have such a negative connotation -- perhaps that's just a reflection of public perception, but I do believe that it does, to a degree, give the reader the wrong impression of the place. Frankly, I am just waiting for someone to add "Scandahar" to the list.
I'm not from Scarborough, so I will leave the list in the hands of folks who have a better sense of whether its inclusion is justified. Given your edits to the article, you are probably better placed to make that call than I.
Cheers, Skeezix1000 20:56, 15 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I changed the paragraph around to limit people adding to it ad nauseum. On a related topic what's the story on the person who keeps vandalizing the news section at IP address 199.212.26.244. I saw your block warning on his talk page but he is still doing it. Atrian 00:53, 16 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

- Good edit. As for our friend the vandal, I reported him yesterday and he appears to have been blocked for 48 hours. If he returns, presumably the next block would be permanent. Skeezix1000 15:12, 16 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

templates substituted by a bot as per Wikipedia:Template substitution Pegasusbot 21:38, 25 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Donald Dean Summerville

Hi Atrian,

The year of birth is from the new City of Toronto Archives site. You will need to use Internet Explorer to get to the information and the URL is not linkable.

--YUL89YYZ 18:02, 5 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

GA collab

Toronto has been nominated at Wikipedia:Good Article Collaboration of the week!!!

Thanks

Hi Atrian. Thanks for your copyedits to Fred Beavis and Rob Ford. I always enjoy coming across quality-minded Wikipedians. --Cyberboomer 00:13, 4 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the speedy improvement!

On the Garlic Mustard article, that is. (Adding:) do you know more info about michorrizal disturbance? Introduced earthworms are apparently also a problem in my neck of the woods. SB Johnny 17:11, 15 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Manual of style

Hi,

If you copy User:Bobblewik/monobook.js to User:Atrian/monobook.js, you will get a 'dates' tab in edit mode. You might find it useful for the things that you do with dates. Keep up the good work. bobblewik 11:11, 21 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, so I created the page but I don't see the 'dates' tab in edit mode. I must be missing something. Any suggestions? --Atrian 16:31, 21 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You need to make it point at my subpages because you don't have any. Replace:

User:Atrian/monobook.js/dates.js

with

User:Bobblewik/monobook.js/dates.js

and

User:Atrian/monobook.js/unitformatter.js

with

User:Bobblewik/monobook.js/unitformatter.js

Alternatively, create your own subpages by copying mine. Regards bobblewik 16:57, 28 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Copyvio

Thanks for bringing this to my attention — the process in this case is to replace the existing article text with {{copyvio|url=nhic.mnr.gov.on.ca/areas/areas_report.cfm?areaid=10293}} (you don't need to include the http: part, as the template automatically assumes it.) The template will then provide a boilerplate text that you copy and paste onto Wikipedia:Copyright problems. In a different situation, you'd paste the appropriate url after url=, of course. And then, finally, you add {{subst:cv}} to the user's talk page. I've already done all that, so you don't need to worry about it, but hopefully that helps you understand the process. Bearcat 01:16, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Doosh

Your're not the administrator. Why would i discuss ANYTHING with you. PLEASE See the to-do list on the talk page of the article. Hubert Derus 22:07, 2 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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