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Frederick W. True

I've made some changes on this article you started, but because I have no knowledge in this area, I'd appreciate it if you could make sure the sources and facts I'm using are appropriate. Thanks i kan reed (talk) 20:16, 5 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Joseph Edgar

*sigh*

Face, meet palm. Sorry - I'm so unused to editing articles on Canadian political figures that I just slid into automatic mode. Consider me well and truly smacked with the wet Wiki-noodle. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 20:26, 8 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Whoops, too late, sorry. :-) --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 20:54, 8 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

A cheeseburger for you!

Thanks for starting the Thomas Aston Blakelock article. Awesome! Whpq (talk) 13:43, 10 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Harold James Kirby

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Joseph Hunter

Thanks for writing an article on Joseph Hunter, then linking it from several articles on Wells Gray Park where I have mentioned his surveying work. When writing a book on the park, I never researched Hunter's work or life outside his railway surveys through the future park. Your info is really interesting and I would like to include it in the next book edition, whenever that is.Roland Neave (talk) 05:01, 22 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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George Alexander Walkem

Hello Big iron, I'm posting this message on your talk page because I noticed that you've recently created the new article George Alexander Walkem--The layout of the article makes it very clear. It's nice to see you editing!Amy Z (talk) 19:09, 3 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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I agree with you - Halifax is a disambiguation mess. I've had to disambiguate links to Halifax, Nova Scotia before and had similar confusion. I would start a discussion at Wikipedia talk:Canadian Wikipedians' notice board (Wikipedia:WikiProject Nova Scotia doesn't appear to be especially active). Also, you could ask at WP:DPL, but you wouldn't have any guarantees of Canada-related expertise. --JaGa^talk 16:10, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Template:DictCanbio

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Yellow-breasted chat

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Dead link in article 'John Cawthra'

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Fixed. --Big_iron (talk) 10:57, 7 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Sources for James Lyons Biggar and relatives

I'm currently engaged in a discussion about some details of the early Biggars in Canada at User talk:Michael Biggar, related to an article draft on Robert Biggar. According to Michael, Robert Biggar was the father of Charles Biggar, born in Bath, New York, in 1797. Charles would presumably be James Lyons Biggar's father; you wrote in the article on James Lyons that his father's family came from the town of Biggar in Scotland, but you gave no reference. On the other hand, there is a History of Brant County which says on p. 186 that Robert Biggar's son James was born in Biggar, Scotland, in 1803 and came to Canada with his father in 1806. I cannot see how we can reconcile Charles Biggar's birth in New York with James Biggar's birth in Scotland, unless there are two different persons named Robert Biggar. Can you help us? Where did you get the information about James Lyons' ancestors from? Huon (talk) 17:20, 28 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your quick and thorough reply! I must have been pretty blind to miss that reference. Huon (talk) 22:01, 28 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

"The" Ukraine in 1944 MLA biographies

This is a small pet peeve of mine.|-( Please see Name of Ukraine#Syntax, _especially_ the reference notes.

Anyway, using "Ukrainian Canadian" when referring to their immigrant parent's generation is better, IMHO.:-)

Cheers – Jwkozak91 (talk) 06:30, 1 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Actually on second thought, using this -> [[Ukrainian Canadian#Settlement – First wave (1891–1914)|Ukrainian immigrants]] <- would be better. – Jwkozak91 (talk) 10:12, 1 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Isaac Campbell

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Tag removed - comments left on talk page for article. --Big_iron (talk) 12:21, 19 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Perez Benjamin for deletion

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User withdrew nomination. --Big_iron (talk) 22:11, 4 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Page Move

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Percy Klaehn

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Herbert S. Sears has been nominated for Did You Know

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Frederick E. Harrison has been nominated for Did You Know

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DYK for Percy Klaehn

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DYK for Frederick E. Harrison

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DYK for Herbert S. Sears

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Gatoclass (talk) 16:03, 29 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Saskatchewan

Plip!

Saskatchewan is a province, not a city. Saskatoon is a city. "City of Saskatchewan" is not real. Nikkimaria (talk) 03:19, 30 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Missing Canadian politicians

Many thanks for creating the articles. I myself wanted to create these articles and nominate them for DYK. If you are able to create articles larger than 1500 characters and avoid copyvios I will nominate it for DYK provided it has some interesting fact in it. As you can see above, I have nominated several of your recent creations. The Russell Wilson article was to be featured on the Main Page today but it was pulled from the prep area because of copyvio concerns. Please avoid close paraphrasing and there won't be any problem in getting the articles to the Main Page.--Skr15081997 (talk) 14:10, 30 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for John L. Beckwith

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Nomination of Robert Conroy (mayor) for deletion

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DYK for Ruth Budd

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Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 19:08, 11 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for William Kuinka

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DYK for Dirk Keetbaas

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Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 19:09, 11 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Ian Rusted

Hello Big iron,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Ian Rusted for deletion, because the article doesn't clearly say why the subject is important enough to be included in an encyclopedia.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Shiprabaxi1112 (talk) 12:49, 18 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion was speedily removed by an admin. --Big_iron (talk) 13:23, 18 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright verification on IIFL Private Wealth

The content has no copyright infringement. India Infoline is the parent group of IIFL Private Wealth. The content provided for the article is by the group itself. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shiprabaxi1112 (talk • contribs) 05:00, 21 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

That is not the problem. The problem is that neither of those groups have given Wikipedia permission to use that material. --Big_iron (talk) 11:12, 21 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Nathan Lloyd Smith

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Nomination of Nathan Lloyd Smith for deletion

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DYK for Russell Wilson (politician)

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—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 16:27, 1 September 2014 (UTC) 12:04, 3 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

DYK nomination of Robert Pow

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DYK for Robert Pow

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Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:49, 20 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Red Maple Leaf Award

This award is being given to you in recognition of your hard work in Canada related articles.--Skr15081997 (talk) 15:59, 23 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Prix Victor-Rossel

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Left note on article talk page. --Big_iron (talk) 13:40, 19 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

15th General Assembly of Newfoundland

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Mary Wollstonecraft Award

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		The Mary Wollstonecraft Award is awarded to contributors who have helped improve the coverage of women writers and their work on Wikipedia through content contributions, outreach, community changes and related actions. In particular, thank you for your efforts with the WikiProject Women writers start-up; your ideas and contributions are much appreciated. --Rosiestep (talk) 23:30, 29 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Marsh shrew has been nominated for Did You Know

Hello, Big iron. Marsh shrew, an article you either created or significantly contributed to, has been nominated for Did you know consideration to appear on Wikipedia's Main Page. You can see the hook and the discussion here. You are welcome to participate! Thank you. APersonBot (talk!) 03:12, 22 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Marsh shrew

On 30 December 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Marsh shrew, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the marsh shrew can run along the surface of the water for up to five seconds? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Marsh shrew. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

— Crisco 1492 (talk) 12:02, 30 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion

Bess Gall (talk) 13:56, 28 January 2015 (UTC)Hello Big Iron,[reply]

You have created a page here https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sandrine_Bessora_Nan_Nguema&redirect=no and redirect it to https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bessora&redirect=no.

The page you created has a title that is not a commonly used name in support of recognizability (WP:COMMONNAME). Among other reasons, it is also not linked with the notoriety of the subject. Could you therefore suppress this page, please

Regards

Replied on users's talk page. --Big_iron (talk) 15:35, 28 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your answer.

Still, the article may not reasonably be searched for or linked to under two or more names : the name you produce is not widely sourced.

By creating this page, you may induce creations of sources(post).

And according to Wikipedia's policies, "full names and dates of birth are included when widely published by reliable sources, or by sources linked to the subject such that it may reasonably be inferred that the subject does not object". In this case, there are no widely published sources about a full name. Furthermore, the author, that publish exclusively under pseudonym, objects to the publication of any full name : it is not of public concern, nor related to its notability.

//So please remove this page as it could be an intrusion of privacy. Regards.Bess Gall (talk) 13:50, 29 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Big Iron

These "hundreds of results" of the google search very rarely concern a writer. It is not because you find a full name that it means that it is related to the topic.

We have too little serious and reliable sources that meet our criteria on the quality of the sources, which would show that this writer legal name would be the first and last name listed as the title of the page you created and in the article itself : no legal or full name related to this writer has been widely published by reliable sources.

Moreover, this writer is also sometimes referred as “Rosie Parks” and “Sandrine Bessora”. You find this contradiction in the source you produced in the article: "In their novels “Garçon Manqué” (2000) and “53cm” 1999, Nina Bouraoui and Sandrine Bessora, respectively…".(p.99)

Furthermore, this source is not "Directly related to the topic".

Add to this that it is the only source in google books referring to Bessora as having the full name you mentioned.

This may be insufficient, regarding Wikipedia rules.

These are other reasons, added to presumption in favor of privacy, to remove the page, the redirect and the mention of this name. Regards. Dabbeydabbey (talk) 09:09, 30 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hello again, Big Iron.

Thank you for the message in my talk page about "one editor, one account". By the way, even if we share the same point of view, we :are two people (so two accounts).Still, if it violates the rules, I'm sorry, it wasn't the intention. Regards.Dabbeydabbey (talk) 11:47, 1 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Replied on user's talk page. --Big_iron (talk) 21:25, 1 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Saw your message,thanks, I'm glad we're ok then. Concerning the redirect, I will suggest a deletion on the appropriate page. This is in no way a personal attack : I have no doubt that you have created this redirect with the best intentions. But I hope you understand there are reasons behind this opposition. Regards. Dabbeydabbey (talk) 10:15, 3 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Sandrine Bessora Nan Nguema listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Sandrine Bessora Nan Nguema. Since you had some involvement with the Sandrine Bessora Nan Nguema redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. Dabbeydabbey (talk) 10:57, 3 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Where did you find data for early Manitoba elections?

Hi there, I am trying to identify the source for the district level data for early Manitoba elections. The Elections Manitoba website includes PDFs of early results, but it only records the names of the winning candidates. How did you find the full set of data? If you could contact me or leave a note here, that would be great. If you can help me out, please email me at CED at ucalgary.ca. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.146.212.207 (talk) 21:04, 6 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

One source of election data is the Canadian Parliamentary Guide - a few very older versions are online foe example here but many libraries will have a set of these in paper format. If you have online access to newspaper archives for one of the Winnipeg daily newspapers, you should also be able to find election results there. --Big_iron (talk) 05:19, 7 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Nomination of Julia Gjika for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Julia Gjika is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Julia Gjika until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Boleyn (talk) 10:31, 23 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Been working on saving her for a couple of days. Think I have fleshed her out sufficiently. Could use a keep vote if you believe in the article. SusunW (talk) 06:23, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Article Creation?

I came back from my multi-month Wikipedia break to find that someone put a huge dent in my Articles To-Create list at User:Dkriegls/Biography to-do list. I was excited to learn that someone was you! Thanks for all the hard work. I've been slowly whittling that list of female writers down over that past few years, but you did about as much work as all my other work combined (if not more). I'm curious, were you working off names from my list, or is it just a coincidence? --Dkriegls (talk to me!) 04:30, 25 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I have been picking up names from Wikipedia:WikiProject Women writers/Missing articles which probably overlaps your list.--Big_iron (talk) 12:03, 25 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Awesome! I had posted a link to that user group last year and it looks like User:Dr. Blofeld took that list and imported it further. Interesting to track down the path projects take. --Dkriegls (talk to me!) 23:03, 25 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar for you!

		The Articles for Creation barnstar
		For all your efforts in creating articles about notable and contemporary Women writers! Dkriegls (talk to me!)

Sugako Hashida

DYK nomination of Hashida Sugako

Hello! Your submission of Hashida Sugako at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! SusunW (talk) 00:53, 31 March 2015 (UTC) I haven't gotten a response on the page, so am tagging you here.[reply]

Women's History Month 2015

Hi Big iron. I would just like to say how much I have appreciated your tremendous contribution to Women's History Month with over 60 new biographies of writers from around the world, not to mention all the redirects and additions to existing articles. I've been through most of your new articles and found them all well presented and interesting to read. Maybe you'll be around next year when we'll probably be concentrating on artists.--Ipigott (talk) 10:52, 2 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Sugako Hashida

On 4 April 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Sugako Hashida, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that scriptwriter Sugako Hashida wrote the original script for Oshin, the first asadora to be both produced and written by women in Japan? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

— Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:01, 4 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Julia Gjika

On 4 April 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Julia Gjika, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Julia Gjika and the award-winning Iliriana Sulkuqi wrote poems in Albanian as members of the group "military poets"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Julia Gjika. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

— Crisco 1492 (talk) 12:01, 4 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Zhao Luanluan

Hi Big iron, thanks for creating all those articles of women writers and poets. I've expanded one of your recent creations, Zhao Luanluan, and nominated it for DYK. See Template:Did you know nominations/Zhao Luanluan. Cheers! -Zanhe (talk) 06:44, 5 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

DYK nomination of Edward Sinnott

Hello! Your submission of Edward Sinnott at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Mchuedem (talk) 17:31, 8 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Chen Xuezhao

On 9 April 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Chen Xuezhao, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Chinese writer Chen Xuezhao attended the 1942 Yan'an Forum on Literature and Art with Mao Zedong? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Chen Xuezhao. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 00:02, 9 April 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Zhao Luanluan

On 11 April 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Zhao Luanluan, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the poetess Zhao Luanluan was assumed to be a courtesan because she wrote erotic poems? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Zhao Luanluan. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Harrias ^talk 00:02, 11 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Thanks for your work on the Newfoundland politicians. I started some work earlier this month and will probably get to a few more as well in the future. Connormah (talk) 04:37, 18 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Edward Sinnott

On 19 April 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Edward Sinnott, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Edward Sinnott and his crew, known as "The Seven Placentia Giants", carried their boat 145 km (90 mi) overland to compete in and win the Royal St. John's Regatta? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Edward Sinnott. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 06:51, 19 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Isaac Randell

On 22 April 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Isaac Randell, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Captain Isaac Randell and his crew rescued 35 men from the North Atlantic ice where they had spent two nights exposed to freezing rain and blowing snow without shelter or food? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Isaac Randell. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

— Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:46, 22 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Precious

blue-winged teal and women writers
Thank you, wanderer in Canada's National parks, for quality articles such as blue-winged teal, for politicians and "lighting a candle" for women writers such as Sugako Hashida, Julia Gjika, Chen Xuezhao and Zhao Luanluan, for redirects and your mantra "add source & expand", - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:53, 26 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Marlène Belley

FYI - you have her debut work as being published in 1955, but her year of birth as 1963. I can't reach the source on Google Books to correct it, so I just wanted to let you know. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 17:57, 27 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It's an error in the source (I even looked at a copy of the real book) but I was asleep I guess. I will find another source for the publication date. Thanks for pointing that out. --Big_iron (talk) 20:52, 27 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The real publication year is 1995 which makes a lot more sense. --Big_iron (talk) 21:03, 27 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I had a feeling that was the case, but without anything to back me up I didn't want to change it. Happy to be of help.

Keep up the good work, and happy editing! --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 14:34, 28 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Prix Émile-Nelligan

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CorenSearchBot stinks again; left message on bot and article page. --Big_iron (talk) 11:45, 28 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Geneviève Billette

Hello Big iron,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Geneviève Billette for deletion, because the article doesn't clearly say why the subject is important enough to be included in an encyclopedia.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. PureRED (talk) 13:07, 15 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for updating us! Your article has been restored. --PureRED (talk) 14:26, 15 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Ottawa wiki-events

Would you be interested in helping with a Wikipedia:Meetup/ArtAndFeminism event in the Ottawa area? There is a group that is already organizing, but they have asked for assistance from some more experienced local editors.--Pharos (talk) 17:37, 22 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Great to hear you are interested for the local effort! Availability in the summer shouldn't be a problem, as they are actually planning the main Ottawa event for March 2016, with probably a smaller getting-started event in the autumn of this year. I'm actually a few hundred miles away in NYC, but if you like I can put you in touch with them on our discussion thread by email (as they don't have much previous Wikipedia experience).--Pharos (talk) 22:09, 25 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

David Murdock MacPherson entry

	Help with an entry
	Thank you for doing the initial entry on D M MacPherson in 2007, however the spelling of his name as "McPherson" is causing difficulties. Can we induce you to make the change? David G Anderson (user:OntarioBoy) OntarioBoy 16:13, 23 July 2015 (UTC)

Newfoundland and Labrador articles

Thank you! You have been contributing tirelessly towards the completion of Newfoundland Labrador's general assemblies and articles on its members. You have to be commended for your excellent work on these articles. HJKeats (talk) 11:32, 31 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You're invited! Women in Red World Virtual Edit-a-thon on Women in Leadership

You are invited! → World Virtual Edit-a-thon on Women in Leadership ← Come and join us remotely!

World Virtual Edit-a-thon on Women in Leadership
Dates: 7 to 20 September 2015

The Virtual Edit-a-thon, hosted by Women in Red, will allow all those keen to improve Wikipedia's coverage of Women in Leadership to participate. As it is a two-week event, inexperienced participants will be able to draw on the assistance of more experienced editors while creating, translating or improving articles on women who are (or have been) prominent in leadership. All levels of Wikipedia editing experience are welcome. RSVP and find more details →here← --Ipigott (talk) 10:09, 30 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Featuring your work on Wikipedia's front page: DYKs

Thank you for your recent articles, including Julia Hartwig, which I read with interest. When you create an extensive and well referenced article, you may want to have it featured on Wikipedia's main page in the Did You Know section. Articles included there will be read by thousands of our viewers. To do so, add your article to the list at T:TDYK. Let me know if you need help, _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 06:53, 13 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]