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Userbox

Haha, love your userbox, third from the bottom :)

Rosscoolguy^CVU 01:22, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Papal conclave, 2013

On 3 March 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Papal conclave, 2013, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that any Roman Catholic baptised male is eligible for election as pope in March 2013? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Papal conclave, 2013. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:03, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

Governors pages

Hi, I inadvertently noticed that you have some United States governors by age pages in your sandbox. Any chance of making these into articles? A very similar article already exists with List of Governors of California by age. I'm guessing you might have previously run into sourcing challenges or something. In any case, it looks like good work and hope it can be added in some form. RoadView (talk) 03:17, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

Actually, I never ran into sourcing challenges; they were just pages of information that I compiled. If you think they would be suitable in article-space, feel free to move them if you want. Canuck^{89 (chat with me)} 03:36, March 24, 2013 (UTC)

Ack many apologies

Hello C. All I can say is Facepalm over this edit [1]. I look at your edit and thought that it had been made in the infobox. My mistake and many apologies. BTW every visit that i have made to your province has been wonderful. You are lucky to get to live there. Cheers. MarnetteD | Talk 23:53, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

No problem. Canuck^{89 (talk to me)} 00:03, April 17, 2013 (UTC)

Thanks

... for also helping move the date formats at the bombing article to mdy ... never-ending ... --Epeefleche (talk) 07:22, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

Damn those Brits! I'm still waiting for Canada to become a republic ... Sigh Canuck^{89 (have words with me)} 07:24, April 17, 2013 (UTC)

Errant BLP prod

I meant that for a purported suspect, and was frantically trying to see that page nuked when I accidentally tagged the bombing one. Whoops! Kevin Rutherford (talk) 07:47, 19 April 2013 (UTC)

Nomination of 2013 Mother's Day Parade shooting for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article 2013 Mother's Day Parade shooting 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/2013 Mother's Day Parade shooting 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. Thryduulf (talk) 13:36, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

Math

Thank you for doing the math on List of current United States Senators by age. I'm an English language guy, not a Math guy. :-) — Bill W. (Talk) (Contrib) — 23:37, 3 June 2013 (UTC)

Draft pick numbers

Just curious what source you are using to determine that my order is wrong? Just would like some clarification because the source I used to determine it is here. If I'm wrong I'd like to be able to fix it. Thanks -B2Project^(Talk) 01:21, 16 June 2013 (UTC)

That source seems to be basing their draft pick numbers purely on regular season results, which is correct for teams that did not make the playoffs. However, for teams that make the playoffs, the order is as follows:

Stanley Cup winner:30th pick
Stanley Cup runner up: 29th pick
Conference Finals losers: 28th and 27th picks, with the 28th pick going to the team with the better regular season record
Remaining division winners are then sorted by points, where division winners with worse records receive better picks
All other remaining playoff qualifiers, where teams with worse records receive better picks

So, when they have the Penguins picking 29th, they seem to have based that on the league's overall regular season standings. However, the 29th pick actually goes to the Stanley Cup runner up (which will be Boston or Chicago), which leaves Pittsburgh picking at 28, since they had a better regular season record than the West Conference Final loser Los Angeles (who will pick 27th). User:Deadman137 has been working through all the draft picks at 2013 NHL Entry Draft if you want to take a look. Canuck^{89 (converse with me)} 01:35, June 16, 2013 (UTC)

2013 Stanley Cup engraving

I noticed a note was added due to the possibility of the Blackhawks petitioning to have the names of Jamal Mayers and Daniel Carcillo on the Stanley Cup. Should Ryan Stanton and Henrik Karlsson be added to this list in case the team may also petition to have their names engraved? 108.0.244.168 (talk) 08:10, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

If you feel like it. The Blackhawks can petition the league to have them engrave any player's name on the Cup, even if they only played 1 regular season or playoff game. The only rule is that player must still be under contract with the Stanley Cup winning team at the time of victory. Ultimately, it's up to the league to decide if these non-qualified players will get their name on the Cup. Canuck^{89 (talk to me)} 08:15, June 26, 2013 (UTC)

Yes, Karlsson and Stanton were still under contract. Look at the NHL.com roster. Stanton played in 1 regular season game. Karlsson did not play in any games, but he spent much of the season on the Blackhawks roster as their third string goalie. I wouldn't have asked this if they were not still under contract. 108.0.244.168 (talk) 08:29, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

Reasons for engraving a non-qualifying player's name

I am trying to understand the reasons a team would petition to have names of non-qualifying players engraved and their decisions. I noticed some puzzling decisions teams have made. I noticed the Lightning submitted Darren Rumble's name but did not with Shane Willis. Rumble played in 5 games and Willis played in 12. I noticed George Parros had his name engraved because the Ducks successfully petitioned. The Ducks also unsuccessfully petitioned for Mark Hartigan and Aaron Rome, but didn't even submit Tim Brent's name. Brent played in 15 games, but Hartigan played in only 7, and Rome played in only 2. What are the teams' reasons for this? 108.0.244.168 (talk) 18:27, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

I don't think there is any clear-cut reason. A team is free to submit any number of names to the league, and is free to exclude any player as the team sees fit. Canuck^{89 (what's up?)} 01:12, June 27, 2013 (UTC)

I know teams can submit the name of any player on the team, but some decisions just seem strange to me when a team doesn't submit the name of someone who plays in more games than a player who doesn't play in as many games has his name submitted. The NHL is more likely to say yes to engraving a player's name if a player plays in more games, gets injured, or doesn't spent any time in the minors the season their team wins the Stanley Cup. 108.0.244.168 (talk) 04:45, 27 June 2013 (UTC)

Tammy Duckworth's date of birth on article

Since you commented on the matter in January, just letting you know that I initiated an RfC regarding Tammy Duckworth's DOB: Talk:Tammy_Duckworth#RfC_on_providing_full_date_of_birth. Edge3 (talk) 03:55, 24 July 2013 (UTC)

Date format changes - List of most career 300-yard passing games in the NFL page

Hi. Looks like the date format used was not the correct style. The dates were listed that way when I used the Provelt device to insert references. Maybe you should point this out to the powers that be so it can be addressed. I have been using the Provelt to list references ever since it came out a couple months ago. The date has always been dd/mm/yyyy since Provelt became available. If you haven't tried it, give Proveldt a shot. You will notice the date accessed comes up automatically. I simply used the same format if I added a publication date. Thanks Spparky (talk) 06:15, 22 November 2013 (UTC)

I have never heard of Provelt, but I would advise its creators of WP:STRONGNAT (I will sometimes patrol US-related pages and make the appropriate date changes, since dmy is not the commonly used date format in the United States). FYI, there is a script that you can use to fix the date formats. Canuck^{89 (have words with me)} 07:36, November 22, 2013 (UTC)

Look at this page - User:ProveIt GT for info. It is a free download you find at your User Preferences > Gadgets > under the Editing section, then click the Provelt tool. Thanks for your tips on date formatting. Spparky (talk) 22:51, 22 November 2013 (UTC)

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