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Good luck. FellowWikipedian 23:09, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
Hi Clay70, I have noticed you putting a lot of work into the Flin Flon article, mainly the sports category. I have changed the title from Sports Legends back to Sports to keep with the formatting standard as shown in Wikiproject Cities, a project that this article falls under. I have also removed the sections regarding former players for the Flin Flon Bombers not actually from the city of Flin Flon as the subsection is intended to deal with sports as a whole in Flin Flon, not just their SJHL hockey team (although there is little else in there at this time). The former players for the Bombers should be incorporated into the team's article, not the city's article. Thanks --Kelapstick 18:24, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
Cites in Evangelical Scandals
[edit]Thansk for adding those two sources so promptly, and I would agree that the top one is adequately covered elsewhere. Artw 19:35, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
Hawkeye
[edit]Hello... sorry to have to tell you this, but the web site you have used as a reference for the Hawkeye shoot doesn't support the "first in Toronto" assertion. (It does support the fact the series was shot there, however.) Please feel free to ask if you have any questions. Thanks for the contributions, by the way. --Ckatzchatspy 21:34, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
- Ok. It is true though and I talked with Sigmeund Neufeld who is now in his 80s and lives in Las Vegas. He and his dad were producers of the show and it was known to them that indeed Hawkeye was the first. I cant prove it though and cant find citations on the web. but if u read the 3rd artcile in my citation link u will get as close to proof as possibly expected. oh well.
- Unfortunately, without a proper reference we can't make such a statement. However, there probably is something available... I'll take a look when I get a chance. Thanks again. --Ckatzchatspy 22:14, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
I understand Ckatz..It may be hard to find something else, but its worth a shot. Take care, Clay
Alice in wonderland
[edit]Hello. You made a really long edit right after a comment line that says 'don't expand this section, put it in the "Works influenced..." article.' Please take notes of comments like this when making edits. Thanks. Quaeler (talk) 06:12, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
- Additionally, the amount of information you added on the Works influenced page (?? in addition to the Alice page ??) far surpasses everything else in this article; the article is meant for simple brief enumeration of works influenced, not in depth discussions. Please consider making an article for the song itself, should you have such voluminous additions - and then link that article into the works-influenced item. Quaeler (talk) 06:15, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
- Ok I have toned it down to 2 sentences..and add the song link as well..Hope its ok now
- Thanks much. Actually you linked to the page for the Alice character -- i don't know if there is actually an article for the song, but if there isn't then you should definitely create one since you have a lot to contribute to it. Quaeler (talk) 17:54, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
- Oops yes I will fix the link so it takes you to the song not the character. Ciao
Image without license
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Rock music WikiProject
[edit]I'd like to invite you to join the newly-formed Rock music WikiProject. There's alot of Rock-related articles on Wikipedia that could use a little attention, and I hope this project can help organize an effort to improve them. So please, take a look and if you like what you see, help us get this project off the ground and a few Rock music pages into the front ranks of Wikipedia articles. Thanks! --Be Black Hole Sun (talk) 19:20, 4 August 2008 (UTC)i will check as i am a RnR buff
New TCM
[edit]Allen Danziger is the correct spelling of one of the actors (not Danzinger) in the movie and he was born 1942. I just emailed his company to get the proper info as it had been stated that he was born in 1957, which is way off and impossible since he was 30 when he made the film.
Speedy deletion nomination of Millbridge, Ontario
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Speedy deletion nomination of Vroomanton
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Speedy deletion nomination of Vroomanton
[edit]A tag has been placed on Vroomanton requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is an article with no content whatsoever, or whose contents consist only of external links, "See also" section, book reference, category tag, template tag, interwiki link, rephrasing of the title, or an attempt to contact the subject of the article. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.
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Proposed deletion of Vroomanton
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Articles for deletion nomination of Vroomanton
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Ghost towns
[edit]If you want to create articles about ghost towns in Ontario, you need to note a couple of things:
- One line describing the place's location isn't sufficient; the article needs to provide a reasonable amount of detail about the ghost town beyond just where it is — if an article is just a one-line stub, then it only gets a redirect to the municipality that it's located in. For an example of how to write an article about a ghost town that has been left to stand on its own, look at Burchell Lake, Ontario — notice that it actually talks about the community itself.
- The article needs to be referenced to reliable sources. We don't allow unreferenced articles about unincorporated communities in Ontario — places aren't entitled to unreferenced articles on Wikipedia, and can be redirected to larger municipalities if references aren't present.
- The article needs to be at the title "Place, Ontario", not just "Place". If you want to recreate an article about a place that's been redirected — keeping in mind the requirement to provide real referenced detail about the place — you need to edit the original title (e.g. Vroomanton, Ontario) to replace the redirect with a better-sourced version of the article. Simply recreating the same unreferenced one-line stub at "Vroomanton" or "Vroomanton (ghost town)" instead is not okay, because that title isn't consistent with the naming rules for places in Canada, and if it doesn't get improved, it can and will get redirected for the exact same reason it got redirected the first time.
- Please don't leave articles uncategorized, either — Category:Ghost towns in Ontario needs to be at the bottom.
Hope that helps a bit. Bearcat (talk) 00:44, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
Adding historical details to community articles
[edit]Hello Clay70, although it's much appreciated that you take an interest in adding historical details to the articles of smaller communities here in southern Ontario; please keep in mind that making these additions without simultaneously adding a supporting reliable reference, is not in keeping with the encyclopedia's policy regarding "verifiability". Please see WP:VERIFY. cheers Deconstructhis (talk) 21:10, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
Please do not add or change content without citing verifiable and reliable sources, as you did to Nicolet, Quebec. Before making any potentially controversial edits, it is recommended that you discuss them first on the article's talk page. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. Deconstructhis (talk) 23:40, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
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