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Infobox curling

Hey Earl! I noticed you made a change in the {{infobox curling}} template, but it caused a error, so I reverted it. Is there something specific that you were trying to get the template to do?

Also, the GA nomination for Sandra Schmirler is on hold, and one of the queries that the reviewer had is that the article is categorized under "Canadian people of German descent" and "Canadian people of Norwegian descent," but it's not sourced or anything. Do you know where that could be found? Thanks! Prayerfortheworld (talk) 22:10, 1 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, one more thing. Do you know how to resolve the first comment on the GA review? I'm not familiar with the context of the nickname, and I don't know how to address its notability... Thanks! Prayerfortheworld (talk) 22:14, 1 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, there was an issue on the 2005 Pacific Curling Championships page that I created. The "third" position shows up in the infobox, but it shouldn't. Also, would happen to be able to make a playoff bracket with a best of 3 semi final (the one I used was a best of 5).

As for Schmirler, I have no proof of her ancestry. I think someone came along and added it based on her surname. I assume she would be part German, but since Peterson is her married name, she probably isn't Norwegian. Also, I don't know what to say about her nickname. Why not mention the rhyme? -- Earl Andrew - talk 01:27, 2 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I fixed the "third" parameter on that page. You just have to keep the parameter, but put "none" (as in Third = none). This works for the Curling club parameter as well. There's a PACC best of 3 template that I created for this year's competitions here: {{4TeamBracket-PACC3}}. Hope that helps!

For Schmirler, should I just remove those categories? And the reviewer wasn't sure it was notable. I guess I can try to incorporate that somewhere in the text and cut some of the info on the nickname in the lead? Prayerfortheworld (talk) 02:05, 2 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds good to me, thanks. -- Earl Andrew - talk 02:08, 2 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Jamie Sinclair

Hi! I am worried about the Jamie Sinclair article. I just had to mark the two inline citations as {{Dead Link}}. This leaves the article very light on verifiable content. I am aquainted with Jamie and would hate to see her article get axed by the Wikinazis. Let's see if we can locate some better information on her. I will watch this page, so go ahead and replay here. Eric Cable | Talk 13:32, 10 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I am somewhat acquainted with her too, I've played against her a few years ago. She certainly meets WP:CURLING because she is on the WCT (albeit has played in just one event) and has played in the Canadian Juniors. I see that she has qualified for another Junior provincial, so we may see her again at the 2013 Canadian Juniors. -- Earl Andrew - talk 17:40, 10 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Results of regular season games of NFL, MLB, NBA, IPL or domestic soccer competitions are not be included. Why is NHL given special treatment? Please, please read Portal talk:Current events/Sports/Archive 2 and don't post NHL scores. --61.245.25.17 (talk) 04:57, 23 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Due to the page's lack of activity these days, I think we should re-visit the issue. I vote that we re-instate adding scores from any major professional sports league. -- Earl Andrew - talk 05:02, 23 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You must follow a precedent until it changes. --61.245.25.17 (talk) 05:07, 23 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I'm proposing we change it. -- Earl Andrew - talk 05:07, 23 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Don't post NHL scores until your proposal is approved, I say. --61.245.25.17 (talk) 05:13, 23 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Alright. Sorry for the last revert. I've been under the assumption that because you're an anon you may have been making trouble; But, obviously you know what you're doing. I'm still a little suspicious though, do you have an actual account? -- Earl Andrew - talk 05:21, 23 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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HEY

Thank you for the clarification, I will be sure to have a look at that. I just saw that the World Curling Championship Web site http://wwcc2013.curlingevents.com/teams does have her listed now, along with the rest of the team, if you would like to go ahead an add it back in, I'll let you have the honor. Thx again.

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2013 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Trials

Hey Earl! I noticed your edit on the infobox. That's the way winners of the world mixed doubles championships have been listed in the past, so I was just following that convention. It's acceptable if you consider that the "lead" plays the first (and last) stone and the "second" plays the "second stones." I'm not sure if you had another idea as to listing the winners in an infobox, but I thought that was a reasonable way. Prayerfortheworld (talk) 01:34, 18 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

True. Should we introduce new parameters to the infobox to account for that then? We need something like that when we document the worlds. Prayerfortheworld (talk) 01:42, 18 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds good to me, I'll take care of that. Prayerfortheworld (talk) 05:29, 18 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Somewhat related question: should the Canadian/World Mixed Doubles medals be in the medal tables for curlers? I don't think we established anything for that in the article guidelines. Prayerfortheworld (talk) 07:53, 18 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The things you learn while editing...

Hi Earl, it wasn't until your recent additions at Demographics of Ottawa that I finally clued in to what is obvious to many in Ontario – that the City of Ottawa's 2001 amalgamated boundaries are coincident with its census division (former regional municipality) boundaries, which is why/how the history growth of the city in its current boundaries can extend back to atleast 1981. It is unfortunate that the city's reference doesn't state that pre-amalgamation populations are based on the census division/former RM boundaries, leaving us to assume the 1901-1991 populations are based on the 2001-onward boundaries. I was able to validate the 1981-1991 numbers from StatCan. The next time I go to the library for a census research binge, I'll test the assumption for the 1901-1971 censuses and replace the city reference with StatCan corresponding references, just as I did for the population history of the city based on its former boundaries. Hwy43 (talk) 03:03, 19 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

And there I've learned yet another thing. Thanks for that. I'll eventually incorporate notes into the table explaining both of these things. Hwy43 (talk) 03:43, 19 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks for correcting the spellings at Canadian Champion Sprint Horse etc. I have edited most of these pages without noticing the US-American spellings. Tigerboy1966 23:40, 30 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. One of my pet peeves is American spelling! -- Earl Andrew - talk 01:06, 31 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Infobox curling medal templates

Hey Earl! I just noticed that there's a little bit of a problem in the order of the medal templates in the infobox. If we group the results by medal country/province (as it is in Kevin Martin (curler) and Cathy Overton-Clapham), the world juniors go before the nationals, even though the order is different in the order in the AG. What do you think about this? Prayerfortheworld (talk) 23:10, 18 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Time to change the AG, I think to reflect that. -- Earl Andrew - talk 13:12, 21 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

How does this order look? Prayerfortheworld (talk) 20:03, 21 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Good, but I'd put World Juniors ahead of Seniors. -- Earl Andrew - talk 01:17, 22 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds good. I've updated it on the AG. Prayerfortheworld (talk) 02:05, 22 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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vandalism in Lurs and Luristan page

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"HistoryofIran" user vandalism in Lurs and Luristan page. He remove All Historical images and "Lur people of iran" map no valid reason. I ask you to stop doing this "HistoryofIran" user.

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I was considering taking both of them to ANI. The articles they are edit-warring on are a mess. However, I discovered that Setenlyacc ignored my warnings about copyvio and, as I did earlier with HistoryofIran, I have blocked him indefinitely which means he is blocked until we can be sure he understands our copyvio policy and can edit it without breaking it. Dougweller (talk) 07:10, 19 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi Earl,

I noticed you contributed to the article for Democracy Day. I'm president of the NCR chapter of Fair Vote Canada and I live in Little Italy as well. I was wondering if you'd be interested in chatting over a beer a Pubwells or Pub Italia. You can use my talk page or better yet, write to me at julien.lamarche@gmail.com

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Says who?

Talk:Alberta municipal elections, 2010. 117Avenue (talk) 04:20, 22 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

What makes Alberta so special that it can invent thresholds for its municipal election articles? For the Ontario municipal elections, 2010 we managed to include results for every single municipality in the province. -- Earl Andrew - talk 04:25, 22 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Easy now. Both figures are arbitrary. Can't speak for 117Avenue, but I didn't look at other provinces during the discussion in 2010. AGF. It is not about Alberta being "special". Hwy43 (talk) 04:41, 22 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Olga Jarkova

Dear Earl, why did you delete my edit, connected with graduating University? It's a great reason to be proud of it. I think it's justified enough, and such fact deserves to be mentioned. Moreover, there are several sources, which confirm she is alumni of MITHT. In what problem consists in? Nikolas Sharp (talk) 06:36, 10 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]