User talk:Iheartthestrals

June 2015

Hello, I'm JaconaFrere. I wanted to let you know that I undid one or more of your recent contributions to United States because it did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Jacona (talk) 07:13, 2 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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"Indians" -> "Native Americans"

Actually, usage is generational and regional. Many older Natives prefer "Indian," this also holds true for younger traditionals. See, for instance, the American Indian Movement. Then "Native American" became popular in the '80s, especially on the East Coast and in Academia, while the shortened, "Native" became more prevalent on the west coast. Younger people now tend to say "Indigenous." So, there's no one way to do this. In general we stick with what makes sense for the era and people being discussed, and how they describe or described themselves. When possible, we name the person's Nation (Lakota, Cheyenne, Inuit) and just skip the Native American name controversy all together. - CorbieV^☊☼ 16:21, 1 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

OK that's good to know. I don't know if it makes a difference, but I'm from Canada, and it seems that most Canadian programs, people etc. are much more sensitive on the name controversy (I've always preferred 'First Nations'). Either that or we have a much higher East Indian population and prefer clarification between the two.

I see you didn't reverse my edit, however. Is it alright as it stands? - Iheartthestrals, 10:45, 1 September 2015

Yes, in Canada, "First Nations" is almost always the preferred term. I think the edits themselves are probably fine; just wanted to give you a heads up that you don't need to go through the US articles changing it on sight. - CorbieV^☊☼ 22:53, 1 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Ways to improve Western Red Wings

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Hi. Thanks for creating this Wikipedia site. The site had been running for a while but, for some reason, was deleted a while ago. This is a good start and I have added some additional information to the page but I cannot access the info box. First, our head coach position is NOT vacant; the position is filled by Calvin Foster. Second, the Medicine Hat Junior B Cubs has been in existence since 1973, which is 42 years, not two years. I am on the Board of Directors of the Medicine Hat Junior B Cubs and I need to to make these changes to the info box or allow me to make changes; we also need to be adding quite a bit more information as we would like to link our 42-year history with the histories of former players. Thanks for your help with this. Elizebeth Berard — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eaberard (talk • contribs) 20:02, 12 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Eaberard, and I highly appreciate your edits on this page. Firstly, I was on a tight schedule when I created this article, and since as well, and I have to make note that, as far as I can remember, the page listing the ooaching staff did not include, when this article was created, the name of the head coach. I listed it as vacant for the time being, and intended, when I had the time, to return and search further at a later date. Secondly, I knew very well that this team had not been founded so recently, but I had, as I said, limited time on my hands at the present, and had inserted the '2012-present' because the article needed a date. I was planning, as with the situation on the head coaching position, to investigate as a later date when my life as less hectic. Unfortunately the statistics and schedules only reach back as far as 2012, so that was, as you might say, my 'filler-date' until I could find out the true date of origin. Thirdly, I cannot understand why you would be unable to access the infobox. Are you editing mobile? I am unaware of any reasons why that would be the case, but I corrected the mistakes of coaching and date of origin now, and unless there is still a problem, the infobox should be fine. Thank you for finding the time to assist with this created article, as well. It is very much needed, considering the existence of articles on all fellow HJBHL teams. I apologize once more for the inaccuracies I published on this team, and I wish your the team the very best of luck this season. ~~Iheartthestrals (talk) 15:38, 12 November 2015.

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KIJHL History

Hey, thanks alot for your work about the KIJHL and it's teams! The KHL/KIJHL did start in the 1969-70 season, but prior to that, the previous league either changed it's name, merged, or went defunct. I'm finding out via the commissioner and webmaster if the standings/champions still exist for that era FOR the KIJHL, or if it had nothing to do with the KI. Let me know what you know and think about it...not too many people edit Jr. B hockey pages anymore...

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