User talk:OldCommentator

You were listed on the Wikipedia:Wikipedians/Canada#Nova_Scotia page as living in or being associated with Nova Scotia. As part of the Wikipedia:User categorisation project, these lists are being replaced with user categories. If you would like to add yourself to the category that is replacing the page, please visit Category:Wikipedians in Nova Scotia for instructions.--Rmky87 05:13, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

Disappearance_of_Kimberly_McAndrew

I am writing an article about the Disappearance_of_Kimberly_McAndrew and I would to have your feedback on this article, I feel it is part of our Canadian history of missing person in Nova Scotia. I would like to keep it on Wikipedia.jbignell (talk) 01:01, 21 August 2013 (UTC)

welcome

Thanks for joining our slightly slow moving project! Do you work at Collideascope? I used to work with Steve and MA when Steve was at Citadel, ages ago. I moved the article of the moment to the one you suggested, it will be a long haul to make that turkey work! As my mother-in-law says, pitter patter, lets get at 'er!WayeMason 02:33, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

Formatting my contributions

Thanks for the help with the Halifax demographics. I feel the content changes are valuable, but I feel like such a goof when the result *looks* worse afterward. Thanks for cleaning it up a bit! AshleyMorton 14:58, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Image:Red dragon thing.gif

The image Image:Red dragon thing.gif is clearly a derivative work of Image:Dalhousie coat of arms.png. As such, the original holder of the copyrights to the latter image retains rights on the former. I've retagged the former (and OrphanBot picked up on it) appropriately. If you have questions about this, I'd be happy to answer. All the best, --Durin 18:11, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject Filmmaking changes

New discussion has started at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Filmmaking#Future project development and Ideas for your consideration regarding expansion of the project. As a member, your comments are welcome and wanted! Thanks, Girolamo Savonarola 22:06, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

Help with RFC

Hello fellow Wikipedia:WikiProject_Nova_Scotia member. I have recently lodged a Request for Comments on the Talk:Halifax, Nova Scotia page. I and several other editors have had a running dispute with user Lonewolf BC. The RFC is This is a dispute about whether it is accurate to continue to refer to the area of or approximately coinciding with the boundaries of the City of Halifax, which became a part of the rural/urban Halifax Regional Municipality in 1996, as a city.

Basically, as I say on the RFC, we all agree that this is no longer a City, but to use former City's boundaries when describing the current urban area as a "city" (note the lower case) is at best arbitrary and at worst a fabrication. The city is now a continuous area that wraps the harbour, from Portuguese Cove (outside of the city of Halifax to the west and south) to Cole Harbour (outside of the former City of Dartmouth to the east). People now refer to the entire urban area of Halifax Regional Municipality as 'the city' and 'Halifax'.

Anyway, the bottom line is at least five people have tried to change the wording of the intro since January, and every time this one user changes it back. I have tried to come up with compromise wording, and he won't dialog. Right now wikipedia says HRM and Halifax are the capital of Nova Scotia. This article is now factually incorrect, in my opinion, and I need your help, please chime in. WayeMason 23:05, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

WP NS

We have an official Wikiproject infobox now! {{User Wiki Nova Scotia}} WayeMason 02:12, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Filmmaking Announcement

A PROPOSED PROJECT MERGER with WikiProject Films is under consideration. All opinions and questions are strongly encouraged! Girolamo Savonarola 01:30, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

Image:Xev-Seeberg.jpg copyright

Hi, OldCommentator, I was just through and saw Image:Xev-Seeberg.jpg. I was wondering you managed to get a GFDL on that image, since almost all the Lexx images are purely copyrighted screenshots. If you got them to agree to freely license their images, it would be good to know. If so, could you explain it on image talk page. Thanks! -- Ricky81682 (talk) 05:07, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

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Please claim your upload(s): File:OldCommentator.jpg

Hi, This image was seemingly uploaded prior to current image polices, Thank you.

However, as part of ongoing efforts to ensure all media on English Wikipedia is correctly licensed and attributed it would be appreciated if you were able to confirm, that it was your own work, by marking it as {{own}}, amending the {{information}} added by a third party, and by changing the license to an appropriate "self" variant. You can also add |claimed=yes to the {{media by uploader}} tag if it is present to indicate that you've acknowledged the image, and license shown (and updated the {{information}} where appropriate).

This will assist those reviewing the many many "free" images on commons that have not yet been transfered to Commons. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 17:15, 4 June 2016 (UTC)

I sincerely tried, but it's all too complicated. Back in the day, the Wikipedia could easily be edited by people like me. Now it seems to be run by, and for, the bots. If the picture of me, taken by me, cropped by me, and uploaded by me, is no longer acceptable, the robots can bloody-well take it down. OldCommentator (talk) 18:06, 4 June 2016 (UTC)

Please claim your upload(s): File:OldCommentator-sml.jpg

Hi, This image was seemingly uploaded prior to current image polices, Thank you.

However, as part of ongoing efforts to ensure all media on English Wikipedia is correctly licensed and attributed it would be appreciated if you were able to confirm, that it was your own work, by marking it as {{own}}, amending the {{information}} added by a third party, and by changing the license to an appropriate "self" variant. You can also add |claimed=yes to the {{media by uploader}} tag if it is present to indicate that you've acknowledged the image, and license shown (and updated the {{information}} where appropriate).

This will assist those reviewing the many many "free" images on commons that have not yet been transfered to Commons. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 17:16, 4 June 2016 (UTC)

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