User talk:TotallyTempo

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Octopus size

Oh please. You could link to 100 websites that repeat the same questionable records and it wouldn't change a thing. The North Pacific Giant Octopus usually weighs around 15 kg (even one of the sites you linked states this) and yet they sometimes grow to 270 kg? Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Find me one reliable source that specifically compares the two species and states Enteroctopus dofleini is larger than Haliphron atlanticus (the latter is only known to grow larger since the discovery of the 2002 specimen). Mgiganteus1 20:36, 12 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I would stick with the current intro as it clearly states the facts; one is the largest based on scientific records, while the other could grow larger but this remains unproven. Mgiganteus1 21:01, 12 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

To be honest, I don't think that's necessary. The introduction is pretty clear in my opinion. Mgiganteus1 22:28, 13 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Belcarra

I don't really know what you're referring to, but I don't think I had anything to do with that. I've never really edited Belcarra articles before. -→Buchanan-Hermit ™/?! 00:56, 29 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Standing In The Rain

You are really going to have to explain what it is that makes this song notable. Is it a single? The article doesn't say. Is it the theme song for some movie/tv show? The article doesn't say. All it says is that it's a cut from an album. This fails our song notability guidelines. If you continue to revert, I will nominate it for deletion. User:Zoe|(talk) 02:32, 31 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Here comes AfD. User:Zoe|(talk) 03:00, 31 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, AfD is articles for Deletion. User:Zoe|(talk) 04:20, 31 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I said I would nominate it for deletion if you reverted the redirect. User:Zoe|(talk) 20:42, 2 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oh yeah!

We had the Grey Cup right from the start of the game, and didn't look back until they broke open the bubbly in it! Go Lions! --BlueSquadronRaven 03:19, 22 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

you're welcome

splat. ... aa:talk 21:37, 22 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

glad to

in response to street racing. the article really needed some help. thanks for taking the time to let me know someone liked it. :) ... aa:talk 20:34, 28 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Shifting Fortunes

I've only got two minutes but will spew momentarily; made some immediate changes and will be back; the Bennett II era needs more content, and there's other circumstances important in the NDP years; I'll also try and expand the preceding section ('50s and '60s). About the POV/Socredism thing, part of the problem is that popular history as conveyed in what you learn from the press is heavily filtered to start with; important events most younger and new Canadians just aren't aware of, "how the way things were" not accurately conveyed by journalists, even those like Vaughan Palmer and Trevor Lautens who were around back then, whenever "then" was; I've adjusted the Van derZalm story a bit but other aspects of his regime are important, including the Seton Portage incident and others. Johnston as a lame-duck, and a very lame lame-duck, also needs more explanation. But I'll be back; off to the gym...Skookum1 02:29, 17 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wikiproject Automobiles Notification

Hi TotallyTempo, you were on the list of members at WikiProject Automobiles and we are introducing a new way of listing members, as the old list was becoming too long. Our new method involves having all of our members in a category.

To add yourself to the category just add the userbox to your user page by putting {{Wiki Auto Project}} where you want the userbox. Alternatively if you don't like the userbox you can add [[Category:WikiProject Automobiles members|TotallyTempo]] to your userpage.

If you no longer wish to be a member of the project, simply don't add the userbox or category, there's no pressure. Thanks for your time, James086^{Talk | Contribs} 04:34, 17 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

B.C./C.-B.

Thanks for your note! I appreciate that feelings can sometimes run deep on the issue of bilingualism, and striving for the neutral POV is a constant effort. Thanks also for your hard work on the article itself. i had some time this afternoon, so I thought I'd just plunge in and do some editing around the good framework you produced. Cheers - and enjoy your visit to Richmond! Fishhead64 04:15, 18 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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See also WP:FN. Cheers. --Qyd 18:54, 6 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The right honourable Stephen Harper

I noticed you reverted my edit, I read the stlye guide and do not see why this wikipedia policy exists. It clearly notes that Harper is styled the Right Honourable for life so even if he were to lose the prime Minister ship he is still called the right honourable stephen harper. As such, is it not his title and cosequently shouldn't it be used when referring to him. TotallyTempo 19:36, 15 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure exactly why we have that rule in the style guide, but it's there, so we should follow it. I voted for Harper; I'm not biased in any way here. I just checked a version of the the Jean Chretien article from when he was still PM, and it follows the same guideline. Apparently, Encarta also follows this guideline, as does Britannica. And our Tony Blair article also follows that guideline. The general rule appears to be to identify people at the beginning of the article by their full name, not by honorifics. -- Jim Douglas ^(talk) _(contribs) 19:52, 15 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Re:User signature

When did we butt heads before? I don't remember ever running into you before on Wikipedia. Anyway, where exactly do you see a swastika a hammer and sickle on Notorious4life's signature? I just see that he used non-English characters in his signature. I asked some other people too, and no one seems to see what you're seeing. Can I get a screenshot of what you're seeing? That might help me understand the problem here. Nishkid 64 18:11, 29 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

reply

Hi; reply on my talkpage. Skookum1 22:30, 29 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

hey

Hey, thanks for fixing up Arwala a bit. I appreciate the effort. Often I make stubs of little known places that I read about in the economist. I'm just curious, how exactly did you stumble across Arwala, it's pretty obscure. TotallyTempo 06:00, 23 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Tempo,

There's this great automatic tool called AutoWikiBrowser. It's great for automated clean-up of articles. You can also use its "Google search" function to search for common spelling errors, and I spend a portion of each week just fixing spelling on Wikipedia. AWB will conduct a Google search on Wikipedia articles for spelling errors that you request. In this case, I asked AWB to search for any article containing the phrase "to it's", as almost all of these instances (not all, but almost all) are typos or punctuation errors. It compiles these huge lists, often with up to 1,000 articles (it stops at 1,000) that have that typo in them. Then, I fix them. So, that's how I discovered Arawala. It looks like the article still needs some work, however, so that it complies with WP:MOS. Keep on doing what you're doing, Tempo. Best wishes and happy editing, Firsfron of Ronchester 17:45, 23 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop

Please be aware of WP:3RR. --Tjsynkral 19:12, 1 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

re:Yup

Alright, well instead of sitting and reverting her edits, lets go straight to reporting her- i'm unsure whether we have enough here to have her banned, although its worth a try. Cheers, Jonomacdrones _(talk) 19:18, 1 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

#1, I'm a guy. #2, Wikipedia policy states: "On a user's own talk page, policy does not prohibit the removal of comments at that user's discretion, although archival is preferred to removal. Please note, though, that removing warnings from one's own talk page is often frowned upon." Frowned upon but perfectly legal. My actions are not vandalism. Given that you have been made aware of this, further reverts will constitute a conscious violation of 3RR. --Tjsynkral 19:20, 1 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Due to the dubious nature of Tjsynkral's edits, i sent a report to the admins. Cheers, Jonomacdrones _(talk) 19:24, 1 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Anmore road issue

I don't remember exactly where I read about it. It was definitely on the Anmore website, it was either in council minutes or in the Anmore Times. I'm not sure which it was, I've been reading both lately since I am moving to Anmore in a few weeks from now. I've tried to figure out which meeting's notes I read it in, but I can't seem to find it anymore. I know I read it, just not which meeting's minutes it was in.. GeeCee 22:28, 5 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like the template uses mayor instead of Mayor. Damn you case sensitivity! GeeCee 03:16, 11 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Western alienation

Hi. Believe it or not, I hadn't read your comment on the talk page before I changed the importance level. I was actually responding to a re-assessment request at Wikipedia:WikiProject Canada/Assessment#Requesting an assessment. I appreciate your comment on the humour and irony of it but I still think that the concept and feeling of western alienation has "a strong but not vital role in Canada" as per Wikipedia:WikiProject Canada/Assessment#Importance assessment. Cheers! DoubleBlue (Talk) 03:53, 10 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Batman (dab)

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Stéphane Dion

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Highway 7

Well, I'm afraid, my good pal, you are wrong. The BC MOT states that the highway: From the junction with Route 1 near Hope, westward through Kent, Mission, Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows to a point 95 metres east of Ottawa Street in Port Coquitlam. Then beginning again at a point 300 metres east of United Boulevard, westward and terminating at the onramp to Route 1 westbound, near Coleman Ave. The Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority (TransLink) has jurisdiction from the point east of Ottawa Street to the point east of United Blvd, and for the portion of the Lougheed Highway from Coleman Ave to Kingsway, via Broadway in Vancouver.

See here.

Furthermore, I never suggested Lougheed was broken into two pieces, BC Highway 7 is broken into two pieces. єmarsee • Speak up! 00:37, 15 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm still not convinced that Highway 7 still in one continuous section. As far as I know, you are correct that some parts of some highways are controlled by the federal government or by local municipalities. It clearly states that the Highway is in two sections and that TransLink is simply responsible for the former Highway 7 routing. If the Highway was continuous, the MOT site would have reflected that it went from Hope to the Cape Horne interchange. But it doesn't. 17:14, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

I reverted it back again. Clearly at one point Lougheed highway was in it's entirety highway 7. As far as I know this designation was never removed. I already stated my opinions on the websites provided. There is no logical reason for lougheed NOT to be highway 7 except for jurisdictional matters. We both admit that indeed the Lougheed is continuous, and that Lougheed highway 'is' highway 7. Excluding parts of the road is irrational...why would the provincial government do that, unless it's about Jurisidiction? Regardless...the as goes the Lougheed goes highway 7, no matter who's jurisdiction it's under.

I reverted it back again. The designation was clearly removed as I read it in the MOT's wording. Lougheed is only Highway 7 in the section that the MOT states. Not for it's whole entirety. The situation regarding Lougheed Highway through Burnaby, and past the Cape Horn interchange in Coquitlam is similar to Knight Street or the Golden Ears Connector. Lougheed through Burnaby is under Translink's jurisdiction as is Knight Street and the new Golden Ears Bridge. They are not under the MOT's. The website clearly states that Highway 7 is broken two sections. Highway 7 was once continuous from Granville Street to Hope, but now it's not. єmarsee • Speak up! 05:05, 21 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I've brought this dispute up on Wikiproject Canada Roads. єmarsee • Speak up! 05:11, 21 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion of Baden Powell sexuality page

I got your message that you had nominated the sexuality of Baden Powell for deletion, however I don't see that on the talk page. I think the article should be deleted, so just point the way for me and I'm in. Supertheman ^(talk) 22:22, 30 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, I agree too - after reading a lot of the discussion on the talk page - that winning the deletion argument is going to be pretty rough. I agree with you though, it is completely absurd on many levels. First of all, there is no evidence so (in my mind) it qualifies as libel. Secondly, how is it - in any way - relevant to even *discuss* his sexuality? What next... we have a page on every important historical figure waxing on about their sexuality? It doesn't take a genius to figure out the motivation behind this discussion, but there is no wisdom in questioning this or using it as a tool in the debate. Nominate on, I am in agreement that it should be done even if we know we will lose; it is a matter of principle. As to not knowing the correct way to do this or that in Wiki-land... oh boy do I relate. I still have to look at my examples of how to correctly cite this or that source, which is so lame... I should know how to do that by heart by now. I suppose not all of us have the time to figure out every idiosyncrasy about Wikipedia, we have lives instead. ;-) Supertheman ^(talk) 04:31, 31 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

BC Highway Markers

It's not just the Highway 7 page, he removed all of the markers of all markers from other Metro Vancouver provincial highways. єmarsee • Speak up! 01:18, 2 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, that would be a great idea. Two separate pages for Highway 7 and Lougheed Highway. I'm quite mad that there are people out there who think WP:NFCC is a holy book and Wikipedia should follow every single word. NFCC is simply a Wikipedia policy and nothing more. I don't think these logos are even copyrighted as they are the work of a provincial government. See [1]. Since the MOT is a department of the BC gov't, all works of the government are under public domain. єmarsee • Speak up! 01:42, 2 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The WP:NFCC is a Wikipedia policy, and must be followed. I have reverted your edits on British Columbia Highway 7 as you are still failing criterion 8 and do not have fair use rationale listed for these images. If you want to dispute the copyrighted status of these route markers, then talk to WP:MCQ. Thank you. --Admrboltz (talk) 03:59, 2 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I'm confused as to why the American route markers are in public domain and the Canadian route markers aren't. I think they are in public domain as works of the crown are in public domain. єmarsee • Speak up! 04:13, 2 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I have asked uninvolved people their opinion on this matter at Wikipedia:Media_copyright_questions#British_Columbia_route_images. Thank you --Admrboltz (talk) 04:29, 2 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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