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Looking for good administrator

How you doing? Are you in Canada? I need a good administrator, somebody neutral, i am having problem with arafat site, this confuised individual keeps on reverting arafat's page, link to jerusalem which is of importance, otherwise, it's incomplete biography, i will tell you much more later and i have other concerns, hopefully you know some other administrators, we can do something together, also, how to report bad administrators, how to kick them out?

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yasser_Arafat&diff=88678086&oldid=88675033 If you go under arafat history this guy keeps on reverting,so I want to know, am I right or wrong here, if I am wrong, then what is right? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.99.3.172 (talk • contribs)

Hi Montrealais, Please note that this user is continously violating concensus against adding this information, which he is citing from a source which is not reputable. He has vandalized my user page several times and one of his other IP's is currently blocked (64.107.3.104). Thanks, --Strothra 22:22, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

Note, I fully reject the above statement, i posted on his site not to do what he is doing, the above user is vandal, has 10 accounts and was blocked 10 times, be very careful, i always provide BEST POSSIBLE LINKS and if you look under links under arafat you will know he died in france and they issued death certificate, born in Jerusalem, strothra should not be allowed on wiki anymore. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.99.3.172 (talk • contribs)

What??? This has got to stop. You can see his block log here [1] --Strothra 22:34, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yasser_Arafat&diff=88693006&oldid=88691470 As you can see, information was correct, I simply added information about his death, correct death certificate and possibility of birth in Jerusalem, is that vandalism, or is that only a try to make wikipedia more accurate that never was or is nor will be>? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.99.3.246 (talk • contribs)

You have no idea how little I'm interested in this argument. Get dispute resolution if you like, but stop having your argument on my talk page. - Montréalais 04:31, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

The argument was resolved once I requested the page to be protected as well as my userpage to stop his vandalism. I realize that it's annoying for you; my last edits to your talk page were simply to add the unsigned tag and to restore my comment which he edited. --Strothra 18:01, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Ok, so you are an administrator? Great help you are, no, nothing has been resolved.

You're welcome. I'm not a dispute resolver. - Montréalais 20:23, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

So why are u administrator, you gave me some link as throwing an old bone to the dog to eat it, what good is that link if i cant find good administrator to look over arafat? DO u recommend some administrator?

Translation check request

I just wondered if you saw my /Talk_archive_8#Valiants_Memorial_photo request before you archived it. Canadiana 22:26, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I did. I don't see anything wrong with your French, but I'm the wrong person to ask for perfection in written French. - Montréalais 00:18, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. I'm not concerned about perfection. As long as there don't seem to be obvious errors, I'm happy. Canadiana 05:23, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

Montreal December 9 meeting

Hi there. I suggest December 9 for a new Wikipedian meeting. Thank you for specifying whether you can or not at this address. Thank you. --Liberlogos 18:47, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

Graphics Lab

I saw your name listed on Wikiproject Illustration or the list of graphic artists, and I thought I'd let you know that a Graphics Lab has been created on EN. Based on the highly successful French and German graphics labs, it seeks to better organise and coordinate our graphic design and photo-editing efforts. Up until now, there has been no common space on EN where users could ask for maps, charts and other SVG files to be created. What's more, the Graphics Lab has discussion boards, tips, tools and links; in sum, a good common workspace. Come help us out! The infrastucture is already in place, and now we need participants. :) --Zantastik talk 02:08, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

DYK

On December 13, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Women in the 39th Canadian Parliament, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Keep up the great work Montrealais. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 07:28, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Next meeting

Hi! You are invited to contribute to the determination of the next date for the Montreal wikipedian meetings at this address. I would also appreciate you giving me your email address and telephone number for faster contact with members when necessary (if you agree to provide them, do send this to my email address through Wikipedia). Finally, please tell me the best and fastest way to reach you: by email address, English-language Wikipedia talk page, French-language Wikipedia talk page, home phone, cellular phone, or other. Thanks! --Liberlogos 23:12, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Invite

Hey, I saw your edit to Civil Unions in Austria, and wanted to invite you to join Wikipedia:WikiProject LGBT studies. We'd be delighted to have you aboard. Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 23:26, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Sure I can't persuade you to join? I think you'd be a great asset to our WikiProject. Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 08:23, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Oh come ON, you just added an article to our watchlist! Could you at least reply to my invitation? Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 19:18, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

I don't usually join things, but thank you for the invitation anyway. - Montréalais 03:01, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

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A request for assistance

Would you support the concept of moving the Earhart "myths" to a separate page or article? The reason for my suggesting this is that the main article should be an accurate and scholarly work while the speculation and conspiracy theories surrounding the disappearance of Amelia Earhart are interesting, they belong in a unique section. Most researchers, as you know, discount the many theories and speculation that has arisen in the years following her last flight. Go onto the Earhart discussion page and register your vote/comments...and a Happy New Year to you as well. Bzuk 02:50 3 January 2007 (UTC).

Talk:Women in the 39th Canadian Parliament

Hello, Montrealais. See my reason, for why this article should be deleted. PS- I was getting lonely, waiting for someone to discuss the issue with me. GoodDay 20:14, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Image:1000-de-la-gauchetiere.jpg

Greetings: Can you furnish additional information on the building (city, date built, formal name of building, architect)? Please post it to the image page and let me know, l will add the info to Postmodern architecture. Nice image!

Thanks, Leonard G. 18:02, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Visit 1000 de La Gauchetière, linked to in the image's page, and all will be revealed. - Montréalais 02:45, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, Leonard G. 20:22, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Metro Bilbao - ALERT

Hi Montrealais! Just in case you didn't know, Metro Bilbao is going to open two new stations in line 2, Abatxolo and Portugalete... TOMORROW! so it would be good if you update the map. Greets!David 11:06, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

Image:Hamilton-copps.jpg

Hello, i just woould like to know if you are the owner of this image ? Someone upload it on the french Wikipédia, and if you can, please upload it on Commons, else, ill do it. Can you aswer me on my french talk page ? Thanks a lot. -fr:user:bayo. 193.248.36.151 00:27, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

oups, i just read "Photo by Montrealais" :D. Thanks a lot, ill move it on Commons now. 193.248.36.151 00:28, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Proposed cfd on Category:Rivers named for women

I have proposed a category for deletion, which was created by you: Category:Rivers named for women Bards 11:46, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Metro Barcelona

Gracias por tu mapa del metro. Ben ^T/_C 20:47, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Same-sex marriage in Spain

Hi there. Checking through the history of the article Same-sex marriage in Spain I found out you were the user that initially created that article. I just thought you'd might like to know that it recently became a FA. :) Cheers Raystorm 16:33, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

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Sharing of images

Hi. Please help. I've had some difficulty with uploading images taken by other photographers and posted on other websites.

In two different cases, I wrote to the photographer and copyright holder asking their permission, and they wrote back granting it. When I uploaded the images, I selected "The copyright holder gave me permission to use this work only in Wikipedia articles". In both cases, I pasted the photographer's name and the image URL into the space provided along with the text of their e-mail to me granting permission. In both cases, the images were deleted almost immediately.

What can I do differently that would allow me to post these images? Thank you, Peter 04:29, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Comunidad Valenciana

Hi. Montrealais, there is a "intense discussion" (that's, obviously, an euphemism for "nasty war") about the Comunidad Valenciana name in English. Apparently, some Valencian autonomous office itself (the department for tourism) has occasionally translated as "Land of Valencia", I guess trying to avoid the non-sense "Community" may mean to English speakers not familiarized with the Spanish "Autonomous Communities" system. Some users (none of them English native speakers) are clinging to this translation for political reasons which this is not the place to introduce, at least right now. However, I have read some opinions by English native speakers despising that translation as clumsy, even "illiterate". As per these native speakers, apparently the right translation could be Community of Valencia, but I don't know. Do you have an opinion? Thanks. Mountolive | Talk 06:55, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

p.s. probably "do you have an opinion"? is not the best question, as I heard somewhere that opinions are like asses: everyone's got one ;)

"Land of Valencia" sounds ridiculous. IMHO it should either be "Comunitat Valenciana" or "Valencian Community," preferably the latter. The title the article has now is about as good as we're likely to get. But you'll forgive me if I don't get involved in that particular nightmare of a debate. Believe me, if I ever move to Spain as I've been thinking of, I'm going to be keeping my fool mouth shut. - Montréalais 08:05, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Thank you, Montréalais. There is a voting going on now in [2] Based in your opinion and others, the matter seems to be close to a happy ending. I know you don't want to get much involved but you may be interested in having a quick look at the page and cast your vote there. Thanks again. Mountolive | Talk 18:46, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

p.s. actually, don't bother, man: the situation is as fucked up as ever. Thanks anyway Mountolive | Talk 02:00, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Oh God, I don't know who did it (please send me a sign if you were ;) but someone has made vandalizing one of the fine arts in the lead of this article. And what is even better: one of the usual Catalanists has gone after the superb vandalizing....and has fixed a TYPO!! hahahaha, nationalists are sometimes the cutest creatures on Earth....Go check it right now!! And give me a sign if... ;) ~~

WP on Iraq War WMD

Hi Montrealais. I noticed you were in at the start of this article on the lead up to the war, and I thought you might be able to help me. What I'm looking for is a record of the pre-March '03 Wikipedia discussions about reports of the governments' WMD claims. I'd just like to see how well NPOV was being applied by editors before the lack of WMDs became clear. So many articles have sprung up following the war that it's difficult to locate where the original discussions might have taken place. I'd appreciate it if you pointed me in the right direction. Thanks.--Shtove 21:16, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, I didn't get involved in those discussions and I'm not sure where they might be found. - Montréalais 21:24, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Oh. You're quick! Thanks.--Shtove 21:36, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

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Metro Bilbao

Hi, could you update your map of Bilbao Metro? Since January 20, 2007 the line 2 has two more stations, Abatxolo and Portugalete. Thanks and best regards, --Jcornelius 11:55, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

Micheline Montreuil

Hi Matthew. Following the recent events of the NDP, I wrote an article in French about Micheline Montreuil. I have produced a rough draft of an English translation. In my research, to my pleasant surprise, I noticed that you were Co-President of the LGBTT Commission of NPD-Québec and that, as such, you had issued an official comment on this choice of candidate.

I was already thinking of asking someone to review my draft for language. Since you are probably better informed than I about your Co-President and since I trust your language abilities, a quick review of yours of the draft would be an honour, if you have the time. I am wondering, for example, about the correct use of "transgender" and/or "transgendered". Add any appropriate fact you wish. If you wish to have credit when the article goes live, I can write it in the description of the first edit or anything else. Thanks! --Liberlogos 05:32, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

P.S.: Why do I get the feeling you are not unrelated to the choice of a Montreal Metro picture on the Commission website?

Furthermore, the press release from the Commision [3] states that "If she is elected, she will be the third transgender MP in the world, after Georgina Beyer in New Zealand and Vladimir Luxuria in Italy", but I also see two other people that could possibly be considered: Aya Kamikawa and Shabnam Mausi. Mistake of the release or something else? --Liberlogos 06:00, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the question. I'll have a look at the draft but judging from your French article it ought to be fine. Aya Kamikawa is a city councillor and Shabnam Mausi is a member of a regional assembly, not national. - Montréalais 14:16, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

I have reviewed your draft and found no real problems with your discussion of trans issues; I've just made a few improvements in style and added a few links. - Montréalais 14:29, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

image:Vladimir_Luxuria-Medium.jpg

So it was my mistake, delete it if you think you should. Thanks. 亮HH 14:46, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

RecentChangesCamp Montreal / "RoCoCoCamp"

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"At last we meet again, Obi Wan"

I am sure I know you, don't I, my old friend...? or should I say "your majesty"? --Pedro Aguiar 07:32, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

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Front homosexuel d'action révolutionnaire

Thanks for clearing up my translation of "Allez vous faire soigne". It makes more sense now. gren グレン 04:16, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Montreal Metro

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Image:Ns-coat-thb.jpg

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I didn't upload this image to Commons. - Montréalais 15:32, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

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Albigensian Crusade

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Papal bulls

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Wikipedia:Meetup/Montreal

For your consideration.... Please pass on to any Montreal Wikis you may be aware of and who are not yet listed as interested, may be interested, or not interested. Peter Horn 00:36, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Question

These people who keep adding a picture of Darth Vader to your article: are these friends of yours trying to be funny, or do you have anonymous detractors kicking around somewhere? Just curious. Bearcat (talk) 09:32, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

I haven't the faintest idea who it is. If it's someone I know, nobody's confessed to it. - Montréalais (talk) 18:08, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Champagne Supernova (astronomy)

There has been a suggestion here to rename Champagne Supernova (astronomy). As the creator of the article, I'd like your input! Thanks. --Falcorian ^(talk) 15:43, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

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genre sexuel

Thanks so much for your addition to Gender. Since gender is an English theft from French, it is particularly helpful to have the current French terminology. Au revoir! :) Alastair Haines (talk) 02:24, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

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Demonym?

Hi, I'm doing a little research on the origin and usage of the nonstandard term 'demonym' which is widely used on Wikipedia. I see that you created the Demonym page five years ago. I'm trying to track down its first usage and was wondering where you first came across the word. Have you by any chance read Labels for Locals by Paul Dickson?
Thanks for your time. Ulmanor (talk) 13:44, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

Hi, I am wondering if I can use one of your photos in an insturctional teachers DVD. The DVD will teach kids about the democratic system in Canada. The picture is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Parliament2.jpg If I can use the picture, what copyright text did you want me to put beside the image? Thanks! "Isthisnameinuse (talk) 15:25, 2 September 2008 (UTC)"

Copyright request

Sorry...I'm new at this. Hi, I am wondering if I can use one of your photos in an instructional teachers DVD. The DVD will teach kids about the democratic system in Canada. The picture is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Parliament2.jpg If I can use the picture, what copyright text did you want me to put beside the image? Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Isthisnameinuse (talk • contribs) 15:27, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Copyright Request

and apparently am no good at it! Here is my contact info "Isthisnameinuse (talk) 15:31, 2 September 2008 (UTC)"

Maybe you can help me ?

Bonjour "Montrealais".

Je m'appelle Gabriel Moginot, je suis photographe de mode (professionnel) à Paris. Je suis désolé de vous déranger, mais j'ai un gros problème, et je fais une dernière tentative de le régler amicalement en vous contactant, avant de porter plainte lundi prochain contre la société Wikimédia. J'ai choisi de vous contacter car vous parlez francais, vous avez fait des études dans l'art, et vous soutenez les transexuels (j'ai contribuer à l'article d'Amanda Lepore, personne que j'aime beaucoup, l'illustration de son article est une partie de mon travail photo sur elle) Sachez que j'ai contacté les jours précedents : Mike Godwin (avocat pour Wikimedia je crois) et Cary Bass (personne qui se charge de régler les conflits, mais qui ne me répond pas). Je me dis que vous comprendrez peut être ma position, et que vous pourrez peut être agir, ou me diriger vers la personne qui saura agir.

J'ai créé il y a peu de temps un compte utilisateur "Gabriel Moginot" et j'ai contribué en illustrant et améliorant des articles sur la mode ou les célébrités. Les images que j'ai offert à Wiki Commons pour l'illustration sont un travail professionnel, considérées comme des oeuvres d'art (j'ai un statut d'artiste). Lors de mes contributions sur Wikipédia, j'ai donné une description de l'image en lien avec l'article, et j'ajoutais mon crédit de photographe, c'est à dire mon nom.

Sur wikipédia, il existe des textes pour expliquer comment afficher, aligner, définir la taille d'une image, etc. Mais rien n'existe pour dire si oui ou non un artiste peut signer son oeuvre (illustration j'entend). Je me suis fait rappeler à l'ordre sous prétexte d'auto-promotion, mais cherchant à expliquer que la notion professionnelle de mes images qui possèdent un droit d'auteur devrait m'autoriser à présenter mon nom (comme la signature d'un tableau par exemple), je me suis fait bloquer et censurer (j'ai posté des messages pour demander une réponse claire basée sur les règles d'utilisation de ce site (des textes écrits et non pas l'avis partagé de quelques personnes), mais ces questions ont été supprimées par certains adminitrateurs). Je me suis donc fait bloquer sur les Wikipédias anglais et francais.

J'ai créé un deuxième compte "Vogue Magazine - Style com" afin de me reconnecter, mais là encore on m'a bloqué sous pretexte que c'est un "faux-nez".

Mes images sont actuellement utilisées par Wikipédia de manière frauduleuse car j'ai le droit à afficher mon nom d'artiste sous ces illustrations (puisque aucun texte ne l'interdit), ce droit ma été refusé sans vrai jugement, car personne ne peux me montrer qu'une règle l'interdit. Je me suis fait traiter de "spammeur", ce qui est faux. Je ne compte même plus le nombre de censures, ainsi que la mauvaise foi à ne pas vouloir me donner une réponse claire basée sur des écrits.

Il s'agit d'une question de violation de droits d'auteur et de censure, je prend celà très au sérieux car il s'agit de défendre mon métier et le droit des artistes en général.

Je souhaite que : - Mes comptes et mon adresse IP soient débloqués, si je ne peux avoir qu'un seul compte, je veux bien que "Vogue Magazine - Style com" soit supprimé. - Qu'une règle autorise de manière internationale à afficher explicitement le crédit d'un artiste professionnel si il contribue à l'illustration d'un article.

Je suis tellement véxé et énervé de voir que même l'avocat de Wikimédia considère ça comme une dispute entre utilisateurs, que si rien ne change, je contacte mon avocat lundi prochain pour attaquer ce site et la société mère Wikimédia, vous pouvez me croire je vais faire du bruit.

Je n'ai rien contre vous (je parle de "vous" en tant que personne "Montrealais"), mais si nous pouvons éviter un bain de sang et rétablir les droits d'auteurs sur ce site, j'oublierais cette histoire. Dans le cas contraire, j'irais jusqu'au bout.

Vous pouvez me contacter ou me répondre directement à cet email : gabrielmoginot@mac.com

Je me connecte actuellement en dehors de chez moi car je ne peux plus agir sur Wikipédia depuis mon ordinateur personnel à cause des différents blocages.

Mille mercis, j'attends votre retour. Gabriel. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.251.17.167 (talk) 12:02, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

New Stations in Metro Barcelona

Hi, Barcelona's metro (L5, green line) has been enlarged with 2 new stations: Roquetes and it finishes now in Trinitat Nova (as you can see here and here). Since you draw this map, it would be very kind if you could update it. Thank you! :-) --Xtv - (my talk) - (que dius que què?) 09:36, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

I have already updated. You can check if you like it, or update it yourself otherwise. Cheers--Xtv - (my talk) - (que dius que què?) 11:53, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

Request for move of Empress Myeongseong

Hello, Montrealais. I come here to inform you a request for move to the article of Empress Myeongseong to Queen Min by an user named Sennen goroshi (talk · contribs). The pertinent discussion has been open at Talk:Empress Myeongseong#Requested move. Since you seem to be interested in editing the article (long ago though), your input would be appreciated on this. Thanks.--Caspian blue 00:57, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

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List of bridges in Montreal

I'm on the verge of nominating this at Featured Lists. All it needs is references with regard to the three bridges to Repentigny (I might take care of that next week), and a revision of the color scheme of the tables. Since you started this article a few years ago, I was wondering if you had additional suggestions. -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 18:22, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

That's been taken care of, and the nomination is under way. -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 23:50, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

You may add a star to your user page: the article just got promoted to Featured List status. -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 22:55, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

CfD nomination of Category:Former landmarks in Montreal

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Gideon v. Wainwright

Thanks for trying to revert the anonymous vandalism to the Gideon v. Wainwright article. Unfortunately, you didn’t get it all. Rollback should have caught it all, so I don’t know what happened. I think I managed to get it all — the bits/bytes counts match! And, those anon edits, coupled with other instances of vandalism by that anon, brought her/him up to a Level 4, so I passed it on to WP:AIV. Thanks again! — Spike (talk) 22:58, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

Place Ville-Marie

Hi there,

I see on your user page that you live in Montreal. I am going to assume that you have heard of Place Ville-Marie in asking you this question. The reports of the number of floors in Place Ville-Marie vary from 43 to 46. Do you, with your Montreal expertise, know the actual number of floors in this structure, or could you possibly visit this building to find out? Thanks,

-Stuck in Edmonton 117Avenue (talk) 22:48, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Hospital de Sant Pau (Barcelona Metro)

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Ignore that, I'm not sure why I read "Montreal" as "the United States"... J Milburn (talk) 23:51, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

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Unreferenced BLPs

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Requesting your opinion

Hi. I've started a discussion here. (Actually, it's a restart of a prior discussion that went cold; you can just scroll directly down to the first post I made today in that section if you want.) Can you offer your thoughts? I think it's very important. Thanks. Nightscream (talk) 02:01, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

As the creator of the article on Canada's Worst Poet, this may be of interest to you

Category:Poetasters is proposed for deletion!
Object or support -- voice your view 'ere completion!
Shall Wikipedia ignore the profound connections among all
The glorious rhymsters like William McGonagall,
McIntyre, Moore, McKittrick Ros,
Or J. Gordon Coogler (some might think it a loss),
But others [to comply with WP:CANVASS provisions],
Might deem this deletion a darn good decision.
Decide for yourself, and (here [4]) make your views known,
On the category for poets for badness renowned!
-- JohnWBarber (talk) 19:20, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom GA review

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André Bessette

Greetings! I noticed that you added Brother André to the Roman Catholic Saints category. I thought I would drop you a note before I did anything. I'm just not sure that this should be added yet, as he won't be canonized until October.

While I understand that all things being equal, he WILL become a Saint then, it is not yet done. The fact of the matter is that the Pope could have a heart attack, stroke or hit by a bus between now and then, and the next Pope could decide not to do it, or a myriad of other possibilities.

I'd just like to suggest that we hold off on adding this until it has happened.

What do you think? Dphilp75 (talk) 15:56, 19 February 2010 (UTC)

You're invited!

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Re: Barcelona metro map

Thank you! If you need anything you know where I am ;) --Vilar 21:41, 19 July 2010 (UTC)

Please consider participating in the deletion discussion for Category:Poetasters

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Message

Hi M.! I sent you an email. Would you please respond to me via email? Thanks. --CJ Withers (talk) 11:04, 27 August 2010 (UTC) 2010 (UTC)

Nomination of Evil reptilian kitten-eater from another planet for deletion (2nd nomination)

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New messages

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Traduction pour fr:Kathy Dunderdale

Bonjour, est-ce que ce serai possible que vous traduit toute en français dans la page francophone de la première ministre de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador fr:Kathy Dunderdale celle de en:Kathy Dunderdale S.V.P.

Merci et bonne journée

204.237.12.81 (talk) 01:20, June 4 2011 (UTC)

Traduction pour fr:Assemblée législative de l'Ontario

Bonjour, est-ce que ce serai possible que vous traduit toute en français dans la page francophone de l'fr:Assemblée législative de l'Ontario celle de en:Assembly legislative of Ontario S.V.P.

Merci et bonne journée

204.237.12.81 (talk) 01:21, June 4 2011 (UTC)

Outline of Quebec

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Please take a look at the outline to see if you can notice (and fill in) any missing topics. Pictures would also be nice (the rarer and the more interesting, the better).

Thank you.

Sincerely, The Transhumanist 10:26, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

Gallium etymology

I notice that you added to the Gallium article back in 2006 that F. Lecoq de Boisbaudran disputed the claim that he had named the element after himself (gallium < gallus < le coq) in an 1877 journal article. Do you have a reference to this article? A chemist at my institution is doing some research into this eytmology and this reference would be very useful. Thank you! Wade Lee, University of Toledo Libraries (Wade.Lee@utoledo.edu) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.183.40.112 (talk) 22:27, 16 November 2011 (UTC)

Hello I am new in wikipedia and interesting in LGBT related topics too. Recently i added new article called <The flavor of corn>. Its about nice Italian LGBT related film created at 1986. But my article was declined becouse of abcent of external links. To my opinion this is not fair, becouse I mentioned the page from IMD. Please help me to approve this article and make it better. Thanks in advance. The link of article is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/The_Flavor_of_Corn — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.70.13.169 (talk) 11:43, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

MSU Interview

Dear Montrealais,

My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the communityHERE, where it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.

So a few things about the interviews:

• Interviews will last between 15 and 30 minutes.
• Interviews can be conducted over skype (preferred), IRC or email. (You choose the form of communication based upon your comfort level, time, etc.)
• All interviews will be completely anonymous, meaning that you (real name and/or pseudonym) will never be identified in any of our materials, unless you give the interviewer permission to do so.
• All interviews will be completely voluntary. You are under no obligation to say yes to an interview, and can say no and stop or leave the interview at any time.
• The entire interview process is being overseen by MSU's institutional review board (ethics review). This means that all questions have been approved by the university and all students have been trained how to conduct interviews ethically and properly.

Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your nameHERE instead.

If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be more than happy to speak with you.

Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Obar --Jaobar (talk) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.11.206.39 (talk) 03:24, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

Happy Adminship Anniversary

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Nomination for deletion of Template:Barcelona Metro/line list

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Audio

Pouvez-vous enregistrer la prononciation du mot enquête avec un accent québécois S.V.P ? Fête —Preceding undated comment added 00:32, 14 August 2012 (UTC)

fête

Do you knew Quebeckers pronounce "fight" for the word fête ? Fête (talk) 22:10, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

Montreal question

While I've found numerous valid sources for the statement that alderman Joseph Schubert temporarily served as acting mayor of Montreal in 1927, I can't find a source which explains why the city needed an acting mayor in the first place. Specifically, I can't find any sources which explain what, if anything, would have interrupted Médéric Martin's term in office. Do you have any insight into this, or any access to sources which might explain it in more depth? Bearcat (talk) 22:36, 16 November 2012 (UTC)

Invitation to WikiProject Breakfast

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You're invited: Art & Feminism Edit-a-thon

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Request for comment

Hello there, a proposal regarding pre-adminship review has been raised at Village pump by Anna Frodesiak. Your comments here is very much appreciated. Many thanks. Jim Carter through MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:46, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

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Ville Marie borough council

Hello. I notice that you've listed Anne-Marie Sigouin and Richard Ryan as the members of the Ville Marie Borough Council directly appointed by the mayor. I don't have any reason to doubt the accuracy of this information, but can you tell me what your source is – I haven't seen anything online that confirms this. CJCurrie (talk) 07:06, 23 November 2017 (UTC)

Please disregard my question; the city council website has been updated with this information. CJCurrie (talk) 02:19, 24 November 2017 (UTC)

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Hi -- I'm working on unreferenced articles and got to this one. The edit summary when you made this says "will expand when I get home" -- I was wondering whether you knew of any sources? I did find some on dishes known as "potlatch dishes" or "feast dishes" (e.g. this UBC entry) -- are those the same thing? Gnomingstuff (talk) 19:00, 14 April 2023 (UTC)

Sadly, I don't recall what my sources were or any other useful information from 14 years ago 😅 Montréalais (talk) 22:18, 14 April 2023 (UTC)

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		I recently noticed a version of the woman article from 2005 that said "woman, etymologically means a 'wife of man', can be said to sum up a long history of dependence and subordination" among other questionable statements — which made sense when I realized the article was taken straight from the 1911 encyclopedia. LOL, no wonder it seemed so far off! Thanks for being the one to nix that 94-year-old paragraph about the role of women and for bringing Wikipedia a little bit more up to date. Crunchydillpickle🥒 (talk) 06:46, 11 June 2024 (UTC)

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