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Oil shale

Hi. You are listed as a participant in WikiProject Geology. Maybe you to please consider helping to improve the oil shale article. This article has developed quite well, but some more expert assistance is needed. Thank you in advance. Beagel 17:31, 31 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:WikiProject Alberta/Assesment

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It wasn't another user, that was me cleaning up after myself. --Qyd 14:22, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

anon testing

ok. I was honestly under the impression it was vandalism of some kind. Sorry about that! Pascal.Tesson 14:47, 4 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Medicine Hat, Alberta

Hi Qyd, I do appreciate your contributions to wikipedia, and it looks like you put a lot of time and effort into many areas. I respect your opinion. As you may know, I added medhatblog.com today and you removed it as per the rules. I do not run medhatblog, and I have no personal interest or stake in it. But I do think it is a very relevant website. It discusses local issues, and has some very good articles, breaking news, etc on the city of medicine hat. Im not sure how long it has been around, but more than year for sure. my point is, its not a flash in the pan like so many blogs these days. I read the rules, and blogs are allowed if they relevant, or written by someone of interest. If you do not agree, I wont argue. but I truly think that medhatblog is a service to community. it seems to be very popular, and I think it deserves to me on wikipedia. Sincerely, Richard rmunro@gmail.com Dspiral 23:23, June 5, 2007

Talk:WikiProject Manitoba/Assessment

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+demographics

I seen your latest edits to the Alberta articles and I thought this conversion template {{Pop density km2 to mi2}} might help you out. See Caroline, Alberta for an example. I think that I may need to add "inhabitants" to the template, but let me know what you think? —MJCdetroit 18:52, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Will do. I've added "inhabitants" after the conversion template. Not having it in the template allows the editor to decide on the wording, so I suppoe it works as it is. --Qyd 19:08, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'll change it on the template level :) —MJCdetroit 19:35, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Done. See Marwayne, Alberta. —MJCdetroit 19:47, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Just thought of this, you may want to look at Template:Canada CP 2006 to help you with your edits. —MJCdetroit 03:21, 10 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I don't really like that template: It's a sort of bulleted list (prose is preffered), and the reference is a general one (inline external link, no less) instead of the paricular one for the community. For 2006 census, it also mixed in 2001 data (only partial data for 2006 so far from statcan). Beside, I generate the wikitext off-site from the data, so it's no effort at all. Thanks for the suggestion though. And if I may return the service, would you consider {{subst:PAGENAME}} instead of {{Pagename}} when you convert to infobox settlement? It maket the text imprevious to page moves, and the text can be easier modified subsequently, while it's still pretty much automatic implementation. --Qyd 04:26, 10 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I'll change my template that I've been using. —MJCdetroit 07:02, 10 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Redcliff, Alberta

Hey, I'm from Redcliff Alberta and shooting gophers and roadsigns isn't nonsense, it's just good fun.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.110.227.32 (talk • contribs)

That's great, but it has zero encyclopedic value, and as such has no place in wikipedia, see WP:NOT. --Qyd 19:40, 21 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Alberta Rivers Template

Hi Qyd, I've got a question about the Alberta Rivers template. I put it on the template discussion for reference reason. Anomity 02:05, 22 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Answered on Template talk:Alberta rivers and lakes --Qyd 02:50, 22 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Mount Temple

Hi. I wonder if you could look again at your redirect of Mount Temple to a disambig page for Temple (not the same thing/place)? I wrote a stub on Mount Temple (a village in Ireland) and it brings up a Canadian Mountain of the same name with a "for other uses" see Temple. And you appear to have zapped my own redirect, which is a bit naughty. Regards (Sarah777 11:16, 24 June 2007 (UTC))[reply]

Sounds like work! I'll do as suggested later - That was my thinking too but I didn't want upset the mountain folk by moving the primary Mount Temple to Mount Temple (Alberta); without doing some sounding out. (Sarah777 14:23, 24 June 2007 (UTC))[reply]

Thanks Qyd!! I know that if I left a mess in the kitchen you'd just have to clean it up yourself :) (Sarah777 21:42, 27 June 2007 (UTC))[reply]

Calgary-related work

Hey. Just wanted to let you know that the work you've been doing with the Calgary-related articles and neighbourhood content is fantastic and much needed. Awesome. --Arch26 07:10, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned non-free image (Image:Nanaimo-COA.png)

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Calgary

Thanks for updating the information. Michellecrisp 12:42, 29 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I guess that you set the class and importance, or did someone beat me to it? (ref ot WPCities)Pustelnik 20:21, 30 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Other uses

I removed the Other uses tag for Mahogany, Calgary since the article name is so specific it by its very nature serves as the disambiguation. No one is likely to type in "Mahogany, Calgary" if they're looking for another meaning. (It did remind me to put a link on the Mahogany disambiguation page, though, so thanks for that.) 23skidoo 22:44, 5 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I tend to leave dab notices exactly for that reason (keep dab pages and redirects in order). Users can also access the page from search results, and if it's not what they were looking for, the dablink helps. It' just my wikihabit, feel free to do however you please. --Qyd 04:59, 6 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Québec/Jean Lesage International Airport

I've put back the Canadian Airports template (or rather my sockpuppet did it) as all the airports in Canada use the same one. Cheers. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 04:10, 6 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry about that I didn't even see the talk page comments. I added |state = {{{state|collapsed}}} the {{ List of airports in Canada}} to make it hidden by default. I think it's a bit large in the expanded size for most of the airports which are stubs, see Fisher Branch Airport. I'm in the process of making changes to most of the airports with AWB so I can make that change as well. When I finish I will go back and pick up the ones I missed. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 06:07, 6 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

And I just redirected {{Canadian Airports}} to the other so all the airports will show the {{ List of airports in Canada}}

Infoboxes in Canada

Good job with the deprecating the last of {{Infobox Town Canada}}. Sorry I was going so slow, but I usually edit between things at work. With that and a small template called {{Tab muni ca}} that was used in Quebec being replaced, all settlements in Canada should be using the same infobox. Please see WP:TfD as I have placed these and some other single use city infoboxes up for deletion. Thanks, MJCdetroit 04:22, 7 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Winnipeg

Thanks Qyd. I don't know who removed the map in the first place. I didn't notice until today. Thanks for putting it back. jdobbin 16:31, 7 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

An anon sometime in april :/ --Qyd 16:49, 7 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Esquimalt, British Columbia coors

Hi, I see that you reverted a change to the coor setting at Esquimalt, British Columbia. When I look at your setting on google, it places it somewhere near the Bay St Bridge on the innner habour, the one that you reverted looks to me like it places the location right on the docks at CFB Esquimalt. I am wondering why it was reverted? Perhaps Google isn't giving the right location? --KenWalker | Talk 19:29, 11 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

hmm, perhaps your link is for the City rather than the harbour, but even so, it doesn't seem to be centred on the city??--KenWalker | Talk 19:33, 11 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, my mapping software usually pinpoints to the town hall, and where it doesn't have that info (might be the case here), it takes the geometric center of the polygon (city/district limits). I'm not sure it does this for Esquimalt (not familiar with the location), but going to the harbor seems wrong. Cheers. --Qyd 21:17, 11 July 2007 (UTC) PS: Two mapsets (both based on Canadian DMTI data) give the location at 48°26′31″N 123°24′7″W / 48.44194°N 123.40194°W. A third one (a general world map) points to 48°25′50″N 123°24′53″W / 48.43056°N 123.41472°W, this might be closer to the district center. --Qyd 21:37, 11 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This first two are in the city but not centred and do not really make sense to me for use here, but the last one is in the central core of the city and looks pretty much like it points to the parking lot behind city hall. That one makes sense to me. --KenWalker | Talk 22:50, 11 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

✓ OK, used that one. (Might be parking lot instead of building as I'm rounding to full second). Thanks for pointing out the error. --Qyd 22:57, 11 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Patterson, Calgary

Hi Qyd,

Thanks for the welcome (in my "My Talk" section). Also, thanks for merging the citations on the Patterson page, wasn't quite sure how to do that.

-Wbrandt

NB parks

Hello, I really like the maps you have made for the Canadian parks systems. Would you be able to make one for New Brunswick alone? Thanks Matthew

ok

Sorry, I will not be able to contribute for a while, I'll look into it once I have more time. --Qyd 16:47, 3 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Commons link

Hi Qyd. Is it written anywhere, as a standard where to place {{Commons}} in an article. I ask this, since you've moved one's I placed a few times. So, if there's a standard I'm unaware of, let me know. --Rob 03:04, 4 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think there's a guideline for this, the reason I'm routinely moving the commons link to see also section is space economy (trying to reduce whitespace). If you think it looks better at the bottom of the article, please feel free to restore. Cheers. --Qyd 16:02, 4 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That's ok. I have no plans to revert over something so trivial, I was just wondering. Thanks. --Rob 17:05, 4 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned non-free image (Image:Calgary Stampede logo.png)

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Source added (although anyone could have figured that out, but some users rather slap robotic tags). --Qyd 16:04, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ramsay

Hi Qyd,

Thanks for the welcome!

You are clearly a veteran member of Wikipedia so I would appreciate some feedback on the recent editing of the Ramsay, Calgary page.

As the edit history shows, User 209.107.122.237 seems intent on including excepts from a press release dealing with a recent homicide in the area. It is my opinion that the event, while tragic and troubling, provides little relevence and/or context to the page. User 209.107.122.237 has repeatedly gone in and added the text to various parts of the page. That information has been subsequently deleted by both you and myself. User 209.107.122.237 finally settled on creating a "Crime" section for Ramsay, including crime stats for the last half of 2006 AND reposting excerpts from the homicide press release. I don't really have an issue with the crime stats, although one could ask how relevant 6 mos. worth of crime statistics are on a overview of a neighbourhood that is over 100 years old. My issue is with the inclusion of the press release. It falls under current events. Furthermore, the wording smacks of sensationalism that will read with less and less relevence as time goes on. That said, my take on relevence and context,may not be the same at everyone else. I would be interested in your take on this.

Cheers!

Njordial 18:13, 16 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. I'm a newbie to all this. If my post/question is inappropriate for this forum, please let me know!

York hotel Calgary

Hello. Why did you change the info I added. The York is going to be droped by HAZCO.

If you go to the site and have a look... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 207.54.116.18 (talk) 16:57, August 22, 2007 (UTC)

AFAIK, the York hotel is not being demolished, but dismantled, then put back together (with improved structural changes), and incorporated in the Bow. This was the point of the "keep the historic York hotel" dispute when the Bow was proposed. The link you provided is one of a construction company, I can't find anything specific to this project. --Qyd 17:07, 22 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sir you assume you are correct.

The brick and the detailed facade is being removed, numbered and graphed to show the original location. The brick will be put back on the new building in the same manner and original location. This will keep the heritage of it all. The rest of the building will be dropped and land filled. The demolition contractor HAZCO is going to put an excavator on the roof as early as this weekend to demolish the building from the roof down.

I will let you have you power to change the facts from fact to what you belive is true. You will see the truth in two weeks.

Good day. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 207.54.116.18 (talk) 17:40, August 22, 2007 (UTC)

Hello I see you left my info as it was and thanks for that. I have returnrd to clean things up and add more info.

Vince —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.54.116.18 (talk) 15:40, August 24, 2007 (UTC)

I still removed the general link to HAZCO: it gives no context about the information. If you find a specific one regarding this special work, I can help you add it to the article as a reference. Cheers. --Qyd 18:40, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with the removal of the web link. How about a link to the Wik page on HAZCO? That is the blue clik on me text.

Thanks Vince —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.54.116.18 (talk) 19:07, August 24, 2007 (UTC)

That is the sensible thing to do, the link is Hazco, it's now in the Bow (Calgary) article. --Qyd 21:55, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Nunavut

I'm feeling stupid right now so, what does this do? In really simple words. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 00:20, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Adds a name to the geo microformat contained in {{coord}} (but doesn't display it in the article). So that the coordinate, when extracted by another website (such as this tool), has a name attached to it. Try Firefox's "operator" extension to see how it works in a browser. hCard describes possible classes and coding. The code I added is somehow controversial, there's a lot of fuss about that kind of thing at Template talk:Coord. --Qyd 00:32, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I'll give it a try later. I had seen the ongoing discussion at the Template talk:Coord. Cheers. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 00:47, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Infobox road

I am running AWB to fix articles affected by the change. I posted this on WT:USRD; perhaps I erred in not placing the notice on the template talk. In any case, please have patience. --TMF ^{Let's Go Mets - Stats} 02:58, 25 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You will have difficulties implementing that change in articles like Trans-Canada Highway or Alberta provincial highway 2 (many more too), where the placeholder for map was filled with map templates or other markup. And indeed, the change should have been mentioned in the template talk page, as this infobox is also used for non-US roads. --Qyd 04:07, 25 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Then I'll add an escape parameter that releases the map parameter (most likely "map_custom" which would accept the word yes) from the preset markup. You'll have to add it to the afflicted articles, however. --TMF ^{Let's Go Mets - Stats} 04:32, 25 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That would work, thanks. --Qyd 04:39, 25 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The alleged vandalism on the wikipedia page

27 August

To Whom it May Concern

There has been recent ranking of hospitals in Canada, based on patient experience. The results are available somewhere online. The Foothills Medical Centre was ranked as one of the lowest in the country and as a result the worst in Calgary and the Peter Lougheed Centre the second worst. I believe people have a right too know this. If you need proof such as an external link to allow such edits on Wikipedia to remain on the page please respond in that regard. Also, is there a way that I can, with proof, edit a page explaining that Canadian Immigration Law says that the Sikh surnames Singh and Kaur do not qualify for the purposes of immigration? I'd like to also point out that the CIC has said that the Sikh names Singh and Kaur do qualify for the application process but forgot to mention that some during the process they are told that their names do not qualify for the purpose of immigration to Canada, unless they make a name change. There are or should be news reports in this regard and a press release from CIC calling the letters "erroneous"

Sincerely

68.145.47.201 (talk · contribs)

Such information is definitely controversial, and has to be handled with care. If you say "Foothills Medical Centre was ranked as one of the lowest in the country and as a result the worst in Calgary", it's wrong for a number reasons:

per WP:CITE, it has to be well referenced
per WP:AWW, you would have to specify exactly who and in what context said that
you are actually supposed to not extrapolate and not draw your own conclusions, per WP:OR

As you wrote it in the article, it read as just another inflammatory remark. Based on what you say here (references still pending), it would have been just as correct to state that "Foothills Medical Centre is the third best in Calgary", and it would have been just as wrong (for the reasons mentioned above), but without the inflammatory tone.

I don't know anything about the Singh controversy, but I can imagine it's highly controversial, so again, has to be handled very carefully. --Qyd 15:57, 27 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

In regards to the Singh and Kaur controversy: I've provided information about the issue from independant news sources aswell as the government body that is in charge of immigration.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2007/07/23/names-immigration.html

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2007/07/25/immigration-name.html

http://www.angryasianman.com/2007/08/canadian-immigration-policy-bans-singh.html

http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=754684

http://www.thestar.com/article/240030

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/media/speeches/2007/2007-07-26.asp

Honestly, I have no idea what you're talking about, nor do I have any interest in this issue. Wrong tree. Just a suggestion: use the "show preview" button before "save page". --Qyd 04:15, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

location

Please note that {{location dms|8|||S|140|42||W}} will not work, especially since longitude and latitude should have the same degree of precision (i.e. both only degrees, or both degrees and minutes). You can fill in the gaps with zeros so the templates works, such as {{Location|8|0|0|S|140|42|0|W}}. Cheers. --Qyd 17:48, 25 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I don't understand what you say. For me, {{location dms|8|||S|140|42||W}} works. And {{Location|8|0|0|S|140|42|0|W}} works too. Only the scale is different. Sémhur ·✉·✍·

Canada

Please see the discussion on WT:WPCR. --NE2 22:01, 27 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I meant to say WT:WPCR rather than WP:WPCR. Some details of the new table are still being worked on; I'll put some sort of "under construction; see the talk page" tag there. --NE2 22:15, 27 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Calgary

Thanks, I knew someone else would spot my error. It really helps condense things for the notes. jdobbin 18:06, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Harmonizing Infobox Lake content / Lac La Nonne

Qyd, most if not all infoboxes for lakes don't use flag icons describe location and basin countries. Please avoid changing them to icons as on Lac La Nonne.

Further, as both {{coor at dms}} and {{coord}} are acceptable coordinate templates, it's preferable to leave in the low overhead {{coor at dms}}.

Obviously, I'm always glad when "my" stubs get expanded. -- User:Docu

Actually, {{coord}} does something that {{coor dms}} and {{coor at dms}} doesn't, i.e. adds geo microformats to the lake pages, and that's the reason I went through some lake pages (respectively the Alberta ones). I'm not a big fan of having the coordinates both inline and in the title area, but this can be done with {{coord}} too, using the parameter "display=inline,title". Regarding the flag icons... well, it's really a matter of taste, and one of very little importance (if any), if you think it's worth restoring, I have no problem with that. I just thought a little color might put some life in otherwise dull stubs, and the flag templates are also implemented in all Communities of Alberta. Cheers. --Qyd 14:49, 29 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The flag icons add additional inconsistencies in {{infobox lake}}: compare locations, e.g., on WikiProject Lakes/Galleries/Image missing. I removed the few that appeared on that list. As it really is a matter of taste, we might as well add them to all articles (there would be about 3500 to do though).

Microformat is an advantage, but compared to the overhead it adds, it might not be worth it. BTW it's also available on the resulting coordinates look-up page. -- User:Docu

I'm afraid you lost me here, there's several things I didn't understand.

Is WikiProject Lakes/Galleries/Image missing affected if a flag icon appears in the infobox? What/whose location should I compare?
What do you mean by overhead added by microformats?
Which page do you have in mind when you say "coordinates look-up page", and what is available there?

Thanks. --Qyd 14:48, 1 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

(1) the list uses the "location=" field from {{infobox lake}} data

(2) {{coord}} compared to {{coor at dms}} calls an additional 7 templates.

(3) [1]

-- User:Docu

Well a list of images missing should certainly look for "image_lake" lather than "location" in {{Infobox lake}}; then again, as far as I can tell WikiProject Lakes/Galleries/Image missing a human written list, not a bot generated one. Yes, {{coord}} is rather complex, as it aims at replacing the sprawling coor family of templates; the geo microformat is a tiny piece of code compared to the handling of different formats (deg, deg-min, deg-min-sec, lat/long vs +/-, inline/title display, etc), and what geo microformats do is basically put the article on the map, not only in wikimedia websites, but for a host of other services that parse the information and link to articles from their own webpage or software (Google Earth for example), so I'm thinking it's well worth it. And, let's face it, the lake pages we're talking about are really lightwieght, there's no issue about loading times or such. Yes, the geo hack page generates a geo tag, but remember that is a temporary rendered page, and also it doesn't associate a name with the coordinates (which is what happens when placing coord inside an infobox). Cheers. --Qyd 18:04, 1 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I might not expressed this very clearly, but almost all articles listed on WikiProject Lakes/Galleries/Image missing use text rather than icons to describe the location.

By replacing the text in the field with icons, you are adding the information on lakes in Alberta in a different format. -- User:Docu

Oh, OK, I thought I was doing something wrong, as in screwing up some settings. If you are that annoyed by the flag icons, by all means, take them out, I wouldn't be offended. --Qyd 03:45, 2 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

coord name

I was curious, what does adding "name=" do and should it be added to community pages? Thanks. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 20:51, 3 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It attaches the "fn org" attribute to the microformat (it has been finally coded into {{coord}}). Pretty much what the other span...display:none...etc did. It would be a good addition to pages where coord is not included in some infobox (the full name/organization is taken from the infobox name parameter there), especially if it's a coord with display=title. But it would work in lists too, for example List of Alberta provincial parks has 72 extractable geo microformats. --Qyd 23:26, 3 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

OK. Thanks. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 02:53, 4 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Revision of Notable Cabin owners in Elkwater, Alberta

Who do you think you are? My family and I actually own a cabin in Elkwater and are very close friends with these so called people that you have never heard of. Rick Wahl has won several awards in architecture thoughout North America. In fact, his company was selected to construct the Governor's Mansion in Texas. I think thats more than notable, okay! Have you not heard of Canadian Idol Kalan Porter. Every Canadian is aware of him. I would sure hope that you're a Canadian editing these locations in Alberta because you have no right doing so, otherwise. Anyways, his family lives in a more than comfortable mansion next door to us on 7th street in Elkwater. Lastly, Kevin Semrau is one of the most well known philanthropists in Canada. His wife Marlene has often been referred to as the first lady of Alberta due to the work she does with charity. Last year alone, the Semrau family gave away $78 million dollars to deserving charities in Alberta, notably the Childrens Hospital in Calgary, hence the Semrau wing of Intensive Care. So maybe if you did your homework a little bit you would realize that all of these people do vacation and own cabins in Elkwater and are more than notable. I am very offended by your actions! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.123.245.164 (talk) 02:39, 4 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

When you add some information to Wikipedia, ask yourself: is there any encyclopedic value in this information? Please consult WP:NOT. You might find useful information in Wikipedia:Etiquette and WP:FACT too. Don't be offended, it's nothing personal against you or the people you consider notable, it's just routine cleanup. Generally, a notable person would have a Wikipedia article (blue link). --Qyd 03:19, 4 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

question

Hi. On the Kamloops move debate, you said that reversing the redirect so thatKamloops, British Columbia redirects to Kamloops would make categorization, offline editing and bot operations more difficult. Can you explain more about this? I'd rather make things easier for user than for editors/bots but would like to know more about what you are describing. Canuckle 00:30, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

When generating code offline, or even when routinely writing a link, one would use [[City, Province|City]], as most Canadian settlements use this naming pattern (it has become the second nature, as mentioned in the WP:NC nutshell). Wouldn't be a problem really, just a large number of redirects. The category listing would be a loss, as it's much easier to find an article with "British Columbia" in the name when looking for Canadian settlements in large categories. At the same time, "the majority of English speakers would most easily recognize" what an article is about if it had the disambiguation extension (when we're talking about smaller cities or settlements; the proposed guideline was taking that in account, but that has been single-mindedly ignored in the actual convention).--Qyd 15:44, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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