User talk:CambridgeBayWeather/Archive24

I have two requests for people coming here:

• If you intend to revert to personal attacks could you please use the {{subst:unsigned|user name|date}} template instead.
• If you are here to complain about something I deleted could you please tell me the name of the article that you are talking about. If you do I will respond but if you don't I will ignore you.

Thanks. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 16:20, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

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Aerodrome

I think the references that you added were very good and are sufficient for explaining the use of the term in Australia and Canada. I would recommend adding inline citations for the first three sentences and the last sentence.

Would it be OK if I clean up the English? Some of the sentences are written awkwardly. Dr. Submillimeter 08:50, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Airport codes template

Please see my comments at Template talk:Airport codes. Since my change will affect the Canadian airport articles you edited earlier this morning (Acme Airport through Drayton Valley Industrial Airport), I'll update those. I just wanted to let you know of the change before you continued your updates. If there is a more appropriate abbreviation for the Canadian location identifiers, let me know (perhaps we can make the 4th parameter specific to Canadian airports, since I think most other countries just use the ICAO code). I can also update {{Infobox Airport}} to support a new parameter for the Canadian location identifiers. -- Zyxw 14:00, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

I like your change of "National LID" to "TC LID" - it is more accurate and looks better in the airport articles. On a related matter, please see my comments at Talk: Norwood Memorial Airport #No IATA or ICAO code and User talk: Dpm64 #Talk:List of airports by ICAO code: C. -- Zyxw 02:05, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

Private review request

For the last few weeks I've been building an airport web site as a side project. Since you put so much work into the Wikipedia airport articles, I'd be very interested in your feedback. The site is OurAirports, and here's a Sample link showing the airports around the Golden Horseshoe.

If you want to delete this message after reading it, please go ahead, because it's not of general interest to the Wikipedia community. If you have any feedback, you can send me private e-mail through GMail using the address david.megginson, or leave a note on my Wikipedia talk page. Thanks. David 18:23, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Barney episodes

The whole process to redirect them has hit a snag at this point, but if you want to redirect them, I doubt anyone will complain. TTN 22:01, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Well, it's not a definite process or anything that people have to follow. It's just there to help with the whole thing. These are definite redirects, so feel free to redirect them early. Or you can just wait if you would like. I just think you would like to save yourself the hassle of dealing with them all of the time. TTN 22:13, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Swearing at Ying Dor 2

Sorry if I swore at Ying Dor 2 CambridgeBayWeather.

{{Canadian Airports}} and {{ List of airports in Canada}}

Indeed, {{Canadian Airports}} is the one more used. {{ List of airports in Canada}} is more expansive, and covers the content of {{Canadian Airports}}. Some articles use them both. Maybe one of them could be merged into the other (I left proposals on the template talk pages, but got no reply). Cheers. --Qyd 04:51, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

Dubai Airport

I was looking through the History of the DXB article and i noticed 213.42.2.24, TB115, and 195.229.241.180 are doing most if not all the vandalism in the article and bringing back the copied information to the article. The best thing to do is to lock the article to stop the consistent vandalism.--45HG23 13:38, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

Canadian airport article updates

In response to your comment: this edit only done because in the prior edit I added the IATA code but forgot to update the template. I have noticed that you are updating all the Canadian airports via AWB, so I've only edited those articles for other reasons (at the moment that is primarily related to adding or correcting IATA codes). And in answer to your question: I'm familiar with regex but by no means an expert. I'm registered to use AWB and have experimented with it, but unfortunately I do a lot of my editing from a computer where I can't install AWB. -- Zyxw 01:46, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

Nunavut articles

The prod on Simon Okpatauyak is fine — while there is an informal precedent in favour of mayors having articles, it's not a binding policy, and WP:AFDP explicitly spells out that a mayor's article needs to say more than just "So-and-so is the mayor of X". If the article could be expanded with good sources on reasonably important things he did as mayor, then it would be potentially keepable, but it looks like his name gets a grand total of 20 Google hits, of which the only media sources are the one provided there and another CBC news article about a curfew siren. Almost all of the other 18 hits are mere mentions of his name which aren't useful as sources. Which doesn't bode well as notability goes, needless to say. The way the precedent is currently applied, mayors of cities generally survive while mayors of small towns with only two or three thousand people tend not to.

Re: Paul Okalik, I think the article probably should discuss the controversy — if it had all blown over in one day, then it probably wouldn't be worth including, but given all the followup it looks like too much crap has hit the proverbial fan. I don't think we can ignore something that leads an MLA to call for his resignation (though I suspect it's also worth noting that the very same MLA was also Okalik's sole challenger for the premiership in 2004...) Write it neutrally and cite the articles, obviously, but yeah, it should go in. Bearcat 04:18, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

Aeromarine West Indies Airways...

We would greatly appreciate it if you could research topics (such as Aeromarine West Indies airways) before you delete articles on Wiki... For your further reference:

There is NO copyright infringement with regards to Aeromarine West Indies Airways because the rights to Aeromarine have been purchased and Articles of Incorporation have been filed in the state of Florida (US), the company's state of residence (a scanned copy of the official Articles of Incorporation can be sent to you if necessary).

Also, we have secured permission from the owners of the official Aeromarine website(http://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/aerom.htm) for unresricted use of any materials included on that website. Also, acording to copyright law, any claim to copyright with regards to the original "Aeromarine" has long since expired. If you have any further questions you may contact us via e-mail at: aeromarine_airways_contact@yahoo.com.

J.H. Russell, Chief Operations Officer Aeromarine West Indies Airways Corp.

Inuit

I think I'm now confused, since I just noticed the same user posted stuff earlier on the 6th. What I don't understand is why the recent re-edits are full of mistakes (e.g. "Apparences trompeses" should be "Apparence trompeuses", since this user is posting in French). And the fact that I don't know this book/reference he or she posted doesn't help. However, judging by the use of French, this user must have also posted on the Wikipédia français... It seems all of this (IP) user's edits have been reverted there, so it must be a clue. - Io Katai 18:39, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Hans Island

Thanks for fixing the Hans Island listing - I moved when I should have copied. (Sorry.) I've posted a note at the Canadian Wikipedians notice board regarding this anon's edits. They seem to be POV-based, but I'd rather have someone with a strong background in Arctic issues make the call. Thanks. --Ckatz^chat_spy 02:57, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Barnstar

Thanks for the barnstar. -- Zyxw 10:10, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Canadian Internal Waters

No worries. My remark was really intended for the other editor who just keeps bizarrely accusing me of conflict of interest, and erases messages I leave for him on his talk page. Oh well. Skeezix1000 19:20, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

I had figured there was a connection, having originally been directed here by the Canadian notice board. Then there was this audacious move... Skeezix1000 19:30, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Vancouver Harbour Water Aerodrome & Coal Harbour Water Aerodrome

I wasn't sure about the Great Circle Mapper reference... it is one of the few sites that does a decent job of cross-referencing ICAO and IATA codes, but it's not 100% accurate, so I try to find a backup reference. In this case, that was seeing CAQ3 in List of Canadian airports by location indicator: CA. What I missed was the fact that Coal Harbour Water Aerodrome is not the same location as Vancouver Coal Harbour Seaplane Base (a.k.a. Vancouver Harbour Water Aerodrome). Thanks for picking up on that and making the correction. -- Zyxw 07:22, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject BMW and Mercedes-Benz

It's not appropriate to advertise the project in the middle of an article. If you want to get people interested then put it on the talk page. Thanks. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 04:25, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks Wjs13 11:15, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Yea, nicely worded. We're saying the same thing at this point, yours is more concise.Onepointfive2.0 13:32, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

WEM Changes

Reply to

"I'm not sure why you made this edit. When I changed the sentence I gave the source at the same time. The source shows that the mall opened in 1981 and Jin Yuan opened in 2004 which is 23 years later. Thanks. "

I was just fixing the grammar and mistakenly didn't notice the reference properly. I've changed it so that it's split into two sentences now.

Plan to improve Somalia articles

Hi CambridgeBayWeather
I (running the Somalia portal of the German language Wikipedia) am planning to improve the Somalia articles of the English language Wikipedia. The aim is to largely eradicate unsourced/POV statements (especially in articles about Somali clans...), to improve the quality and reliability of the articles – and, if possible, make good or featured articles.
I'd like to ask you if you are interested to help me do this. (I'm not very familiar with the rules of the English Wikipedia, which are, in some ways, different from those of the German one. For example, I cannot understand why the Somalia article is not definitely semi-protected. In the German Wikipedia, the level of vandalism in this article would certainly justify a such protection.) Regards, Béka 15:06, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

For example, where can I make a list of all Somalia-related articles in the English Wikipedia, like this? I think the first task for the improvement plan would certainly be to list all the articles, to have an overview and the possibility to watch them easily through the "Related changes". But where is the right place for this in the English Wikipedia? Portal:Somalia/All articles? Or a WikiProject and WikiProject:Somalia/All articles? Regards, Béka 21:06, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Jeff Stork

any article with a relatively ambiguous name of a person (Jeff Stork) SHOULD have a disambiguation. Either the article should be titled as I did (Jeff Stork (Volleyball)) or even his full name, "Jeffery Malcom Stork) in order to avoid ambiguation in the first place. My name is also Jeff Stork and that article is NOT about me, thus is does need either a re-title or a disambiguation. e is not the only Jeff Stork in the pond.

Jeff Stork

Jeff Stork

An article abut "Jeff Stork" COULD be about me. So a disambiguation is appropriate.

Me

Or retitle the page to not be ambiguous (i.e. Jeffery Malcolm Stork), it would still show up in a wikipedia search.

Cumberland, MD

I would, if it actually violated any of those rules. Is it possible to actually work on an article instead of arguing over where a bar goes? - NeutralHomer ^T:C 23:41, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

OK, first, your link has nothing to do with the bar. Second, it is neither distracting nor advertising and pushing a portal bar all the way to the bottom of a very long article is not helping. Also, I believe I said that, what, 3 months ago at the most, not even close to enough time. How about passing this pay User:Potomacbase, since the Cumberland article and the Cumberland portal are his "baby". - NeutralHomer ^T:C 00:05, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Nunatsiaq News

An ethnic newspaper doesn't necessarily have to be written entirely or primarily in a third language; it just has to include content aimed at a particular ethnocultural group. There are other newspapers in the category that mix English and third language content, and at least one that's written only in English. Bearcat 22:01, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Yes, actually, a radio category would be a good idea. I'll start that shortly. Duh. Actually there already is a radio category — it's just called "multicultural" instead of "ethnic". Bearcat 22:15, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

I've now started a television category. In the cases of radio and television, though, because broadcasting is such tightly regulated industry, where licensing categories are so tightly regimented by the CRTC, I'd only apply those to stations and cable channels that actually fall under multicultural or ethnic licenses rather than any station that happens to produce a third language program or two. Bearcat 22:28, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

John Maeda

Hi CambridgeBayWeather, you've recently deleted this article because it was an expired prod. Was this article about the MIT professor/graphics designer/computer scientist? If so, this person can easily be established for notability, and I am willing to expand it. hateless 09:49, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your help! hateless 21:11, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Category question

Category:Aerospace museums or Category:Aviation museums? I think Category:Aviation museums is the more common term. What do you think? Vegaswikian 19:42, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Sudbury Airport

No worries. I did say the official location kind of defies the seemingly more logical assumption, after all :-) Bearcat 01:15, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Convert

Thanks for letting us know, the m/s -> ? conversions should now work Orderinchaos 02:59, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Deleted external link

Hello,

I realized that probably on 17 Jul you deleted external link I added (as anonymous) to article about Cheltenham (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheltenham). I thought the website I added would be a useful source of in-depth information about the town. It doesn't contain any advertising throughout the website and has many links to non-commercial services in Cheltenham. As I could see that websites such as Allaboutcheltenham and SoGlos are listed in links, both of which are purposely commercial ventures run by the same people and have visible advertising at every section of their sites, I thought there shouldn't be a problem with adding the site I recommended. I refer to the thread where those who added SoGlos argue their case and as I can see they have won it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Gloucestershire#External_Links I would be grateful if you could explain why you deleted the link and if there are any other reasons apart from those argued in that thread why the link should not be there I will be happy to withdraw it.

Thanks

chbase

Skymac207

I don't get what the obsession with Disney video stuff is, either. Probably kids with Asperger's with too much free time and not enough supervision. —tregoweth (talk) 15:42, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

WikiThanks

Thanks for deleting the vandalism on my user page. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 17:40, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks Re: Deleted external link

Hi,

Thanks, I'll add the link back.

chbase

Riquelme semi-protect

Sorry, I thought putting the template did the protection automatically. How does it actually work? Do you need to be an admin? eae 19:46, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Somali people

Thanks for taking care of the links. -- Gyrofrog (talk) 21:37, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

I found the same figure in this PDF and already cited it in the article. I have commented out the unattributed figures. -- Gyrofrog (talk) 22:15, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

I just added a figure for Finland, that's it for tonight. Have a better tomorrow, -- Gyrofrog (talk) 22:32, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Template:Muslims and controversies

I know you protected this page and added the protection template. can you please put the template in the , so that it isn't visable on all the articles the template is in?--Sefringle^Talk 05:04, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. It didn't look right with that template in all the articles.--Sefringle^Talk 05:08, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

Template:Muslims and controversies

regarding your protection of {{Muslims and controversies}}, it was found that Ultrabias (talk · contribs) was a sockpuppet of the community banned DavidYork71 (talk · contribs) (see Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/DavidYork71). is page protection still necessary? thanks ITAQALLAH 16:49, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

as far as i can tell, nobody supported Ultrabias in the changes he made. ITAQALLAH 16:53, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

thank you. there are still a few confirmed socks that need to be dealt with (CorrectOrPreferred (talk · contribs), ALLSTRENGTH (talk · contribs)), if you have the time. thanks again. ITAQALLAH 17:27, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

It might be best to just semi-protect the template; that would allow regular editors to edit the page but not the sockpuppets (unless they last more than five days before being discovered); I'm sure they'll be back shortly.--Sefringle^Talk 01:53, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

Robotism

Please refrain from sounding like a robot. Thank you. 86.149.253.205 21:28, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

Complaining about a vandlaism template after changing "Somali diaspora" to Somali infection. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 21:30, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

Haha, never met a 17 year old somalian boy I assume. Walk through Woolwich at night, and lets see if you disagree then. 86.149.253.205 21:32, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

Re: Non-North American airports

Hi, Im a bit confused with your message re the airport evelavtion in feet... Looking at [1], you removed | metric-elev = yes

I did look originally at trying to do it with AWB, but sorta realised, it may be just too fiddly.

I then set about writing a custom program for the migration... Which i will possibly change to an AWB plugin. However, this wont be fully automatic, it will have to be manually assisted...

It will do most of the basic sort of moving around, when its finished - it manages to pick off most of the data to begin with. Just a couple of bits that the regex's are struggling to pick up...

Im just wondering whether its worth carrying on...

Any opinions?

Reedy Boy 10:39, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

THANK YOU

 APPRECIATE YOUR WORK  Cookedgooses 11:43, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome. NHRHS2010 ^Talk 20:32, 23 July 2007 (UTC)