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[edit] Article Licensing

Hi, I've started a drive to get users to multi-license all of their contributions that they've made to either (1) all U.S. state, county, and city articles or (2) all articles, using the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike (CC-by-sa) v1.0 and v2.0 Licenses or into the public domain if they prefer. The CC-by-sa license is a true free documentation license that is similar to Wikipedia's license, the GFDL, but it allows other projects, such as WikiTravel, to use our articles. Since you are among the top 1000 Wikipedians by edits, I was wondering if you would be willing to multi-license all of your contributions or at minimum those on the geographic articles. Over 90% of people asked have agreed. For More Information:

To allow us to track those users who muli-license their contributions, many users copy and paste the "{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}" template into their user page, but there are other options at Template messages/User namespace. The following examples could also copied and pasted into your user page:

Option 1
I agree to [[Wikipedia:Multi-licensing|multi-license]] all my contributions, with the exception of my user pages, as described below:
{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}

OR

Option 2
I agree to [[Wikipedia:Multi-licensing|multi-license]] all my contributions to any [[U.S. state]], county, or city article as described below:
{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}

Or if you wanted to place your work into the public domain, you could replace "{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}" with "{{MultiLicensePD}}". If you only prefer using the GFDL, I would like to know that too. Please let me know what you think at my talk page. It's important to know either way so no one keeps asking. -- Ram-Man (comment| talk) 19:10, Dec 8, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Collaboration of the week

The Article Collaboration and Improvement Drive has officially closed. Congratulations, the candidate you voted for, Underground Railroad, is this week's Collaboration of the Week. Please help edit the article to bring it up to feature standard.

[edit] Image tag

Hi! Thanks for uploading the following image:

I notice it currently doesn't have an image copyright tag. Could you add one to let us know its copyright status?

You can use {{gfdl}} if you wish to release your own work under the GNU Free Documentation License, {{PD-self}} if you wish to release your own work to the public domain, {{fairuse}} if you claim fair use of someone else's work, and so on. Click here for a list of the various tags.

If you don't know what any of this means, just let me know at my talk page where you got the image from, and I'll tag it for you. (And if you know exactly what this means and are really tired of the constant reminders, please excuse me. They will stop once the tagging project is complete.) Thanks so much. Denni☯ 23:10, 2004 Dec 18 (UTC)

P.S. You can help tag other images at Wikipedia:Untagged_Images. Thanks again.

[edit] Did You Know

Did you know has been updated
and a fact from the article Meadow Vole, which you recently created, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you have another interesting fact to submit, then please suggest it at the section's talk page.

Nice job, it's good to see interest in muroid rodents. Now just 999 species to go. --Aranae 17:44, Mar 2, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Ottawa Wikipedia Meetup

Hey, just a quick note to let you know there is an Ottawa Wikipedia Meetup coming up this Saturday @ 2pm. If you can make it, please drop by the Meetup website and RSVP. If you can't, join up anyway, so you can find out about future Ottawa Wikipedia Meetups! --Spinboy 20:54, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Geo-stubs

Hi Big iron - good to see you adding a few new Canadian geography stubs... for future reference, there's a separate stub template for canadian geography: {{canada-geo-stub}} - if you use that instead of just geo-stub it'll make the articles easier for editors working on Canadian items to find. Cheers! Grutness|hello? 01:17, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] New Wikiproject

Hi there, just a quick note to let you know that we've started a new wikiproject! WikiProject Ottawa aims to expand the amount of articles in Ottawa, and of the articles that are there, take them from stubs to something worthy of being a feature article. We hope you'll stop by and sign up! --Spinboy 03:48, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] "The Vole" Nickname Discussion

Appreciated your comments on Talk:Vole and the updating of the page ( I can't seem to edit that page without it being reverted by Nathan J. Yoder )). It seems crazy that I'm having to expend this much energy on a simple link to an existing article which already refers to the term. Winston Smith 21:46, 19 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Richardson's Ground Squirrel

Hi Big Iron - question for you on Talk:Richardson's Ground Squirrel (or there will be in 5 minutes!) seglea 20:07, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] lots of edits, not an admin

Hi - I made a list of users who've been around long enough to have made lots of edits but aren't admins. If you're at all interested in becoming an admin, can you please add an '*' immediately before your name in this list? I've suggested folks nominating someone might want to puruse this list. Thanks. -- Rick Block (talk) 23:11, Jun 11, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Wiki cookie

Some good work on classic Canadian songs, and on some Ottawa stuff earns you this wiki cookie. Enjoy :) -- Earl Andrew - talk 07:19, 15 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Greeting from Alaska

Hi Big Iron, I put the article on Ibram Lassaw on his page-, I also wrote it. Denise Lassaw

Thank you for dropping by. I was concerned that the material on Ibram Lassaw might have been used without permission. --Big_Iron 21:59, 22 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Image deletion announcement

I listed Image:BonaparteGull23.jpg in Images and media for deletion. It was replaced by several better quality images, I think no-one is going to miss it. -Hapsiainen 19:58, September 5, 2005 (UTC)

I saved the new image as a png, because I had cropped it. If I had again saved it as jpeg, its quality would have decreased further. UFWS had saved the original image in jpeg format, I didn't want to compress it twice. This is a known problem. -Hapsiainen 10:50, September 6, 2005 (UTC)

The question isn't about whether to have a PNG image or a baad JPEG image in the article. There is another JPEG image of an adult gull. You can put it to the article if you wish so. Your vote on Images for deletion is incomprehensible to me. -Hapsiainen

[edit] Sarfaraz Nawaz

FYI because you have put a copyvio tag there. The title is incorrect. I am moving it (with tag and all) to Sarfraz Nawaz. Tintin 21:56, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

Thanks. I saw your name in the talk page and thought it was you. Tintin 22:06, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] WP:CP

Hi, you've reported copyright infringements to WP:CP in the last week, a new measure was recently passed to allow the speedy deltion of new pages that are cut and paste copyvios. Please follow these instructions if you come across this type of copyvio. Thanks. --nixie 00:09, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

Blatant copyright infringements may now be "speedied"

If an article and all its revisions are unquestionably copied from the website of a commercial content provider and there is no assertion of permission, ownership or fair use and none seems likely, and the article is less than 48 hours old, it may be speedily deleted. See CSD A8 for full conditions.

After notifying the uploading editor by using wording similar to:

{{nothanks-sd|pg=page name|url=url of source}} -- ~~~~

Blank the page and replace the text with

{{db-copyvio|url=url of source}}

to the article in question, leaving the content visible. An administrator will examine the article and decide whether to speedily delete it or not.

[edit] User Categorisation

You were listed on the Wikipedia:Wikipedians/Ontario page as living in or being associated with Ontario. As part of the Wikipedia:User categorisation project, these lists are being replaced with user categories. If you would like to add yourself to the category that is replacing the page, please visit Category:Wikipedians in Ontario for instructions.--Rmky87 02:56, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for spotting the Naturalselection copyvio. I have deleted it. — JIP | Talk 13:08, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Charles H. Mackintosh

Please note that we don't file individuals directly in Category:Members of the Canadian House of Commons; individual MPs are sorted into subcategories by province and political party. The master category should only contain the list articles. Bearcat 19:08, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

No, actually, I'm in the process of emptying the historical category out as well. It was originally instituted to clean up the main Members category, but it's now become as big and unmanageable and poorly organized as that category was when it originally needed the cleanup. The province and party categories are intended to replace filing people in either Historical Members or the parent. Bearcat 21:37, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] OMYA link

Hi, I noticed you added a link to the local OMYA plant in the Rutland City, Vermont article, but the page you linked to says Florence Vermont on it and doesn't seem to be in Rutland (north of Proctor is definitely not Rutland). I was wondering why you added it to that page as opposed to, say, the Proctor article? Thanks. Jessamyn 14:43, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Canadian Barnstar of National Merit

You're welcome! I hope you intend to 'wear' it...

This Canadian Barnstar of National Merit is awarded for your exceptional contributions to articles pertaining to Canada. Please keep up the excellent work! – Editor at Large 00:21, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
This Canadian Barnstar of National Merit is awarded for your exceptional contributions to articles pertaining to Canada. Please keep up the excellent work! – Editor at Large 00:21, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikimedia Canada

Hi there! I'd like to invite you to explore Wikimedia Canada, and create a list of people interested in forming a local chapter for our nation. A local chapter will help promote and improve the organization, within our great nation. We'd also like to encourage everyone to suggest projects for our national chapter to participate in. Hope to see you there!--DarkEvil 01:27, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Please check your WP:NA entry

Greetings, editor! Your name appears on Wikipedia:List of non-admins with high edit counts. If you have not done so lately, please take a look at that page and check your listing to be sure that following the particulars are correct:

  1. If you are an admin, please remove your name from the list.
  2. If you are currently interested in being considered for adminship, please be sure your name is in bold; if you are opposed to being considered for adminship, please cross out your name (but do not delete it, as it will automatically be re-added in the next page update).
  3. Please check to see if you are in the right category for classification by number of edits.

Thank you, and have a wiki wiki day! BD2412 T 04:18, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Talk:Straza

Greetings. On Talk:Straza, you said that "A good part of this text seems to be an automatic translation of http://www.banatul.com/info/town-straja.shtml (German) which is copyrighted." I was wondering why you think this. The page doesn't seem to be in German (except for the footnotes), and it looks like Czech to me. Do you know the language? All the best, – Quadell (talk) (bounties) 15:33, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia Survey

Hi. I'm doing a survey of Wikipedia editors as part of a class research project. It's quick, anonymous, and the data will be made available to the Wikipedia community later this month. Would you like to take part? More info here. Thanks! Nonplus 23:42, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] DoCB Initiative

I came across a couple of articles that you had done in the above arena. Nice job! I have done quite a few over the last few months and was pleased to see someone else active. (I think most of mine are "stubbier"). I have been verifying the ones I do in the DoCB initiative despite the warning. I think that whole thing is dead and no one has removed the tags..cheers! Stormbay 02:29, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Adam Crooks

Sorry, must have erased it by accident. Homey 15:00, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ottawa Mayors

Thanks for updating some of 'my' (as Lady Earth) pages! Where did you find the info on C. T. Bate? I had an impossible time finding what little info I did manage to scrape together. Editor at Large 01:56, 12 June 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Image Tagging Image:SharpshinnedHawk23.jpg

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If the media also doesn't have a copyright tag then one should be added. If you created/took the picture, audio, or video then the {{GFDL-self}} tag can be used to release it under the GFDL. If you believe the media qualifies as fair use, consider reading fair use, and then use a tag such as {{Non-free fair use in|article name}} or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags#Fair_use. See Wikipedia:Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other media, consider checking that you have specified their source and copyright tagged them, too. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any unsourced and untagged images will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Jkelly 19:53, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for fixing it. You're right that the boilerplate message is less-than-ideal. Jkelly 21:44, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hey Dude

Thanks for Adding that reference to that John Winslow Article it was a big help

[edit] Lybster

Hi! I'm looking for an opinion/direction on the above article. It is a redirect from Patrick Sinclair which is now forms part of the title article. Could you take a look? I know that you do a lot of DoCB editing. I think that Patrick Sinclair should be a separate article. I would appreciate an opinion on what should be done (if anything). Thanks in advance for your assistance. Stormbay 03:22, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Elections in Lower Canada

Congratulations for your work on elections in Lower Canada. I was looking around for this kind of information. I might begin to translate them in French soon. Cortomaltais 20:21, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bot boo-boos? boo-hoo!

Sorry about those. I see you fixed Francis Jones (Canadian politician) (for which, thanks): that would have been a very hard one for the 'bot to have done any better on, as he was in a Quebec category, and no Ontario ones. (I suppose it's partly a matter of how one reads "Quebec politician" (etc).) If you see any more, do let me know, especially if there's a large number of similar ones that I can use the 'bot to fix. Alai 22:56, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada

Thomas-Pierre-Joseph Taschereau the brother of Jean-Thomas Taschereau also appears to have been a member of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada. I took a quick look for the riding but didn't find it. (Quite an undertaking you are on; looks good to date!). I blue linked Francis Badgley in the 3rd leg. Cheers! Stormbay 15:44, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

  • Thanks for the info...now that i reread it, I see the difference. Stormbay 21:33, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] No problem

The revert was so long ago I'd completely forgotten! Bird of the week was a first-winter Whiskered Tern (quite rare in the UK) which would disappear for long periods and then hawk up and down the lagoon bank within 20 m. I managed to get a half-decent photo of it perched, but there are some terrific flight shots on surfbirds.com. jimfbleak 06:04, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Legislative Council of Lower Canada

Just a query since, thanks to you, I am now alert to the two different bodies, (assembly vs. council) that existed. I noticed the start date for many of the appointees to be listed as 1792. I was disambiguating François Baby and the DoCB article lists his appointment at 1778. I gather that all of this flows out of the Quebec Act of 1774. Would someone have used 1792 as an arbitrary date to start the article? I won't change anthing until I have an opinion. Thanks in advance! Stormbay 20:56, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

  • I'm glad I didn't start changing dates!! (I'm also rather embarassed about the gaps in my knowledge of those times in Colonial Canada). Stormbay 22:09, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Jackie Rae

Just a reminder...when referring to CBC Television in an article, could you please write [[CBC Television]] instead of "[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]] television"? Thanks. Bearcat 10:54, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Paschal Sirois-Duplessis

Your note on Paschal Sirois-Duplessis in the 2nd Parliament of Lower Canada indicates his death as 1798. One source I read says: November 14, 1797: Paschal Sirois-Duplessis (CAN), MHA for Cornwallis, dies in office. I was reluctant to change it without checking with you. Cheers! Stormbay 03:40, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Article in need of cleanup - please assist if you can

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I went over to comment at PocKleanBot's talk page but apparently PocKleanBot has already been pulled out of service. I don't recall making any non-minor edits to the article in question. --Big_iron 11:21, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Edward Greive

Edward Greive from the 2nd Parliament of the Province of Canada is listed in a DoCB bio [1] for George Baptist as Edward Greives. It is not necessarily a definitve source, but it could be changed, if you agree. No need to reply; I'll watch. Stormbay 23:41, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Moving Robert McGhee

Hey; I saw you move Robert McGhee to Robert McGhee (minister); I moved it back, not knowing that the move was done in the first place (i.e. that the article wasn't originally named (minister). I see that you have moved it back to (minister) once again and I think that decision makes sense. Sorry to fuddle that all up. Shagmaestro 03:10, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Which one is this?

I noticed a reference in some material that I was reading regarding a legislative council with its inception in August 1775 (and, I presume running until 1791). What was it called? Do we have an article in wiki on it? I know I should be able to figure this out but it is easier to ask you. Thanks in advance. --Stormbay 22:58, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image:CurvebilledThrasher23.jpg listed for deletion

An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, Image:CurvebilledThrasher23.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. howcheng {chat} 21:52, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] French spellings

I know that you edit a lot of Canadian stuff and probably can answer this question. Is there a policy to anglicize French names? I ran into Michel Bégon de la Picardière becoming Michel Bégon and finally Michel Begon. If this is a generally accepted practice, I will disagree and ignore. If it is a form of vandalism, I will do something. Sorry to bother you but I do not pay much attention to stuff that isn't posted where I usually edit. Thanks in advance and feel free to tell me to bother someone else. --Stormbay 00:15, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Executive Council of Lower Canada

  • I started the work needed to complete the excellent series of articles you have written on the institutions of the Parliament of Lower Canada here: User:Mathieugp/drafts/Executive Council of Lower Canada . I need to go back to the library to fill up the "Stop" column. I was wondering if maybe you knew of an online source for this information so as to annotate the work nicely like you have done? -- Mathieugp 14:28, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
Thanks! I'll follow your advise. Hopefully, I will find the information on the "Stop" dates and won't have to return to the Grande Bibliothèque just for that. -- Mathieugp 19:58, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thomas W. Fuller

My apologies about the above. Being an older person, I can't quite remember what transpired. I hope it wasn't a big deal and "Cheers!"--Stormbay 16:38, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 9th Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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[edit] William R. Higgins article

I saw the William R. Higgins article that you created a few years ago. Do you have any tips about notability? I've written an article about Lansing Bennett which is going to be deleted for lack for notability (see comments http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Lansing_Bennett ). Bennett was killed in the 1993 attack on the CIA, sometimes noted as the first incident of Islamic terrorism in North America. If Bennett is judged to be not notable, Higgins is similarly at risk. Again, I am not canvassing but merely asking for your advice on achieving notability. Mrs.EasterBunny 16:34, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Donald Macmaster

Hi there. I've moved Donald Macmaster (Canadian politician) back to Donald Macmaster. Research shows that the Canadian and British politicians were, rather surprisingly, actually the same man! Cheers. -- Necrothesp 12:31, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Chilean Hawk?

Hi. I just noticed that when you created Accipiter, you left out the Chilean Hawk, Accipiter chilensis. Some authorities consider it a subspecies of the Bicolored Hawk, but HBW considers it a full species. Since we usually go with HBW, could you tell me why you decided not to in this case? I know nothing about the species and have no preference—I'm just wondering. —JerryFriedman 22:06, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, I'm doing archeology :-) I'll bring it up with Jim. —JerryFriedman 22:30, 27 September 2007 (UTC)