User talk:JF Lepage

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[edit] René Lepage de Ste-Claire

Hi, and welcome to Wikipedia. Just a quick note for you about category links: the pipetext after the category name ([[Category:Category title|this part]]) should actually be the article title, not the repeated category name — in this case, it should say [[Category:Canadian historical figures|Lepage de Ste-Claire, René]], not [[Category:Canadian historical figures|Historical figures]]. What that text does is to determine how the article sorts alphabetically in the category list — so on a biographical article, you would type the person's name, but with the surname first and the given name last.

On the other hand, on an article like Rimouski, Quebec, where the first word of the title is already the article's correct alphabetical sortation, you don't have to include the pipe text at all. But if an article title begins with "The" or "Le/La/Les", you would also use pipetext (e.g. [[Category:Quebec television series|Telejournal, Le]], [[Category:Communities in Quebec|Tuque, La]]).

Also, just so you know, the Wikipedia software doesn't sort accented characters correctly, so when a title has an accent in it, type the title without an accent in the pipetext — it still appears correctly; this is just a workaround because it sorts wrong otherwise.

Hope that helps a bit, and welcome again. Bearcat 21:59, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Poumon = lung

Bonjour et bienvenue encore à Wikipedia! The caption for your photo of the Rimouski park doesn't translate well... "A true lung" is an odd construct in English, and I don't think conveys what you're trying to say.

Perhaps "A true oasis of greenery" might work better? CMacMillan 04:59, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

My pleasure! I was born in Campbellton so I like to see the towns I grew up in on Wikipedia. Of course, my view of Rimouski was always from the window of the train on the way to Montreal or Toronto. I can't add to the knowledge of Rimouski, but I'd be happy to edit the language in the English version. CMacMillan