User talk:RingtailedFox/Complete Archives

Oh, the weather outside is frightful!... But I hope wherever you you are, that it's warm and delightful!

[edit] Your edit to Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates

Hello! If you wish to nominate a picture at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates, please see the instructions at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Nomination Procedure. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me on my talk page. --KFP (talk | contribs) 01:00, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

• I presume the image you meant to nominate is Image:Sears Tower ss.jpg? The nomination subpage for that image is currently in the wrong place. For Featured picture candidates, it should be located at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Sears Tower ss. However, I'm afraid that this particular image does not meet the current resolution requirement of 1000 pixels height or width stated at WP:WIAFP. --KFP (talk | contribs) 14:41, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

• • I agree that it's good picture. Perhaps the photographer has a larger version? --KFP (talk | contribs) 14:48, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Edmonton

I heard it was a bit of a hole. ;-) Matthew 16:02, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image Tagging for Image:Windsor, Ontario Coat of Arms.jpg

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Ignore my revert, it was an accident. --Sopoforic 04:19, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

I wouldn't put any other links to downloads, but that one should be fine. I just misread it when I hit revert, that's all. --Sopoforic 04:29, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Your sig

It's so freakin' huge!!!! :-P I'm fine with the color scheme, but can you make it a little bit shorter? Thanks in advance. Nishkid64 01:24, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Your sig

Well, I think the coding and the actual length are both problems here. Can you try removing "The Legendary Raccoon Fox:" and possibly use smaller font? Thanks. Nishkid64 20:47, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] TV Templates

First of all -- the main reason I've reversed some of your template changes is that I feel they are unnecessary and superfluous -- they practically add nothing, and some of the added features are unnecessary.

Second -- the new template design interferes with the infoboxes -- they literally overlap them, due to coding. I hope you understand. -- azumanga 04:22, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sonic Movie.

I've noticed that you intend to constantly edit info on a Sonic SatAM movie into the Sonic the Hedgehog (SatAM) article. Please stop this. You are failing to cite references, and the tone is very gossipy. Though Rich maybe just a multimedia specialist thats done graphic design and directed music videos for local indie bands, his idea of a sonic movie is still possible, but not absolute. Until SEGA announces it, or a popular film resource like Variety makes mention of actual production, it's not welcome in the article.

Further more, Wiki isn't here to spread rumors on movies that aren't even in pre-production. He hasn't even presented the idea in full to SEGA, and the American department. This is not article worthy in any way/shape/form. Please stop posting it. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Special:Contributions/farck11 (talk) 00:53, 27 January 2007 (UTC).

[edit] NDP

Hope you don't mind but I replaced the manual userbox for the NDP on your About page with a nearly identical one from my userspace (the only difference is that mine, which was copied from another one just before the great userbox purge, says "New Democratic Party *of Canada*". If you don't like the way it looks, feel free to revert. :) Good page by the way! Orderinchaos78 07:41, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Your edits to Highway 33 (Ontario)

Thank you for contributing to Wikipedia, RingtailedFox! However, your edit here was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to remove spam from Wikipedia. If you were trying to insert a good link, please accept my creator's apologies, but please note that the link you added in is on my spam blacklist and should not be included in Wikipedia. Please read Wikipedia's external links policy for more information. If the link was to an Imageshack or Photobucket image, please read Wikipedia's image tutorial on how to use a more appropriate method to insert the image into an article. If your link was genuine spam, please note that inserting spam into Wikipedia is against policy. For more information about me, see my FAQ page. Thanks! Shadowbot 22:19, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Please stop adding inappropriate links to Wikipedia. It is considered spamming and will be removed. Thanks. Shadowbot 22:28, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] HTML

You've been adding a bunch of HTML blank lines to pages. HTML should only be used when needed—see WP:MOS—and, in this case, it isn't needed. Just use two blank lines if you want more space between the end of the article and the boxes. --Walor 00:44, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

As I already explained, none of it is needed. Unneeded HTML gets deleted, i.e. everything you've spent all that time adding will be reverted. --Walor 03:22, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Orphaned fair use image (Image:KTLA logo colour.jpg)

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[edit] Orphaned fair use image (Image:WPIX cable logo.jpg)

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[edit] Re: KTLA logos

I'm just curious as to why you're removing KTLA's icons from the past... they're the legitimate logos from the station, and they are fair-use as they are low-resolution, and do not infringe upon any copyrights, as i've listed the sources for both.

Well, one picture is nothing more than another variation of the 1981 logo, and the other "cable/satellite" logo is one that I'm sure has never been used on the air (and if it has was never widely used). As some admins are looking to purge all "fair-use" images from television station articles, I felt the best way to keep the bloodletting at a minimum would be to remove the redundancy ourselves. Hense, the 1989 picture, which is basically the same from '81, and the cable pic were deleted from the page. Let's keep the pertinent logos in the article, and not two or three versions of the same thing -- even with different backgrounds. Rollosmokes 09:17, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

And, wouldn't ya know? A Man in Black has taken all the images -- including the ones I incoporated into the text itself -- from the article. Here we go again. Rollosmokes 09:19, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Regarding "Communications in St.-Pierre et Miquelon"

According to the WRTH, RFO in St.-Pierre & Miquelon exclusively uses the SECAM-K1 standard like all other French DOM-TOMs. Why they were not allowed to use the SECAM-L standard that Metropolitan France has is beyond me, but since RFO is the only television broadcaster in the whole territory, then why would RFO use PAL, as you placed in the Communications in Saint Pierre and Miquelon article? They don't. -Daniel Blanchette 21:06, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] List of radio stations in Ontario

Adding the {{tocright}} was genius — nice move! Bearcat 20:01, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

*laugh* I didn't even know we could do that, so you're one up on me. Bearcat 20:06, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

I knew the tag existed, but I didn't know it would eliminate the blank space like that. Bearcat 20:50, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

Oh, while we're at it, I've been indecisive about whether or not to split the Atlantic Canada and territorial lists into separate lists for each individual province or territory. Just curious what you think — would it be a good idea, or is it unnecessary at this point? Bearcat 20:56, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Harassment

Alright. Trolls are against policy. Follow the instructions at WP:U and report him. But remember that removing content from user pages, unless its your own, is also against policy. I am going to have to revert your edits to his user page, but consider reporting him. Wikipedian27 22:48, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

• Check my talk page.¤~Persian Poet Gal ^(talk) 22:56, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Don't steal information without crediting, and you won't get harassed. Seems reasonable no? I spend a lot of time to create the information that I do, and it disgusts me to see it blatantly stolen without the decency to even reference the text. This text MUST NOT be reinstated! --Sonysnob 00:17, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Its not properly referenced, and was copied and pasted with words added. My website is not public domain, and while I really don't care what you place on this website, it must not come from my website.

Furthermore, there is no need to resort to childish name calling, and it looks like we might just have a revert war on our hands.--Sonysnob 01:18, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Assistance

Why did you delete my request for help? RingtailedFox • Talk • Stalk 02:35, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Did you see the header at the top of the page? Besides, you cross-posted it. No need to clutter a talk page that's for "discussion of the guideline" not claims of harassment. Your post at Wikipedia:Village pump (assistance) should suffice, but you might also consider WP:AN/I. -- Scientizzle 02:50, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

I am not refusing to listen to anything. The content was taken without my permission, and I am reacting accordingly. Unlike Wikipedia, I take Copyright violations seriously. I am most pleased that you will no longer be visiting the website in the future. I was planning on blocking you from visiting anyways. Your name will be quickly removed, and should the same thing happen again here, I will be more careful with its spelling.--Sonysnob 03:05, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

I find that unlikely, as i don't contribute to your website, and i don't take anything from it. you do NOT own a road or information in the public domain. I wonder what type of banning tools you even have, anyway. Now, we can be civil and discuss it on Talk:Highway 401 (Ontario)#Constant_reverting if you wish. RingtailedFox • Talk • Stalk 03:39, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Highway 401 (Ontario) multiple reverts

Please refrain from undoing other people's edits repeatedly, as you are doing in Highway 401 (Ontario). If you continue, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions in a content dispute within a 24 hour period. Additionally, users who perform a large number of reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring, even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. Rather than reverting, discuss disputed changes on the talk page. The revision you want is not going to be implemented by edit warring. Thank you. Dl2000 03:25, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Why would I want you to keep visiting? Look at where it has gotten me thus far. You have basically stolen something from my website, and I don't want to happen again. When you research an article, if you are to reproduce something, the reproduction should be unrecognizable from the original. The facts will of course be the same, but the rest should be rewritten from scratch, otherwise you have committed plagiarism. I am aware you added and rearranged some text, however, the bulk of your addition was still copied and pasted from my website, and therefore written by me. Furthermore, while a link was included to the source at the end of the paragraph, it was not properly referenced at the bottom in the references section, as cited text should be.

Herein lies the problem with Wikipedia, it is you who has used content inappropriately from me, and now just to get plagerized material off the internet I have to fight with you, who has has called me a vandal, and screamed harassment, while all the time using childish insults. The insults must stop, or I will be forced to take decisive action on the OntHighways.com website itself.

I trust this will end the dispute.

--Sonysnob 14:26, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

How in the world is something that is publically available from the MTO and re-worded on your website somehow copyright infringement against you? Your website does NOT contain original works, it contains re-worked and (hopefully) cited information from the MTO and other sources. If we use your same argument, I must ask - how dare you infringe on the MTO's copyright! Dude, this information is in the public domain. The protections that allow you to post it on your website also protect other users from posting them on Wikipedia. A reference was made, this is sufficient according to Wikipedia's copyright policy. If you continually revert the 401 page, I trust users other than myself will take whatever action is necessary to prevent your vandalism. Snickerdo 18:10, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

I don't think that you get it. I am not plagiarizing anything. I went out took photographs, researched the construction, went to public meetings and did a write up about the status of the construction. I have a sources page on my website, that details where I get information. You are of course allowed to do this as well. What you are not allowed to do is to copy and paste peoples work and call it your own. Yes, I realize that you added words and rearranged some wordings, however, this still constitutes plagiarism. To not plagiarize somebody's work, you need to put the facts read into your own words. This has not been done, as although the text has been altered, it still is not entirely your own words, which again constitutes plagiarism. The solution to this is simple, either directly quote all of the text taken from the website, and reference it PROPERLY, or re-write the article, and again properly reference just the facts. If this were argument were being held in an educational institution not only would you not get credited for your research, but this type of theft would be grounds from dismissal from an post secondary institution. --Sonysnob 19:31, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

That's good and all that you took the photographs. I have not uploaded a single photograph or directly cut-and-paste from your page. We also never said we were plagiarizing as we sourced and REWORDED your information, AS YOU ASKED US TO. i've come to believe you just don't want anything that seems similar to your website to be on wikipedia. If we were to play by your rules, then you would be expelled as well. You dismiss every argument that is not your own. So, basically...anything that seems similar to your website is plagiarism. To be honest, i don't even know what you want. You can claim copyright violation all you want, but it's not a copyright violation. you can point at a chicken and say it's a duck all you want, but that will never make it a duck. RingtailedFox • Talk • Stalk 20:28, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

I'm glad to hear you've brought this to arbitration. I think we need to have Sonysnob blocked until the final outcome has been decided, as well. He is clearly violating the warnings given about reverting the page. Snickerdo 20:52, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Recuse

See wikt:recuse. Basically, I won't be deliberating on the case due to my involvement. Kirill Lokshin 21:33, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Ahh. alright. RingtailedFox • Talk • Stalk 21:35, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Copyvio

Since subtlety is apparently lost here:

I am hereby informing you, in my official capacity as an administrator, that, in my judgement, the material in question constitutes a copyright violation. I have therefore removed it from the article. Further, I will enforce this removal by blocking any editor that attempts to reinsert the material or a substantially identical version. Kirill Lokshin 04:36, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

All I want is for you to not add any material that violates someone's copyright. This means that you can't add any text—not even a single sentence—that's copied, word-for-word, from some copyrighted source (unless you're quoting it directly, of course). If you're rewording, you need to do it so properly; simply changing a few words or sentences but leaving chunks of the original text is not sufficient. Kirill Lokshin 04:48, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Please do. The idea is to present the same facts, but to do so in a completely different manner; so don't just settle for changing the wording, but go for more substantial changes (rearranging and restructuring sentences and clauses, etc.) as well. Kirill Lokshin 04:56, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Highway 401 Proposal

In the late Fall of 2005, the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario started a construction project to upgrade the current 4-lane section of Highway 401 from 4- to 6-lanes from west of Oxford County Road 3 to west of Waterloo Regional Road 97 (where the next 6-lane concrete-divded road begins) in the County of Oxford and Regional Municipality of Waterloo.
This is currently part of the last 4-laned section between London and Toronto (stretching from Highway 403 Interchange in Woodstock, Ontario to Waterloo Road 97 in Kitchener, Ontario), but is being upgraded to 6 lanes plus an Ontario tall-wall barrier in the median. This is the first stage of upgrades of this final 4-lane section.
Aside from the addition of one lane per direction and a tall-wall barrier, two emergency onramp accesses that are intended to be used only during emergency highway closures and other such incidents have been constructed. These emergency accesses are the first of their kind on an Ontario freeway, and have been constructed in the vicinity of both Oxford Road 3, and Trussler Road.
Other emergency accesses have been built in Essex County where the road was recently widened from 4 to 6 lanes, but these are gravel, and all are alongside overpasses, for use by ambulances, firetrucks, and police cars in emergencies only.

[edit] Your Message

Hello again, sorry I couldn't contact you sooner, just logged on. If you ever feel that there has been misdoing by an administrator or a regular user for that matter try WP:AN/I and briefly summarize the incidents in question.¤~Persian Poet Gal ^(talk) 17:15, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hello Detroit Architectural contributers:

The following category Category:Buildings with sculpture by Corrado Parducci is up for deletion. (I don't know how to make a link to it, but go to your favorite 1920s or 1930s Detroit Building and it is probably there ) You can vote for or against this action. Please consider doing this here. It is number 1:34. Thanks Carptrash 03:38, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Highways

Highway 637 never enters Greater Sudbury in any way. Just so you know. Bearcat 23:48, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Coincidence at tornado records

I tried to start discussion on the talk page but since you seem to have missed it I'll bring the discussion here. I have several issues with the "Tornado of the Elevens" going on the records page.

1. I fail to see how a single tornado occurring at a specific date and time is a "spectacular" coincidence. I'm sure if you look hard enough you could find one at 12:34 on 5/6 of one year...it's just not that "spectacular" of an occurrance. Plus, it was 11:11 PM, which is 23:11 in many countries.
2. Emphasis on the single tornado. While the other note about Codell is extremely rare (even a town being hit 3 times in recorded history is very unusual), this was one tornado which struck at a certain time.
3. What does the 11:11 mean, anyway? I highly doubt the tornado lasted for less than a minute, so what happened at 11:11? Did it touch down? First start producing damage? Reach the center of town? It just seems very ambiguous to just pull this specific minute out of an event that undoubtedly spanned several minutes.

I'd like to hear back from you so we can come to a comprimise (or understanding) -RunningOnBrains 05:30, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Userpage edits

Just to let you know, I fixed up some minor errors (such as a lowercase "I" when you were referencing yourself). Blast 05,03,07 0247 (UTC)

[edit] Who Framed Roger Rabbit sectional neutrality

I don't have any problem with the article having an Anachronisms section. The problem is that it isn't written in a neutral point-of-view tone. The general tone of the section indicates commentary rather than objective fact explaining. Wikipedia is not a place for commentary pieces or reviews. Phrases such as "With this in mind, several anachronistic errors are easily spotted." and "The appearance of post-1947 Toons can be explained..." doesn't really allow the viewer to simply look at the facts and decide for themselves why these anachronisms may exist. It isn't the article's purpose to lay out a framework as to the reasons for a movie (or other fictional work) having particular anachronisms. Wording such as "An error that could not be justified..." is a blatant infusion of biased passive-voice wording regarding what the writer thinks is a particular anachronistic error. This isn't the proper way to write such a section and it needs to be cleaned up. Bumm13 03:12, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RaccoonFox, is that you?

Hi RingtailedFox,

I am Smcafirst, remember me? Your good partner at WP:GHR? Well, while you were not here, we expanded the project quite a lot, and my user account expanded too. Why didn't you tell me when you return to Wikipedia? I would like to invite you back to our WikiProject. And I recruited numerous members, the project grew to about 13 active members, 2 pending members, and 1 inactive member (which is RaccoonFox, maybe you). Please reply at my talk page. I am so glad you are back.

Check my user page, it changed A LOT!

 Smcafirst | Chit-Chat  posted at 21:21, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

If you are not RaccoonFox, ignore this message. But I would like you to join our WikiProject anyways, since you seemed to have experience.  Smcafirst | Chit-Chat  posted at 21:48, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

RaccoonFox, I mean RingtailedFox, please add the infobox you created earlier, you know {{Golden Horseshoe Roads}} to your userpage! Thank you! SO glad you came back!  Smcafirst | Chit-Chat  posted at 21:48, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] County Road Shields and Welcome back!

Hi RingtailedFox,

Well, while you left, many things happened, it's hard for me to explain everything. It's kind of a long story. First, I was attempting to create those road shields using Arial font (how stupid am I?). Then, I met Ilovevancouver90909, a good helper of mine (I actually met him in real life!), and he taught me how to make those road signs. We then started to create a lot of articles on Roads in Markham, and York Regional Roads, and Simcoe County Roads. Ilovevancouver90909 made the York Regional Road shields (which are way better than mine), and I made some of the Simcoe County Road shield, and I will be restarting them soon.

Later, I met Nhl4hamilton, another good helper, he is so proficient and tireless of making Hamilton-related articles, that I rewarded him a barnstar (and he rewarded me one too), and then we are currently working on expanding the project, and eventually (planned for summer 07), we will include everything in the Golden Horseshoe, everything from roads to communities to landmarks! And planned for winter 08-09, we might expand the project to WikiProject Quebec City-Windsor Corridor, and that will make us very busy!

Then, I met another person (I don't want to type it out, it's very long), and we started the OUTREACH department! We were planning to make newsletter and all kinds of stuff, but we simply have no time at all!

Anyway, welcome back!

 Smcafirst | Chit-Chat  posted at 21:55, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Your edit at County Road 8 (Essex County, Ontario)

Hi RingtailedFox,

This reminds me of the old times, when we argue which is the correct title. Well, here it comes again. I think it would be a better title if it is Essex County Road 8, Ontario or simply Essex County Road 8. This would make it more uniform, like I had did with other County/Regional Roads. What do you think?

 Smcafirst | Chit-Chat  posted at 22:22, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] County/Regional Road Shields

Yea, there is a template that I made that I work with. Just steal one of them and delete the numbers and the region/county name. Remember that the road shields have the word COUNTY/REGION at the TOP and the county/region name on the BOTTOM. Don't ask me why. :)

ilovevancouver90909 • (Talk • My Contributions) • Signed on 21 March 2007 at 18:29 EDT

It is "Hit the Road" size 72 for the REGION and YORK. You can download the font at http://dafont.com and search "Hit the Road". The number is Hit the Road size 200. (if it doesn't fit, make the font smaller or stretch the shield sideways.

ilovevancouver90909 • (Talk • My Contributions) • Signed on 21 March 2007 at 18:36 EDT

PS: Happy Spring!

[edit] RE:Categories

I'm sorry, but I've got almost no idea what your talking about. Did I delete something, or vote on something, or something? -Royalguard11(Talk·Review Me!) 02:23, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

The category was listed at WP:CSD under G4 (reposts of xFD deleted material). The pertinent discussion was at Wikipedia:Categories_for_deletion/Log/2006_December_5#Ontario_county_roads_subcategories back in December, with the decision to put all the articles into Category:Ontario county roads instead of having smaller categories. I'm not sure what (if anything) has changed since then, but the best place to discuss it would probably be Wikipedia:WikiProject Ontario Highways (which I see you're part of already) or with Wikipedia:WikiProject Canada Roads even (I see you're a part of that too). If something has changed with the categorization, then feel free to recreate it if that is what people have decided. I was just following CSD (yes I know, bad defence, but I didn't know any other information at the time). -Royalguard11(Talk·Review Me!) 02:48, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA Request (Would you like to nominate me?)

Hi RingtailedFox,

It's me again! I am planning to try to Request for Adminship (RfA). I failed miserably in the January's RfA with only 33% consensus. Well, I will be on again at RfA probably next month, probably during Easter. Will you be willing to nominate me? Please see my Editor Review, and review me (give me comments, feedback, and coach me) and make your decision, please nominate me! I have currently about 3100 edits, which is doubled of my edit count during my first RfA, and during the upcoming weeks, I'll probably squeeze 500 more edit counts.

Thank you, and please reply,

 Smcafirst | Chit-Chat  posted at 01:38, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] {{NB Expressways}} and other templates

After your edits, {{NB Expressways}}, {{NS 100 Hwys}}, {{Quebec Autoroutes}} don't display properly when collapsed (hit the hide button, or check out List of Canadian highways by province to see how it's rendered in an article). Could you please fix that. Thanks. --Qyd 15:54, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

I'm afraid that an extra break doesn't solve anything: the big text 'Expressways and Freeways still leaks out of the navbox when it's collapsed. It's probably beacause the said text, along with the acompaning html tags, are placed outside the NavContent div. Well, that navbox looks like a christmas tree anyway, with all the images within tables within tables within div's within html tags, etc... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Qyd (talk • contribs)

The big titles were showing because they were inside NavHead, and RingtailedFox has been moving them back to NavContent, which is the div that gets hidden. If you are interested, Qyd, I've made some comments about these templates on my talk page. –Pomte 04:09, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Network logos in infobox

I've reverted your addition of the NBC and NBC Weather Plus logos to the infobox for WDIV-TV. The reason I did so is that I'm concerned it may violate our eighth fair use criterion; I don't think the logos (which are fair use) contribute much to the article. You may wish to look at the WP:FLAG essay as well; adding network logos to infoboxes in general appears to be fairly related to overuse of flags in articles. I just wanted to make you aware of this for future reference. Thank you for your understanding. --WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 00:15, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

For the record, this also concerns WJBK and possibly others as well. --WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 00:19, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

That's quite all right. It's often easy to assume from seeing other articles what seems to be an acceptable practice, even if it doesn't quite mesh with policies. I can't really blame you on this one. --WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 14:04, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] CHICOTW - AT&T Corporate Center past editor

	Chicago Collaboration of the Week
In the past you have edited AT&T Corporate Center. This week it has been selected as the WikiProject Chicago Collaboration of the week. Each week a Chicago related article in need of attention is selected as the Chicago COTW. Feel free to come help us improve it towards the quality level of a Wikipedia featured article. Your input in future selections would also be appreciated. See the To Do List to suggest a change or to see an open tasks list.
	Wikipedia:WikiProject Chicago

[edit] Categories

Just a reminder to please not apply duplicate categorization to articles. If Ruthven, Ontario can be filed in Category:Communities in Essex County, Ontario, then it doesn't also go into Category:Essex County, Ontario at the same time; if Huron Church Road can be filed in Category:Streets in Windsor, Ontario, then it doesn't also go into Category:Windsor, Ontario, Category:Essex County, Ontario or Category:Roads in Ontario. We only apply the most specific appropriate category from any given tree, not every category. Bearcat 01:18, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Random Smiley Award

For your contributions to Wikipedia and humanity in general, you are hereby granted the coveted Random Smiley Award
originated by Pedia-I
(Explanation and Disclaimer)

♠TomasBat (@)(Contribs)(Sign!) 21:34, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] n:en:User:Raccoon Fox account on Wikinews

Hi. Could you request a change to your account "Raccoon Fox" on Wikinews to "RingtailedFox" to prevent vandalism under User:Raccoon Fox? Please respond on my Wikinews talk page. Thanks. FellowWikipedian 23:36, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] List of notable Atlantic hurricanes

The Angola system has never officially been proven tropical, has it? As for Costa Rica, the information is unsourced. – Chacor 16:43, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

And arguably this shouldn't count as landfall. Arguably. I'd personally not count it as landfall, but meh. – Chacor 16:45, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Joan - probably not, since it was a crossover storm and is already listed in the article. – Chacor 16:57, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Yes, yes, and I would personally not have Hazel in. I'm off to bed now. – Chacor 17:08, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Rogers Eats A-Channel

Please don't speculate. WP:NOT a crystal ball. --  Denelson83  21:10, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

No, I think they'll keep the A-Channel name. --  Denelson83  23:06, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Snowball Earth

Hi,

You expressed an interest some time ago about making Snowball Earth into a Good Article. If you're still interested in helping out, I've posted a to-do list of things that need to be done - if real life's not taking too much of your time!

Feel free to come over and have an edit or two!

Thanks, | Verisimilus T 10:21, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Great stuff! I'll look forward to your edits! Verisimilus T 10:32, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Radio templates

We're supposed to be using the {{NavigationBox}} template to build radio navboxes, not direct HTML coding. Bearcat 06:20, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

No worries. They don't communicate new stuff around here very well sometimes. Bearcat 14:44, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Edits

Hello. I just want to confirm that you've made some edits to the article on Parents and the associated talk page. I say this b/c you do mention that your account has been hacked in the past and these edits seem out of character compared with the rest of your contributions. Thanks. Blotto adrift 12:07, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Image:Sonic122.jpg

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[edit] "Coon"

Hi, could you please avoid using the colloquial short form of racoon, "coon", in your writings? As an African-American I find the term offensive. As a member of another persecuted group, I hope that you will understand.

Thanks, Jamal Muhammed-Ali Smith

coon's a racial slur? are you serious? i didn't even know! i'm sorry! i'll try to avoid using that word now. thanks for letting me know. RingtailedFox • Talk • Stalk 12:59, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Illegalities of ACS

You're quite right about ACS being a hell on Earth, and it gets worse with all the IBs filling up the whole place. Do tell about all illegal stuff that happened there.--MittRomney 22:22, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Copyright problems with Image:Highway 401 18 lanes.jpg

I see that you've removed the violation tag, but added no information to clarify the image's status. It is listed as all rights reserved on flickr and you have neither claimed to be the photographer yourself nor indicated that you have a release under the GFDL from the photographer. I am going to delete the image as a copyright violation. Night Gyr (talk/Oy) 16:56, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

I think you've been mislead. The original upload of the image that's since been deleted was removed because it was also incorrectly tagged and infringing. Night Gyr (talk/Oy) 17:04, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Tnavbar-navframe in navboxes

I've notice that you've been using a custom version of tnavbar on the navboxes you have been converting, it is recommend to use {{tnavbar-navframe}} as it will automatically update with any code changes. Additionally, I'd recommend greater use of CSS attributes as Wikipedia's has been moving toward XHTML/CSS. Finally, I should also point out that using NavFrames in conjunction with tables which defeats the main point of using it, which is to a semantic layout without tables. Cheers, Dispenser 04:58, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Spam in Colasanti's Tropical Gardens

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[edit] About the County Road Templates

Hi RingtailedFox,

It's me again, Smcafirst! I hope you remember me! As you know, we have started to create county/regional/city road templates for the past --- um, I don't know, maybe a few months --- or so. At the bottom, we have listed a bunch of other Canadian Cities who has a road template. Well, to this date, there are already 10 of them (York Region, Chatham-Kent, Montreal, Markham, Mississauga, Windsor, Essex County, Hamilton, Peel Region, etc.) , and adding cities' names to all of them could be a pain in the neck.

I've got a solution:

Everytime you add a city, you directly add it to Template:Roads in Canadian Cities, and that would automatically add your city name to all 10 other templates. Good idea, eh? I still have some glitches to figure out, though.

Thanks again!

Smcafirst 02:39, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Neighborhoods in Detroit, Michigan & Foxtown

You need some reliable sources that verify the term and borders you've posted there. Simply asserting that local channels use the term isn't quite enough.--Isotope23 18:10, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, or news stories/books/websites, etc where the term appears and the neighborhood is defined. I know it is a real term used for that area of downtown Detroit, but sources will stop it from being deemed original research and being removed from the article. I'll poke around and see if I can find any sources as well.--Isotope23 18:19, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Absolutely... just add http://www.visitdetroit.com/linclude/maps/fox_town.pdf to external links...--Isotope23 18:30, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] WP:GHR Update

Enclosed is a map of census divisions (so, counties/ regions / cities), and colour coded to show how are we doing in different parts of the Golden Horseshoe, and how much articles are written. Over the summer, I will create another similar one. The white parts of the map means that we will start to work on these areas, after the expansion of the project. (So, that is, after the creation of WP:QCWC (WikiProject Quebec City-Windsor Corridor).

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[edit] List of United States stations available in Canada

...might be more helpful as a reference list if you added a column for where given stations are available... Bearcat 04:35, 1 July 2007 (UTC) Another suggestion: break it into subsections. First one for true superstations, then one for stations carried nationally by Shaw Broadcast Services, then stations that are only picked up regionally. Bearcat 04:42, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, looks great. Definitely much more useful now. Bearcat 17:13, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Highway 6

Hi RingtailedFox,

I am planning in "upgrading" Hiughway 6 to a good article status. I have major overhaul the article's information, and I just need to know something before I even nominate it. Do you know if there is an election promise of upgrading the entire length of Highway 10 to a 400-series highways (note: I need to know this because Highway 6 is concurrent with Highway 10 for 13 km north of Chatsworth), I don't want to nominate this article if this fact is not clarified by a reference. I also don't want to get cream with negative comments, like I did, when I nominate Toronto as a featured article, just because I did not review it very carefully. So please, verify this fact for me, and give me any comments, positive, neutral, negative, whatever, just give a shot, and tell me if Highway 6 is finally good enough for a good article nomination.

 Smcafirst | Chat  at 14:46, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ontario provincial highways template

Hi RingtailedFox,

Sorry to bother you again, one message after another. I've seen your "edit summary" when you edited the template, and added "Northern Resource Trail". I've notice you saying something like "How can we show the decommissioned highways now?" I think I have a solution: Just italics the decommissioned highway numbers, and then, just give a note at the bottom of the template, stating that italics mean decommissioned. I might find a chance to do this after your approval (your comments are precious to me), but I might not have time to do it, since I have to take care of Toronto's FA nomination, so if you can't wait for me, just do it!

 Smcafirst | Chat  at 14:50, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Your template

Would you mind tagging Template:RingtailedFox/Directing_Buttons with a {{db-author}} tag (after changing all transclusions to your userspace version) so that it can be deleted without having to go through a TfD? I don't know if you saw the whole discussion on WP:RFPP, so here it is:

Semi-protect. Vandalism from IP addresses on both this page, and the User:RingtailedFox/Directing_Buttons page, to conform with the rest of my pages being semi-protected from vandalism. All my pages have seen a total halt of vandalism once under semi-protection, so i'm requestion Semi-protect for these two pages as well The reason i have both a user page and a template page is that the user sub-page acts as a redirect. RingtailedFox • Talk • Stalk 23:51, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Note: I wasn't aware that users are allowed to have personal material in the templace namespace, is this kosher? Riana ⁂ 02:36, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Yes, it is "kosher" and i was told it was allowed, since it's a template to help guide people around my pages, instead of having the same code beign repeated in many areas. it would be a pain in the bum to have to synchronize and edit ALL the pages involved if it were that way. RingtailedFox • Talk • Stalk 23:55, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

I don't quite understand. There is no redirect page, they are exactly identical. Why do you need both pages? Mr.Z-mantalk¢ 01:26, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

Note: You can't have this in the template namespace. You can do what I do and have something in your own userspace, like this, and transclude from there. The template namespace is for things that can be used in articles and such, not just for one user's benefit. ~ Riana ⁂ 02:19, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

Declined per the above. This shouldn't be in template userspace. Templates almost always contain information pertitent to the encylopedia only. For example, the German userbox solution was created to move most userboxes unrelated to Wikipedia out of template space and into user space. --Deskana (talk) 04:35, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

--Mr.Z-mantalk¢ 21:43, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Template:ONThighways

Hi RingtailedFox,

Sorry if I haven't reply for so long. I am currently nominating Highway 6 (Ontario) for peer review, and Toronto for FA (which I believe will fail).

For the recycled number, I am sure it only applies onto only a few Ontario Provincial Highways. If I were you, I won't even worry about it. However, if you really want to state this "recycled number" fact, I could suggest a solution of putting a symbol (such as †) beside, say, Highway 77, and kind of explain it at the bottom (I am getting worried sick... The bottom would be crowded so badly...)

 Smcafirst | Chat  at 01:59, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Template addition to certain articles

Hi RingtailedFox,

Regarding the highways template, I have placed {{ONThighways}} in List of Canadian highways by province, and I have fixed the "state" for most of the road navigational template, from "auto" to "autocollapsed", so that there would not be a "template overcrowding" at the 400-series highways, since these highways have 2 or more templates (Highway 400 has 4). This also helps to "blend" the templates in quite well in the article List of Canadian highways by province.

{{ONThighways}} template: I have added some more parameters on it, including a "see also" section. Please check it over, and fix it whatever way you want to.

In addition, I have edited County roads in Ontario. In the article, I have added county road templates (all templates are collapsed, of course), and also related road shields. Please also fix it whatever way you want to.

 Smcafirst | Chat  at 14:54, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Emporis.com Infringement

I've contact you concerning this before, but I notice that you've not made a concerted effort to put the "facts" for pages you've made on Detroit buildings into your own words, rather copying the facts straight from Emporis.com, many of which I wrote for that site. Unless you make a real and honest effort to go through, as often as you can, your building pages to change these facts into your own words, they will be deleted for blatant copyright infringement. This is such a shame, and it looks like the problem is even bigger than you know. --Criticalthinker 05:37, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Conservation authorities

Although it's been a while since you did this, I just thought I should let you know since you made the same edit a number of times on different articles — the category Category:Environmental Protection Agency is not a general catchall category for all environmental agencies, but a specific category for the United States Environmental Protection Agency. Consequently, Ontario's conservation authorities don't belong in it. Thanks. Bearcat 22:25, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Template:ONThighways

Hi RingtailedFox,

I noticed that you have recently fixed the style of the template -- ONThighways, and I am grateful you have done so. It looked so good right npw, with only one exception. The 7051 sign does not look natural at all [awkward...that's what I meant] (what I mean by natural is that, the green box is way too large, could you try to resize it? I am not good with HTML codings, so I don't know how to handle it). Alternatively, you can upload an exact image like this. Or I can do that for you, it's not too hard when you do this on Paint. Thanks a lot for your contribs at ONThighways. And of course, I would not revert your changes.

 Smcafirst | Chat  at 14:59, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Furry

Looking for something to do? WikiProject Furry is improving articles on furry and anthropomorphic topics, and we'd like to have you on board. Our current goal is to raise Anthrocon, furry convention and furry fandom to good article status and beyond - but if that doesn't take your fancy, there are plenty of other articles to work on. Give it a go and let us know how you're doing! You received this one-time invitation because you are a Furry Wikipedian. GreenReaper 23:15, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Templates

The main issue, as I see it, is with making the templates do too many things at once; they lose usefulness if they're too crowded with extraneous detail about things that are only indirectly connected. Which is also why I'm not a fan of putting every individual market template on things like TVOntario or Télé-Québec — having nine or ten templates at the bottom of an article is just overload, and really doesn't add anything valuable to the article. Bearcat 22:39, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] I'M BACK!!

Yay!!!! *does the happy dance* WereWolf 01:24, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re Template:North American TV

Thanks for the compliment - appreciate it! — stickguy (:^›)— || talk || 01:34, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] A long message about Ontario Highways

Hi RingtailedFox,

Be prepared that this is going to be one long message.

First of all, I would like to comment on your work on Template:ONThighways, it is certainly much better than the one I did before. (Well, you might think I have tons and tons of comments). I'd recommend you that, on the template, that you actually italic the former highways and the highways that are COMPLETELY decommissioned, such as Highway 2, 400A, 401A, etc. For the recycled numbers, again, place a symbol like † on the template, and probably briefly explain it at the bottom of the template. Also, formatting on Highway 93 and Highway 94 links (The bullets) are improperly formatted (the bullet is on the next line, should be right beside Highway 93).

Next, about the "conflict" that was brought up while I was new in Wikipedia. (Remember the discussion, almost argument, we've had during December? Check your User talk:RingtailedFox/Archive 3#Ontario County Roads. I've thought of that last night, and probably I could suggest a solution to that. Even to this date, I still disapprove the fact that county roads categories are named like Essex County, Ontario Roads. How about this: we could name the category as Category:County Roads in Essex County, Ontario. I know the fact that you want to make the articles named Essex County, Ontario roads because you want to clarify to the readers of Wikipedia, that there are several Essex Counties (for example, one in Ontario and one in England). I suggest to rename the articles to something like, Essex County Road 8, Ontario. Well, you decide. I am focusing my work around the Golden Horseshoe more, so it won't matter to me as much as the titles formats. Just a sidenote: We don't have to make it this clear that Essex County Road 8 is in Ontario, there are probably no Wikipedians out there making Essex County Road 8 for other Essex Counties.

Last of all, regarding your recycled route problems. A very good suggestions you've got there (on my userpage). I like the ones listed below:

• Highway xx (Ontario, Year-Year)
• Highway xx A (Location, Ontario, Year-Year)

Under this circumstance, I think we should break out of our own Ontario Highway Projects "title style", formattings like Highway xx (Ontario), it would be more appropriate if we use the "old" style, like Ontario Provincial Highway xx (Location, Year-Year). I don't know about this, going against the Ontario Roads WikiProject. We should probably bring this up on the WikiProject's talk page.

Thanks a ton for your dedicated work with Ontario highways!

I told you this was going to be a long message!

 Smcafirst | Chat  at 14:57, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

Good idea you have there, RingtailedFox! And a nice list you have started. About the decommissioned highways, starting a list like you did was probably the best idea. Though, on the template ONThighways, we could still italicize the decommissioned highways.
Regarding the County Roads, it would be much clearer if we use "<name> <type> Road <number> (Ontario)" I would go with this format IF, there is a similar county road out there in other provinces or in the states, or else, it's really no point of putting "Ontario" at the end of the title. The reason I like yours with the "Ontario" in brackets at the end because most of the highways articles we have now are in this format. Nhl4hamilton had done some work on these disambig. link. He puts the "suffix" (Hamilton, Ontario), at every road's name. I don't think that is necessary, and perhaps you could seek advice from him.
 Smcafirst | Chat  at 12:43, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

I am also thinking making a navigational template for Waterloo Region. What do you think? There are only 4 roads with a Wikipedia article right now.  Smcafirst | Chat  at 12:48, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

For your image names, I think it is acceptable for having a name "Ontario Highway xx". However, if you don't mind, I would suggest you to upload them again in "Ontario xx". You can find an administrator to delete all the wrongly-named shields. Having a uniform image names throughout makes everyone's job easier. If you want to leave it that way, that's fine too. Just notify everyone on the WikiProject Ontario Road's Base Page.  Smcafirst | Chat  at 17:00, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] A Barnstar for you!

		The Geography Barnstar
		RingtailedFox, Thank you for all your efforts in making articles, images, and related resources on Wikipedia about Ontario highways. Your tireless contribution is appreciated.  Smcafirst | Chat  at 17:03, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Highway Shields

Hmm, You would need to check carefully what the copyright rules in Ontario are... :) ShakespeareFan00 20:37, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Missing Colonization Road?

Hi. On the list of Ontario Colonization Roads, is the Frontenac Road not one as well? On a recent trip, I read a Historical Plaque noting the purpose of the road. If memory serves, it was just south of Hwy. 7, just west of Sharbot Lake.

Placasse 04:16, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. got thtat one added. I'll put in the rest of the information for it tomorrow. RingtailedFox • Talk • Stalk 04:27, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] OMNI

Woohoo! Is there one for OMNI Edmonton yet? Bearcat 19:06, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Never mind, checked the list — CHXE, oddly enough. Bearcat 19:07, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Proposed Deletion for {{ONThighways}}

Hi RingtailedFox,

Some urgent stuff to tell you. I am quite sorry to say, that after you have put so much work into making {{ONThighways}}, the template is listed at WP:TFD. If you like, please voice your opinion at the template's entry.

They say the template is quite oversize and a "red link farm". Here is my propose for the future of the template. We will further downsize our template by splitting it into 4 smaller templates: "King's Highways" (For highways 1-148); "400-series highways" (which exist right now, for highways 400-451) ; "Secondary Highways" (for highways 502-673); "Tertiary Highways, 7000-series, and miscellaneous" (for highways 800-7273, plus Northern Ontario Resource Trail links). Note that all templates will have the "See also" section that is presented now in the ONThighways template. All of these will be started to be "under construction" after the template is deleted, or a "repeated" template will be done. Also, the master template (the Roads in Ontario template) is quite malformatted, could you fix it? And plus, do you think this idea is good? If it is approved by others, I will start to do some of these similar things with other provinces (MB highways is a large red link farm ; SK Highways is a big blob)

 Smcafirst | Chat  at 21:54, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

Okay, they've deleted ONThighways. I want to re-create it. Should we re-build the template using the style I've used for {{Topics on Markham}}, or should we split the template into 4?
 Smcafirst | Chat  at 12:45, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

It spent me half-a-day just to rebuild 3 templates. The guy who deleted ONThighways also removed every trace of the ONThighways templates on every single Ontario Highway article. Take a look of what I did today:

v • d • e Secondary highways of Ontario Secondary Highways 502 · 510 · 516 · 518 · 519 · 520 · 522 · 522B · 523 · 524 · 525 · 526 · 527 · 528 · 528A · 529 · 529A · 531 · 532 · 533 · 534 · 535 · 537 · 538 · 539 · 539A · 540 · 540A · 540B · 542 · 542A · 546 · 547 · 548 · 550 · 551 · 552 · 553 · 554 · 555 · 556 · 557 · 558 · 559 · 560 · 560A · 562 · 563 · 564 · 565 · 566 · 567 · 568 · 569 · 570 · 571 · 572 · 573 · 574 · 575 · 576 · 577 · 579 · 580 · 581 · 582 · 583 · 584 · 585 · 586 · 587 · 588 · 589 · 590 · 591 · 592 · 593 · 594 · 595 · 596 · 597 · 599 · 600 · 601 · 602 · 603 · 604 · 605 · 607 · 607A · 608 · 609 · 611 · 612 · 613 · 614 · 615 · 616 · 617 · 618 · 619 · 621 · 622 · 623 · 624 · 625 · 626 · 627 · 628 · 630 · 631 · 632 · 633 · 634 · 636 · 637 · 638 · 639 · 640 · 641 · 642 · 643 · 644 · 645 · 646 · 647 · 650 · 651 · 652 · 653 · 654 · 655 · 656 · 657 · 658 · 661 · 663 · 664 · 665 · 667 · 668 · 670 · 671 · 672 · 673 See also County roads · Former highways · Historic Colonization Roads · List of Ontario provincial highways · Ministry of Transportation · Northern Ontario Resource Trail · Numbered highways in Canada · Tourist Routes · Trans-Canada Highway County roads in Ontario · Ontario Numbered Highways · Expressways and 400-series Highways · Kings Highways · Secondary Highways · Tertiary and 7000-series Highways · List of Ontario provincial highways · List of former provincial highways in Ontario · Provincial highways in Ontario · List of Ontario expressways · Connecting Link · Emergency Detour Route

v • d • e Tertiary and 7000-series Highways of Ontario Tertiary Highways 800 · 801 · 802 · 803 · 804 · 805 · 806 · 807 · 808 · 809 · 810 · 811 · 812 · 813 7000-series Highways 7016 · 7036 · 7037 · 7041 · 7042 · 7044 · 7048 · 7051 · 7057 · 7059 · 7082 · 7087 · 7094 · 7102 · 7104 · 7116 · 7125 · 7146 · 7162 · 7180 · 7181 · 7182 · 7186 · 7187 · 7189 · 7195 · 7197 · 7202 · 7236 · 7237 · 7241 · 7250 · 7260 · 7270 · 7271 · 7272 · 7273 · 7274 · 7276 See also County roads · Former highways · Historic Colonization Roads · List of Ontario provincial highways · Ministry of Transportation · Northern Ontario Resource Trail · Numbered highways in Canada · Tourist Routes · Trans-Canada Highway · Connecting Link · Emergency Detour Route County roads in Ontario · Ontario Numbered Highways · Expressways and 400-series Highways · Kings Highways · Secondary Highways · Tertiary and 7000-series Highways · List of Ontario provincial highways · List of former provincial highways in Ontario · Provincial highways in Ontario · List of Ontario expressways · Connecting Link · Emergency Detour Route

Give any kind of comments you want, and feel free to change and edit anything.
I still think that the Secondary Highway template is kind of too long.
One more and last issue. Remember the master template that I created? The Roads in Ontario Cities. The template is increasing its size (not to a dangerous level yet, but certainly a notable milestone). It is now 3-lines long. I also changed some of its colour and stuff. In terms of the style, I will do some more work on it tomorrow. What I want to tell you could be also viewed at Template talk:Roads in Ontario Cities, keep your reply about this issue (and only this issue) there.
Thanks!
 Smcafirst | Chat  at 21:04, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Radio

Alright then put that reference up there! :) --Amaraiel 03:55, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] A request of protection from Smcafirst

Hi RingtailedFox,

Our Ontario Highways Project is facing (and will undergo) a serious problem. The following messages, please do not take it as not assuming good faith of a particular user, but I think these messages should be address to you.

NE2 is a user on Wikipedia, and he/she, in particular, has been going against everything that we have done with Ontario Roads. First of all, he/she keeps on emptying our master templates, such as {{Roads in Ontario Cities}}, {{Roads in Nova Scotia Cities}}, you name it. If it's a master template, he'd remove it. I have noticed that you are "able" to semi-protect your talk page, so I think you can help this problem by protecting the pages (or think of another solution). Personally, I could not bear undoing his/her acts every single day. And I will not do that next week, since I would be going away to Bala, Ontario. His/Her acts are just ridiculous, and wasting my time.

Other than that, he/she has also messed with our infoboxes, which includes removing some of the major cities/ junctions, et cetera. Now this is not that a major problem, but I think this is notable enough for you to know.

Next, which bothers me the most, is that he/she is now listing {{Ontario King's Highways}} up for deletion. His/Her opinion, again is very ridiculous, saying that users could jump from highways to highways using {{Infobox Road}}. What good would Infobox Road do anyways?

I hope you can seriously consider my complaint, and think of something, so that the Ontario Road project would stop deteriorating. In other words, I think the Ontario Road project, now "fixed up" by NE2, is worse than before. NE2 is certainly doing things that are "removing" the hard works of our crew. Please help me and all other participants of Ontario Road project.

 Smcafirst | Chat  at 20:27, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

P.S. If you reply between September 11 and September 14, I will not reply you (I am very sorry of that), since I am away to Bala, Ontario. Try to reply ASAP. Thanks!

I have post a comment at NE2's talk page. Go and see. By the way, another user came in the discussion, saying : read WP:VAND before continuing. I am sorry, but I could not continue the discussion further. I have to start packing.
Waiting to here your good news when I am back!
I have "faith" in you,
 Smcafirst | Chat  at 00:26, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] My nominations for deletion

I don't think so. You should read Wikipedia:Vandalism for starters. --NE2 00:13, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Nominiations for Deletion of templates discussion

I moved the discussion from User talk:NE2 to WT:CRWP please keep the discussion there. master son^{T - C} 00:54, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Template:Locationgrid

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[edit] Proposed deletion of Master Templates

Hi RingtailedFox,

Some urgent stuff to tell you. I am quite sorry to say, that after you and I have put so much work into making {{Roads in Ontario Cities}} , {{Roads of Quebec}}, {{Roads in Manitoba Cities}} , etc. are listed at WP:TFD. If you like, please voice your opinion at the template's entry.

They say the template is not useful, and not "lawful" to link templates to a template.

Urgent stuff, I've voiced my own opinion. Now it's up to you.

 Smcafirst | Chat  at 21:14, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] USRD Inactivity check and news report

Hello, RingtailedFox. We had a few urgent matters to communicate to you:

1. Please update your information at Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Roads/Participants, our new centralized participant list. Those who have not done so by October 20th will be removed.
2. There are important discussions taking place at WT:USRD relating to whether WP:USRD, WP:HWY, or the state projects should hold the "power" in the roads projects.

Regards, Rschen7754 (T C) 23:31, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Orphaned non-free media (Image:CIVT-TV.jpg)

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[edit] CIVT-TV

Please understand that at no point in time did CIVT ever use its callsign as its on-air branding, or use a "CIVT/CTV" logo like the other O&Os did. To include the "CIVT/CTV" logo makes the article factually inaccurate, so please do not add it back to the article. If that means the "CIVT/CTV" logo will end up getting deleted because it's orphaned, then too bad. - Hinto 16:56, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

FYI the webmaster of that site didn't like the fact that the station used the "BC CTV" brand, so he devised his own unofficial "CIVT" logo. - Hinto 21:50, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] CTV/Citytv

There's no need to speculate about the "similarity" of their names being a "possible" reason for the CRTC denying CTV permission to acquire Citytv; that has nothing to do with it whatsoever. The reason starts and ends at the CRTC's concentration of media ownership rules; because Citytv operates exclusively in major markets where CTV already has O&O stations, CTVgm having both systems would have given it too high a market share. Bearcat 06:06, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] TV templates

Most Canadian television markets only have one or two of their own unique stations, with everything else being a market-crossing rebroadcaster that ends up with anywhere up to ten different market templates on a single article. Too many templates makes those articles look like unadulterated crap. As a general rule, if multiple templates contain almost the same information with one or two minor differences, they should be merged into one if at all possible — it's a lot less messy, and actually easier to maintain if there's only one template to monitor instead of a dozen.

The thing is, the context of Canadian television is very different from that of American television. Even some of the least populated states in the entire US have almost as many licensed television stations as Ontario or Quebec — American television stations, as a rule, don't broadcast simultaneously into three, four, five or ten distinct DMAs, so you just don't see American television stations ending up with five or six market templates on their articles. Two, maybe, but never five or six.

The entire state of Wyoming, for example, has fewer people than Winnipeg alone, and yet it still has at least two, and sometimes even three, distinct affiliates of every major American commercial network — whereas there's only one television station in the entire province of Manitoba that isn't licensed to Winnipeg itself. It's very much like the network templates — a typical American television network has over 200 affiliates, so network affiliates have to be split up somehow to be manageable, while no Canadian network has more than 30 distinct stations airing its programming and only one even has as many as 20. So we just don't need to organize those templates the same way as the Americans do — the number of stations we're dealing with doesn't require it.

In the distribution and ownership of television stations, Canadian television is actually far more like British or Australian television than it is American — a much smaller number of stations, mostly O&Os rather than affiliates, broadcast to vastly wider geographic areas than most American stations would ever even be allowed to by the FCC. The Canadian and American television industries just aren't all that similar once you get past the surface resemblances. So I just don't think we're obligated to organize things in the same way as the Americans do — it just doesn't suit the reality of Canadian television broadcasting. Bearcat 15:56, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] By the way...

Looks like a lot of work ahead of the Canadian media editing contingent in the next couple of days...the CRTC just gave the go-ahead to both Rogers/Citytv and Astral/Standard. Bearcat 19:52, 28 September 2007 (UTC)