Dowew
I removed the images from Ruth Warrick because I was unsure as to the source. Please cite your sources in more detail. Mike H 08:02, Feb 15, 2005 (UTC)
Emmy Award winners category
I don't think the Emmy Award winners category is truly representative, because most of the few entries there are Daytime actors, who should probably belong in a category called Daytime Emmy Award winners, or something to that effect. Mike H 23:26, Feb 24, 2005 (UTC)
- I can do that for you! :) Mike H 23:40, Feb 24, 2005 (UTC)
Soap article policy proposal
Since you edit soap articles, I figure you might be interested in the policy proposal I've brought up on the talk page for the Soap WikiProject. If you haven't done so yet, be sure to sign your name on the regular page, noting that you support the work in such a project. Mike H 08:05, Mar 9, 2005 (UTC)
One Life to Live
Hi, I realize that the policy regarding who should be listed under cast is still ongoing but Shanelle Workman has confirmed in numerous sources that she has started taping The Bold and the Beautiful so this isn't exactly a rumor. User:Dowew
- Whether or not it's a rumor is not really relevant. Like I stated on the proposed policy page, until the show gets aired, there's no guarantee that she will become a current cast member. As it is now, she just started taping. Many things can happen between now and then that could alter the fate of those tapes; death, bad review from focus groups or viewers, infighting between the cast, etc. It's not unheard of for previous tapings (of anything, not just soaps) to be scrapped and redone, for those reasons. Sometimes you see a character appear in a show and it seems s/he's given more prominence, but then you never see them again. Most people don't think twice about it, but it does happen, and it makes you wonder what happened there. This is an encylopedia, not a gossip or breaking news site. If you have to edit the article in a month because the "current cast member" (who really isn't) won't become one, then I think you're missing the point. --jag123 21:12, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Order of Canada
Thanks for contributing to Wikipedia. I noticed you are adding "OC" to some Officers of the Order of Canada. However, just adding OC is not very helpful, since there's no indication of what the letters tand for. It would be better to add it as [[Order of Canada|O.C.]]. That way readers will be taken directly to the correct article. Cheers, -Willmcw 23:24, Mar 13, 2005 (UTC)
- If your brother is making edits on your account without your permission then I recommend that you change your password. Naturally, you are responsible for what is done by your account. -Willmcw 01:12, Mar 15, 2005 (UTC)
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You didn't do anything wrong. I just noticed that you were a new user, so I posted a "map" of Wikipedia here. → JarlaxleArtemis 06:24, Mar 20, 2005 (UTC)
Sherlock Holmes
Star Trek (Data) already has a whole paragraph in the "Other Media" section. I don't know that your recent edit is needed, in light of that. Turnstep 16:56, Mar 21, 2005 (UTC)
Book cover
I don't think I took it out because I didn't think she wrote it; I don't doubt that. I took it out because the article in its present form has no room for the other picture. Mike H 23:02, Apr 21, 2005 (UTC)
Lifetime Achievement
They should be included. An Emmy is an Emmy. Mike H 18:00, May 3, 2005 (UTC)
Proof of Granger and Davis, Jr. awards
IMDb article of One Life to Live awards Please fix this ASAP as Farley Granger and Sammy Davis, Jr. both won awards for 'One Life to Live'.
Baldwin brothers category
This sort of stuff belongs in WP:CFD, not in my user talk page. (I hope you already put it in CFD.) --ssd 05:44, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I made the corrections and suggestions you have placed on the talk page. Thanks for doing it. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 12:33, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Pictures of the Provincial orders
Hey, I would go here, http://www.forces.gc.ca/hr/dhh/honours_awards/engraph/med1_e.asp?cat=3, to get the pictures of the Orders. We can use those under current Canada Crown Copyright rules. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 19:53, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
After we are done with the Order of Canada, this is my next project. Of course, there is little much we can do with this article than what I have done already, but we can see what we can do. I will try to draw some images, but I have no clue on how the house hunting will go. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 20:48, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Privy Council
Your assumption that official opposition leaders are automatically made privy coucillors is incorrect. In fact, it's a relatively rare occurance. AndyL 02:00, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Duceppe was offered Privy Council membership some time after 9/11 but refused. Bouchard is a member of the Privy Council by virtue of having been a Cabinet minister and is listed under Mulroney ministers. Day was never sworn into the Privy Council so he is not listed. AndyL 02:02, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Long time no see
Well, what do you think about the two article forks I created for the Order of Canada? Zscout370 (Sound Off) 19:38, 10 August 2005 (UTC)
Governor General Chain
Here is the chain I was talking about, with Clarkson wearing it: http://www.cpachter.com/biography/images_biography/1-OC-Apr-2000.jpg. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 18:27, 13 August 2005 (UTC)
Smokey Smith
I'm afraid you have the wrong man; while I copyedited the image caption to let the elements flow better, none of the actual content was mine.
Still, good to know you got it all sorted. :D Radagast 02:36, August 14, 2005 (UTC)
Bob Welch
Why did you add a reference to Bob Welch being a Privy Councillor when he was not? Homey 21:25, 20 August 2005 (UTC)
In future, please check the official list. One doesn't become a privy councillor by virtue of being a provincial cabinet minister. Homey 21:28, 20 August 2005 (UTC)
Tell your brother then:) BTW, Welch isn't "The Honourable" since provincial cabinet ministers only have that honorific while in office (that's someone else's mistake, though). Homey 21:35, 20 August 2005 (UTC)
Wikipedia style
Please take a look at the Manual of Style. It says:
- If possible, make the title the subject of the first sentence of the article (as opposed to putting it in the predicate). In any case, the title should appear as early as possible in the article — preferably in the first sentence.
- The first time the title is mentioned in the article, put it in bold using three apostrophes. Here's an example: article title produces article title. You should not put links in the title.
Since "The Honourable", "PC", "MP", "BA", "CC", LLB" and so on, are not part of the article title, they should not be in bold. This is not my preference: this is part of the Wikipeida Manual of Style.
I hope this helps. Thanks, Ground Zero | t 19:55, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
Ummm... it is actually most of the articles that you are editing, including Pat Carney, Charles Tupper, and Donald Fleming, hich you have just edited. Please follow WIkipeida style, i.e.,
- The Honourable Winslow Percivel Shuttleworth, LL.B., CM, OC,
not
- The Honourable Winslow Percivel Shuttleworth, LL.B., CM, OC,
Thanks, Ground Zero | t 05:07, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
Pepys FRS, BA
Hello Dowew, do you really think that adding FRS and BA after Pepys' name at the head of the article about him improves it?
Surely Samuel Pepys is too well known for that? Being an FRS is a great achievement, but Pepys has even greater claims to fame which are all set out in the Interests and Achievements section.
Please consider changing it back
Guidelines
Hi Dowew, glad to see you have "uncloaked", and decided to use a proper account rather than just contribute as User:24.103.139.242. I do have a few suggestions for the use of bold facing in the name line: i) Per the Manual of Style, normally only the name itself, or a part of the name reasonably expected to be used as a redirect should be bolded. Therefore prenomial styles should not be bolded (i.e. Honourable would not be bolded, whereas Sir or Dame technically becomes part of the name and is indeed frequently used as a redirect term and should therefore be bolded; ii. Bolding an interpolated nickname is OK, as it is usually an implied redirect term (e.g. John "Bud" Spud could all be bolded because Bud Spud should have been set up as a redirect; iii. Similarily, postnomial honours, which you are fond of adding, would NOT generally expected to be used as a redirect term, and therefore should NOT be bolded.
A related issue is your preference for wikilinks for Sir, etc. in the name line. However, the use of wikilinks within either the name or a part of the name for which there is a reasonable redirect should not be used per the Manual of Style — there is always an opportunity later in the article to mention when the knighthood was awarded, and this is the appropriate time to wiki that link.
Finally, for things like Canadian Senators, you have been adding what essentially amounts to a job title. While it seems like those that are in favour of prenomial styles such The Honourable are generally having their way these days, a term like senator is not really a formal honourific, and there is no need to add these — lest we would be adding continously cluttering up articles by adding prenomial terms like "Author", "Bricklayer", etc. which is clearly pointless.
I hope that you now see why so many of your previous edits have been modified by myself and others, and trust that you will adhere more closely to the prefered guidelines in the future. Please do not hesistate to contact me if you have any further questions. Regards, Fawcett5 13:40, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
Parliament Bios
Hi Dowew, thanks for helping out by adding links to the Library of Parliament webpage for Canadian politicians. I just wanted to point out that I usually create these links with a handy template: {{Subst:Parlbio|ID=x}}
Note that the language used by the current version of the template differs a bit from the text I used to put in (and which you are now apparently adding by hand). I updated the language to something a bit more specific, since it turns out the parlbio pages include only federal political experience, not local or provincial. At some point a robot will be going through and changing the old entries to match the new language.... Cheers, Fawcett5 04:31, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
WGA Membership
Happy to help. If you have a hard time finding an answer from the WGA, let me know. I hang out at a private BBS for WGA members, and there are a bunch of folks there with a lot of experience and knowledge who might be able to help out.
Best, Jacobw 13:24, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for letting me know the results of your research. Interesting stuff. And, by the way, kudos to you for taking it on yourself to write articles about TV writers, who so often get ignored in favor of the more glamorous actors who say the lines the writers wrote!
Barnstar
For your work on Order of Canada, I present you this Barnstar. Thank you. Zach (Sound Off) 01:27, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
Saving Text for later implementation
The Canadian Meritorious Service Decorations are part of the Canadian Honour System. The Decoration was created by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in 1984 to recognize individuals whose specific deeds or activities over a limited period of time. This period of time is limited to 5 minutes to 5 years.
This is both a military and civilian decoration, and each category have two levels: Meritorious Service Cross (Military and Civil) and Meritorious Service Medal (Military and Civil).
Recipients must have
- demonstrated an outstanding level of service; or
- set an exemplary standard of achievement; and
- brought honour or benefit to Canada
The accomplishment for which a recipient is honoured must have taken place after June 11, 1984.
Dianne L. Haskett, former mayor of London
Haskett was not the first Ontario mayor to be found guilty of a human rights violation. It was Hamilton mayor Morrow who was for not issuing a pride proclamation. That case predated the Haskett case and was used as a precedent in Haskett's Board of Inquiry hearing. Barry Wells 03:33, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
The case involving Hamilton's mayor is cited as Oliver v. Morrow and it was used as a precedent in the Haskett case. Barry Wells 00:05, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
Matthew Good
"(which Good seems to be selling and promoting exclusively)"
Not that it matters, and not that I disagree with the statement's removal, but I think you misunderstood what that meant. If you go to Matt's official store (at MapleMusic), the Deluxe edition is the only one that's offered. And when he was out promoting the disc, the only version he talked about was the Deluxe one - it was as if the Standard edition didn't exist. -- ChrisB 03:40, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
Screencaps of Adrienne Clarkson
It is not fair use to use copyrighted images on a talk page. These will be deleted soon as orphaned fair use images. -Nv8200p talk 18:02, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
It is correct that no conferments of the Order have been made since the death of Queen Victoria. However after her death the existing members of the Order continued to be members, so there needed to be a Sovereign for the Order. That is why all the monarchs from Victoria to Elizabeth II have become Sovereign (something that would happen automatically, rather than being conferred on them). I expect that there will no longer be any living members of the Order, which as you suggest puts it in the same category as the Order of St Patrick.--George Burgess 10:44, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
I knew about the Nickle Resolution
I knew about the Nickle Resolution, because of the Conrad, Baron Black of Crossharbour affair. New Zealand's banning of the conferral of titles has also been condemned by the Monarchist League of New Zealand as well. - (Aidan Work 03:41, 5 January 2006 (UTC))
Canada and fair use
If you are prepared to tag the images as {{fairusein}} and provide a full fair use rationale, see Wikipedia:Fair use for instructions, for each image then there shouldn't be a problem. However consider that a requirement for fair use is that the image is necessary to help explain the text, adding images of people with a medal for the purpose of decoration is not acceptable for fair use.--nixie 02:03, 18 January 2006 (UTC)