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It galls me, to see how the NHLPA official website gets tossed aside, when it doesn't support the pro-dios crowd. The NHLPA 'does not' add diacritics to the NHL players birthplaces. GoodDay (talk) 14:39, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

You mean just like you are tossing aside a National news paper who uses diacritics on peoples names? -Djsasso (talk) 15:01, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

30 Templates in exchange for Hundreds of articles, no dice. How pathetic, eh Resolute? GoodDay (talk) 15:06, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

To be honest, Wikipedia does not work in trades. If there is no consensus for changing the templates, then they don't change. Same with the diacritics issue. Unless you can convince the community to accept a change, then the status quo will remain. Resolute 15:22, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

In agreement, Resolute. There's nothing we can do about it. The pro-dios side will never give up their control. GoodDay (talk) 15:25, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

I'm behaving myself, I promise - but please see the edit history at West Kelowna and also my comments at User talk:36reasons.Skookum1 (talk) 19:10, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

As I recall, I abandoned you after you requested my copyediting services. I plan on having a look at Jarome Iginla, which I see is at FAC, but do you have any other articles on the go I could help with? Sarcasticidealist (talk) 07:10, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

I hope my comments were helpful and that my copyediting wasn't too intrusive. Congratulations on another FA. I suspect I'll be pretty quiet myself until September or so, as my reference materials are in New Brunswick while I am in Edmonton for the summer. I might putter around with some Edmonton-specific stuff in the meantime, though right now my plan is to spend most of the summer on gnomery and reviewing. Sarcasticidealist (talk) 02:28, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

They're not listed on the Flames' players list. Just a few are in the lead. A list of captains is notable, don't see why it would be removed. It's not clutter if it's important. RandySavageFTW (talk) 22:13, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

Well if I wanted to quickly know who captained the Flames in say, '96, then I could search List of Calgary Flames captains. But instead, I have to seach List of Calgary Flames players, and continue to scroll through the huge list trying to find it. If I wanted to find a chronological list, I wouldn't be able to. It doesn't even take up much space, most of those FA reviewers are picky anyway. RandySavageFTW (talk) 22:18, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

New Jersey Devils has a list, by the way. Seems inconsistent for one team article to not have it just because it's featured and an FA reviewer didn't want it. RandySavageFTW (talk) 22:24, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

I still prefer the team captains being on the Team pages. GoodDay (talk) 20:37, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

You've been so silent on the topic I wasn't sure. ;o) Resolute 21:02, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

A Request for Mediation to which you were are a party was not accepted and has been delisted. You can find more information on the case subpage, Wikipedia:Requests for mediation/Use of Sports Logos. For the Mediation Committee, Ryan Postlethwaite 02:27, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

Have ya ever wondered, why does the media seem to think Daniel & Henrik can't be seperated? Twin brothers have been on different teams, before. GoodDay (talk) 16:31, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

Still though, they can't prevent their seperation via a trade (unless they retire or leave the NHL, in protest). GoodDay (talk) 17:20, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

[1] - I mentioned one of your FLs there. Cheers, – (iMatthew • talk) at 14:46, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

This is a tricky one I'm not sure how to interpret it, but I don't like what I'm smelling. I noticed some IP edits at Premier of British Columbia, all from today, by User:174.7.14.105, involving changing/tweaking the image of Gordon Campbell with the final in-line hidden comment see in this edit, which says "do not replace this by an unfree (i.e. "fair use" image)". Quite the demand for an IP editor; I know there've been disputes about the Stephen Harper photo, and also I think about Campbell's photos in the past. So being the suspicious type, and knowing that the Public Affairs Bureau are active in Wikipedia, I looked up the IP address to see where it is...SamSpade.org gave me "ERROR: IP Range Reserved by IANA.org" which got me looking up http://www.iana.org, which was interesting to find, so I went and looked it up in ARIN which told me it was routed via shawcable in Calgary (as all Shawcable is, or rather that's their registered DBA address; FWIU cable IPs can't be tracked to households, as the whole "loop" in a neighbourhood is the same IP...). So I went back to http://www.whois.net and tried Ripe and learned that IANA.org addresses are global in nature and common in many countries...i.e. untraceable. Fine, not really an issue, almost more of a confirmation for conspiracy-minded types (like me). But I followed through the image to see whose it was, i.e. was it an official portrait being substituted for the casual one (with its nice jowls)? Well, no it's not, not exactly anyway. The author for File:Gordon_Campbell.jpg is Mary McNeil, a Liberal candidate in the last provincial election, and as you can see her flick profile is spam-like in nature or "political brochure" in nature. "Source" is given as Mary NcNeil and Premier Gordon Campbell, which is a campaign portrait of the two of them. It doesn't surprise me at all that politicians have begun to use Flickr's UGC arena in the same way they try to use Wikipedia; but to me this image comes with clear evidence of both WP:COI and WP:AUTO. Another issue on the Premier of British Columbia page is whether or not the current Premier is necessarily due the pride of place of being the only portrait; surely Richard McBride, Amor de Cosmos, Duff Pattullo, WAC Bennett are more notable; the jury is out as to whether the current Premier is in the same league of notoriety as Bill Vander Zalm; but it does strike me that having Campbell's face displayed on a page about the position of the provincial first minister is too close to promotional in nature to be entirely acceptable. I could have raised this at PPAP but because of our earlier dealings over the Premier's bio article I thought of you to bring it to first; as to what tags to place, whether that image belongs in Wikipedia at all, given its COI/AUTO source and the political content on the links provided on the image page. The same IP user's contributions show a spate of things on Prime Minister of Canada although in that case the image is from the G8 summit in Helgendamm; but it has been used in a "regal" fashion and again I must question whether or not it's really fair, or right, that the current Prime Minister's image be used alone, with no context relating to notable former Prime Ministers....Wikipedia is being systematically used as a promotional venue, to put it bluntly, and I don't like it one bit; I come across insertions of images of these guys and/or mentions of them all over the place, in totally unseemly places like smalltown articles where their latest visit is given undue weight ("Gordon Campbell slept here",as it were, "Stephen Harper cut a ribbon here"). But actively replacing images carrying credits to political canddiates, placed by those candidates; that seems outside the rulebook. Since I began this post, the same IP user, presumably Ms McNeil though that's unprovable, has made further edits at Prime Minister of Canada.....using an internationally anonymous IP address is a way to mask COI/AUTO, to be sure, but it's still obvious given teh SPA nature of those edits....Skookum1 (talk) 02:28, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

National Hockey League has been nominated for a good article reassessment. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to good article quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status will be removed from the article. Reviewers' concerns are here.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 04:08, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

Is at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/NHL Entry Draft/archive1; you might want to take a look. Among other things, there are concerns about total reliance on primary sources. Do you know any sources that would be useful for the history and criticism of the process? Dabomb87 (talk) 16:46, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

Hiya Resolute. I just had to poke that vandaliser (at his Userpage), before the page gets blocked. GoodDay (talk) 00:09, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

That's weird, my -snappy comeback- didn't take (before you blocked his Userpage). Furthermore, it doesn't show up in my contributions. GoodDay (talk) 00:13, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

Okie Dokie. PS: I just couldn't resist. GoodDay (talk) 00:14, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

Certainly is. I'll keep an eye on the AN thread. Thanks for dealing with that. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 01:50, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

I wonder what User-name, will the mad Flamer use next? GoodDay (talk) 18:52, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

Dunno, but I think it is rather comical myself. Pretty sure it takes him a lot longer to create an account and vandalize than it does us to revert and block. Resolute 18:53, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, JC keeps beating me to reversions. -Djsasso (talk) 18:56, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

Hey, they are on my userpage and I don't even get a chance to revert myself! I'm feeling a few too many eyes on my back here.  ;) Thanks for the quick fixes... and really, better he wrecks his accounts on my userpage than in the encyclopedia. Resolute 19:00, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

I watch most admin's pages who are hockey editors for this very reason. Since they tend to retaliate when one of us blocks or reverts them after they vandalize.. -Djsasso (talk) 19:06, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

Ditto. Loving the misdirected anger here though. I just haven't figured out yet if they are a Canuck fan or an Oilers fan.  ;) Resolute 19:09, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

I was assuming Oilers but the last few years Canucks fans have really formed a rivalry with the Flames. -Djsasso (talk) 19:11, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

Actually since I am looking at your page I was going to ask you, did you take the picture with a wide angle lense or did you stitch a couple photos together...Looks like probably a wide angle by the curve. -Djsasso (talk) 19:16, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

Stitched. It's a panorama made from about ten different photos, the first of which was File:C of Red Flag.JPG. Damn that flag was big... Resolute 19:20, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

		The Good Article Medal of Merit
		In gratitude for your review in the article Rio de Janeiro bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics and the listing of the same as one of the Everyday life good articles under the good article criteria. Thank you. Felipe Menegaz 16:44, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

Gracias.  ;) Resolute 01:04, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

A current Peer review is underway for Rio de Janeiro bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics. If possible, could you help it? :) Regards; Felipe Menegaz 01:18, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

I see that you have been working hard getting photographs for Wikipedia. The player photos are particularly valuable as there is a distinct lack of openly licensed pictures of sports players. I am have done some photography for Wikipedia myself: User:Chillum/gallery, though I have been a little busy for the last few months and have not done much of it. Keep up the good work! Chillum 00:35, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the good words! Resolute 01:04, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

What is going on with this vandalism? It's not like the Flames have crushed or embarrassed anyone lately? Is there something going on at the moment in Alberta???? (something in the water :-)) Alaney2k (talk) 17:10, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

If I had to guess at a reason, it would be that the Flames suck. Steve Smith (talk) (formerly Sarcasticidealist) 17:12, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

And as long as I'm here, Resolute, thanks for your review of Stewart. I was beginning to think it might make it to the end of the queue without attracting a single review, though I suppose if that was the case I'd probably have nothing to blame but my nomination statement. Steve Smith (talk) (formerly Sarcasticidealist) 17:12, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

I would like to say that is one of the best nomination statement's I've seen in a long time... Incidentally, I love how you changed your name to that of the most popular Edmonton Oiler in Calgary Flames history. ;o) As far as the vandalism goes, it's just one person with too much time on their hands. Looks like it died down a few days ago - Dj was just cleaning up some old edit summaries. Resolute 17:58, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, I didn't notice he got two more in after I cleaned it last time so I was a bit late on those ones. I too was laughing about the name change. -Djsasso (talk) 18:12, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

Hey Resolute! Do you think you could help me clean-up the NYI article (for the Dramaout) by writing the lead? I fail miserably at leads. Let me know, iMatthew ^talk at 02:03, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

Thank you so very much! iMatthew ^talk at 02:16, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

Thanks again, much appreciated! :) iMatthew ^talk at 21:29, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

On July 19, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Chuckwagon racing, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

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Since you live in Calgary, maybe you can help me out. If possible, can you find the bobsleigh and skeleton start and track records for the Canada Olympic Park bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track start and track records. All of the information I have is for the luge. I would greatly appreciate it if you could.

By the way, you going to the Winter Olympics next year in Vancouver? Do you plan on going to Whistler? Chris (talk) 19:03, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

Hmm. I will have to see what I can dig up. Resolute 22:53, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

Thank you again for your support of the Great Wikipedia Dramaout. Preliminary statistics indicate that 129 new articles were created, 203 other articles were improved, and 183 images were uploaded. Additionally, 41 articles were nominated for DYK, of which at least 2 have already been promoted. There are currently also 8 articles up for GA status and 3 up for FA/FL status. Though the campaign is technically over, please continue to update the log page at WP:NODRAMA/L with any articles which you worked during the campaign, and also to note any that receive commendation, such as DYK, GA or FA status. You may find the following links helpful in nominating your work:

• T:TDYK for Did You Know nominations
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Again, thank you for making this event a success! --Jayron32.talk.say no to drama 02:26, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

...but I'm trying to keep my frustrations in check, over that topic. Thus my reasons for discontinuing participation on other threads. GoodDay (talk) 22:44, 24 July 2009 (UTC)

It would be a list if it documented the evaluation scores of each bidding city... Like this? Felipe Menegaz 16:43, 25 July 2009 (UTC)

Considering you did List of Calgary Flames players, I was wondering what you thought of splitting these lists into individual lists for each position, (e.g. List of Calgary Flames goaltenders, List of Calgary Flames defenseman, etc.) The main lists are very, very long and splitting it up by position seems logical to me. Just wondering your opinion on it. iMatthew ^talk at 19:38, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

Oh hey, I was expecting two red links... looks like the goaltenders list already exists for the Flames. iMatthew ^talk at 19:38, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, that's an odd one. I just redirected it to the players list. I suppose if it came down to it, the goaltenders and skaters would be easy to split, but ideally, I will someday reformat that list to allow for it to be sorted. It would be nice to keep all skaters together so that the stats can be maintained. Though that would be admittedly harder for a team with a lot more history. Resolute 00:06, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

Well, I believe the Isles and Flames were both 1972 teams. The Islanders just have so many players, I wanted to split it up by position. iMatthew ^talk at 00:10, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

List of Chicago Blackhawks players made it to FA with all of them on one page, if an O6 team can do it, shouldn't be toooo hard for an islanders page to all be one list. -Djsasso (talk) 03:46, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

Well, it's a long article. I think it would benefit from being split into skaters and goalies, at least. iMatthew ^talk at 22:33, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

See my comment there. Dabomb87 (talk) 21:14, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

Worked on it a fair bit. What do you think? Dabomb87 (talk) 22:12, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

Nudge. Dabomb87 (talk) 22:50, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the pass and the detailed review! Dabomb87 (talk) 04:04, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Seems my comment and your Pilots comment has wp:baseball freaking out. They are all upset that people might come along and say you have to split because that's how hockey does it. It is amusing to me because earlier in the whole debate they were going around saying that hockey should merge to be like them. -Djsasso (talk) 18:27, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

Epic facepalm. Resolute 02:45, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

I've no prob with splitting all 30 MLB team articles. GoodDay (talk) 20:04, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

It's not going to happen, sadly. It should, but history is being cheated for the sake of convenience. As there is little chance of that bloc ever changing their mind, I prefer only to focus on my little corner of the baseball world that they don't care much about anyway, and let them manage the MLB articles as they see fit, aside from the Expos, of course. Resolute 02:45, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

It would look interesting, to see alot of WP:HOCKEY members become WP:BASEBALL members. GoodDay (talk) 13:55, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Leave it to GoodDay to get a debate going, I am actually surprised how many of the baseball people are atleast willing to think about splitting now. The situation does actually appear to be moving towards being willing to split articles. Probably won't happen soon but looks like it will eventuatlly happen. -DJSasso (talk) 16:48, 17 October 2009 (UTC)

hey resolute, seeing that you are a main contributer to player images im just requesting that you go to all the Flames games this year and snap every single player that comes to cowtown..ok maybe a little too much to ask.. but seriously if u catch an Avs game this year it would be greatly appreciated! Triggerbit (talk) 12:10, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Galiardi or McLeod if you could but yeah really anyone/everyone in an Avs jersey! i was going to ask you last year for Jordan Leopold but as soon as he was traded back to the Flames i knew that was sorted.. i tried taking some Avs warmup photos last year but photgraphy was never my strong point..way too amaturish, even for wiki! Triggerbit (talk) 03:54, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

Great job as always with the photos resolute, i wondered if u were at the game when they played the other week! pity bout the score ; ) Triggerbit (talk) 21:22, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

Please see Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Rorschach test images. SlimVirgin ^{talk|contribs} 16:27, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

Sure thing - I'll get to it tomorrow. Or tonight, if I can't sleep. Steve Smith (talk) (formerly Sarcasticidealist) 04:47, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

Sorry for the delay - I found myself with unexpectedly spotty internet access last week. I think the prose could still use a little work, but I'd say it's up to the standard of an FAC, if not yet at the level of an actual FA. I'll try to do a second run copyedit in the next couple of days, but I wouldn't wait for me before nominating, especially since I have a habit of taking much longer than I say I will to do things. Steve Smith (talk) 22:52, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

Hi, I don't get your last edit to the article. You basically reverted changes to the pre-season table you made yourself, changes I think were justified. I restored the table to it's former format so it matches the other tables in the article. In an old discussion of last season's articles it was agreed that individual recaps of matches was not desirable as one external link to all recaps would suffice. The naming of teams is also off in regards to the format of the regular season tables. I hope you don't mind me changing the pre-season table to what is was. If you don't agree, feel free to revert, I won't start an edit-war over this, I just thought it was weird what you did and think you did it in error. Btw your edit also introduced an error as far as dates for the games are concerned, I changed it according to the schedule found on flames.nhl.com.--Fogeltje (talk) 04:53, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

It happens, wikipedia has done some weird things to me also. I already figured this was not what you meant to do, but I thought I'd just check with you to make sure.--Fogeltje (talk) 05:01, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

There's but one explanation, 'great minds think alike'. GoodDay (talk) 20:03, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

... to ask but Resolute — The master Calgarian ice hockey editor? I'm wondering if you are interested in quickly assisting me in a little wiki related project of mine. I want to bring the Fredrik Pettersson article from a stub class to a short quality article (what GA used to be), before the season starts. And I have had trouble finding usable information about his two-year stint in Calgary. I think I recalled him being an alternate captain during his second season, but I can't find anything. So I you have some spare time, could you possibly write a few lines about his career with the Hitmen? And preferably put on my talk page or in a sandbox, because I want to get a DYK but I haven't figured out what information to use yet. Except for those two years in Calgary he has spent his entire life playing for Frölunda, which is quite uncommon, even extraordinary for any Elitserien team to have a player that started out playing novice hockey for the club. So obviously his article is quite high on my wiki todo-list. —Krm500 ^{(Communicate!)} 01:05, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

Hi Resolute! I made a FLC for Evaluation of the Rio de Janeiro bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics, but according to the comments, this is not a list. Everybody said that it should be a GAN or even a FAC. So now I have nominated the article for GA status. Could you review it? Regards; Felipe Menegaz 17:40, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

• Hi there. I have created an article for Jesse Scanzano. She might make the 2010 Olympic team and she has had a significant college career. The article is up for speedy deletion. Any comments would be helpful. Maple Leaf (talk) 21:07, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

I was the one who put the speedy tag on. The comment above that she "might" make the Olympic team is crystalballing which I thought was frowned upon here. I am of the opinion that she doesn't meet WP:ATHLETE at this time which was my reasoning for the speedy. ArcAngel (talk) 22:34, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

• Hi Resolute. Thanks for the support. I understand about the crystalballing. I will try to make the article worthy of being kept. Cheers Maple Leaf (talk) 12:23, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

Please see Talk:National_Hockey_League#North_American for a discussion of the dictionary definition of "throughout" and why this usage must therefore be reliably sourced to be used to describe the locations of the NHL's 30 franchises. If they were in fact distributed "throughout North America" (as opposed to only the US & Canada) then by definition there would have to be franchises located in México, Central American, and the West Indies as well. Centpacrr (talk) 03:50, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

I see you declined my move request and instead moved Talk:1968-69 Western Canada Hockey League season to Talk:1968-69 WCHL season. This has left things even more confusing. The current main article is at 1968–69 WCHL season (with an en dash.) Both the article and talk pages for Talk:1968-69 WCHL season (with a hyphen) and 1968-69 Western Canada Hockey League season should redirect to 1968–69 WCHL season. I just retargeted the new redirect you left at Talk:1968-69 Western Canada Hockey League season. Please move Talk:1968-69 WCHL season on top of Talk:1968–69 WCHL season and all will be fine. There's nothing to be lost by overwriting Talk:1968–69 WCHL season because there is no history and the lone template on the page is already on the incoming page. Thanks! UncleDouggie (talk) 01:02, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

Howdy Resolute. Do I have to 'delete' my statement? GoodDay (talk) 16:29, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

It's up to you. Your opinions on diacritics are well known, and a personal goal doesn't necessarily add much to a discussion on the project's future. But if it is something you wish to leave standing, then leave it, but perhaps don't engage it. Resolute 16:59, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

Perhaps DJ was only in a bad mood, but I felt he wasn't AGF. IMO, I've been quite low key about diacritics these last few months. His threat of blocking me, if I mentioned dios again, was OTT. GoodDay (talk) 17:04, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

Anyways, as a show of good faith, I've made my statement's wording milder. GoodDay (talk) 17:08, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

I've deleted my entire 'suggestion' on improvements. Since it's caused such a negative reaction, from DJ. PS: His Block-threat was convincing. GoodDay (talk) 19:35, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

Heh, it's ok! I figured it was an accident. :) iMatthew ^talk at 18:48, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

I might be followed around by a 'hopping' IP account stalker. GoodDay (talk) 14:53, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

don't you just hate that. It must have been your dumb remark about enjoying getting back at me for the blah blah blah. You just don't know who it is who you pissed off. Let the games begin.

See Resolute, he/she's got a fetish alright. GoodDay (talk) 15:10, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

The IP hopper has returned as 166.205.133.83 & 166.205.4.61 (note his other IPs are nearing expiration of blocks). GoodDay (talk) 19:51, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

He/she's also 'threatened' me on my userpage (which I've since reverted). A rather strange fetish, this person has. GoodDay (talk) 20:47, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

If the San Francisco Giants article gets split, it may start a trend. More articles for more info. GoodDay (talk) 20:03, 17 October 2009 (UTC)

Hope ya don't mind, I fixed you post. You had the Scouts/Rockies/Devils example linked to the Rockies baseball club. GoodDay (talk) 20:27, 17 October 2009 (UTC)

Heh, no worries. I tend not to care too much about disambigs when in those debates. Thanks, Resolute 20:31, 17 October 2009 (UTC)

Looks like they actually came up with a somewhat acceptable alternative to the current status quo. -DJSasso (talk) 18:35, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

...I'm pretty close to throwing Richard Gavin Reid at FAC. If you don't have time, I quite understand; I'm pretty sure the copyediting/peer reviewing balance shows red ink on my ledger and black on yours. Steve Smith (talk) 02:20, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

You think it's a shame? I was just thinking how much it'd screw up my (slow moving) featured topic drive for the Premiers if she got in! At least this way, I've got a window to finish Aberhart through Klein. Steve Smith (talk) 03:12, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

Howdy Resolute. How does one edit the player entries? They need some fixing up. GoodDay (talk) 18:26, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

I'm unable to get to the player names to 'delete' the dios. GoodDay (talk) 18:31, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

Forget it, as it's not worth fighting over. GoodDay (talk) 18:38, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

It's not that I am trying to fight, I was just pointing out that categories pull directly from the article title. -DJSasso (talk) 18:39, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

It's alright. I won't touch it, forget I made the request. GoodDay (talk) 18:40, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

Howdy Resolute. I understand Alaney's frustrations, concerning those European teams & birthplaces. GoodDay (talk) 16:35, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

You thought you were being sarcastic, but check out question five. I'll try to get to it in the next couple of weeks, but am not in a position to make promises. If you felt like reciprocating (bearing in mind that I may not even get to fulfilling your request, so no pressure), there's always Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Premiership of John Brownlee/archive1. Steve Smith (talk) 02:03, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Shame that you got robbed of the TFA. Regards. —Krm500 ^{(Communicate!)} 18:34, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

You are going to have the whole team done by the end of the year aren't you? :P -DJSasso (talk) 01:51, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Ah totally.. let the good times roll lol. Although it feels a little awkward as a Canucks fan to say so, but best of luck on those Flames articles! You got any secrets/recommendations on passing an article for FA? The Pavel Bure article I put up for GA failed FAC a few months ago (I thought it'd be a sure thing). Cheers, Orlandkurtenbach (talk) 09:24, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Hey that'd be great if you could; thanks for the thought. The input on Bure is great too. Orlandkurtenbach (talk) 06:44, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

You are a rock star. Thanks a bunch. And I'll be sure to get to that review of Bure soon. Orlandkurtenbach (talk) 01:54, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

Cheers for the review, pal. :) – Cliftonian^{the orangey bit} 19:35, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, mate. Just in passing, how much more do you reckon it needs for FA? – Cliftonian^{the orangey bit} 22:05, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Cheers. I'll have a little flick through my Nilin book at the weekend for some later career stuff, then get hold of my mate Dweller! Ta, – Cliftonian^{the orangey bit} 08:25, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

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Materialscientist (talk) 00:14, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Howdy Resolute. I've deleted all of those on the assumption that we only use 'NHL first-overall draft picks' succession boxes. GoodDay (talk) 21:59, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

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It's okay. You're not the first one to not see the note. ;) Congrats, I promoted Regehr's article, good job. Yeah, go Kings! I congratulate the team for ending the Penguins' seven-game road winning streak. :) I don't know about you, but that was great. --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 17:23, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

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Materialscientist (talk) 03:42, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

Hey...

You sent me a message about an edit I purportedly did to the article on Dion Phaneuf. Just wanted to let you know that I did not make any edits to that article. My ISP provides me with a dynamic IP and you must have mistaken me for someone else.

Just thought I'd let you know.

Keep on, keepin on.

-Mike —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.54.136.86 (talk) 04:27, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

That was a year and a half ago, heh. It is understood that dynamic IP's will receive warnings that do not necessarily reflect the actions of the current user. It is one of the reasons why it is often good to register an account, however, so that you don't have to deal with such warnings. Cheers, Resolute 05:06, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

...would you know if Sutter has a fixed rotation period for the 2nd alternate captaincy? If he does, what is it? GoodDay (talk) 19:09, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

Okie Dokie. GoodDay (talk) 19:17, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for your comments on the GA nomination. Just wanted to point out that in the review you said the climate was un-sourced, but if you open the climate chart, at the bottom, it says Source: Environment Canada^[10].

I would agree. Best to keep it at U20, and stay away from U18. Kaiser matias (talk) 23:29, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

It was completely relevant.. now I could get blocked from editing. Thanks a lot. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.241.63.87 (talk) 14:41, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

You are most welcome. Glad you found the review. Hope it helps. Finetooth (talk) 21:04, 29 December 2009 (UTC)

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Love 'em - you got some great shots.  :) Canada Hky (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 03:58, 2 January 2010 (UTC).

I do have some Erixon, just not sorted and uploaded yet. Soon, hopefully. Canada Hky (talk) 04:22, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

Uploaded an Erixon, I think it i the best one I have, but if I stumble upon a better one, I will replace it. Canada Hky (talk) 22:03, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

Do you happen to know how the FAQs were constructed for the article on talk:Mohammed? We need a similar page for another "world figure". Thanks. Student7 (talk) 14:42, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

Sorry that I wasn't clear. I meant the actual method of coming up with the facts (words) that appear in the FAQ. That could not have been an easy process. i was wondering where it was done - at mediation, maybe? Did some admin impose these? Thanks. Student7 (talk) 15:00, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

Not thrilled about that as an editor, though it will be sort of nice to be able to get the Stelmach article into a more stable form. As for the WRA, the only other thing I can think of is something about its internal governance structure, though I suspect much of that would be available only in primary sources. Surprisingly, there doesn't seem to be a single GA on a western (that's western world, not western Canada) political party, so there's not much by way of template to follow. I'm rather overcommitted on Wikipedia at the moment (the Fleury FAC's on me to-do list, though there's no guarantee that I'll actually get there), but if you want me to take a look at it before you throw it at GAN, I could probably manage that (it'll be short, right?).

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Materialscientist (talk) 18:00, 9 January 2010 (UTC)

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Materialscientist (talk) 18:01, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

I couldn't sleep, so I created a screenshot for ya. It's not huge, but note the overlap of the word "then" onto the infobox. I'm normally not anal about layout things (although I do tend to pay attention to layout, probably a little more then some others), but when a layout issue starts affecting the actual article text... something's gotta be done, you know?
— V = I * R (talk to Ohms law) 05:34, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

I see, thanks. I'm sure DJ or I will look to integrate the link into the main infobox so as to resolve this from our end. Thanks for the screenshot. Resolute 15:07, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

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Materialscientist (talk) 18:01, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

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Materialscientist {{toolbar|separator=dot|talk | contribs 18:00, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

I noticed that you are participating in the 2010 WikiCup. I have been working on the Bolognia push which is a project to make sure Wikipedia has an article (or redirect) on every know cutaneous condition. With that being said, there are still many cutaneous condition stubs to be made, and Bolognia could be a source for a lot of DYK articles, etc. Therefore, I was thinking maybe we could help one another... a competative WikiCup that also serves to improve dermatologic content on Wikipedia. I could e-mail you the Bolognia login information if you have any interest? ---kilbad (talk) 05:03, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

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Ucucha 06:00, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

"Per DuncanHill especially..." Thanks :) DuncanHill (talk) 03:53, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

Hi Resolute. I made a comment about your comment at Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Biographies of living people#View by Power.corrupts, basically that I thought based on your reply that you put it in the wrong section. It read to me like you agreed but it was in the disagree section. You may wish to revisit that section. And yes, feel free to trout me if I am wrong about that. You may remove my comment there (and here) in any case, at your discretion, of course. Happy editing. Baccyak4H (Yak!) 19:26, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

You seem to have a lot of vested interest in preventing knowledge of the fact that the Wildrose Alliance is dominated by Mormons.

Maybe you are the one with the non-neutral POV. When a minority religion controls a political party, this is noteworthy. 70.65.220.186 (talk) 23:39, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

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(refactored) Ikip 03:52, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

I am so impressed by your comments on RFC.

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Eloquence is a word rarely used to describe me. "Blunt" might be better.  ;) However, the barnstar is appreciated. Cheers! Resolute 00:03, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

RE: WP:IAR was not intended to allow a small group of users to take ownership of the project and impose their own personal policy upon everyone else. The fact that so many people view these actions as harmful to the project should make it obvious that IAR was badly misapplied.

Wow, I couldn't have said it better. I don't know how long you have been editing wikipedia, so you may not realize the outcome of this RFC has already been decided. If arbitrators and Jimmy Wales start weighing in on the discussion again, we will know that their pre-determined outcome is in jeopardy. Okip (formerly Ikip) 03:04, 13 February 2010 (UTC)

Is this list for your own reference, or would you like a hand? Canada Hky (talk) 00:47, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

Cool, I'll start at the bottom of the list. Canada Hky (talk) 02:46, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

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I have a question about using one of your photos for a website, if you could get back to me that would be great, thanks resolute! kroaks —Preceding undated comment added 20:40, 30 January 2010 (UTC).

Replied on your talk page, thanks! Resolute 20:47, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

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The DYK project (nominate) 18:00, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

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The DYK project (nominate) 18:00, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

It looks like Kovalchuk is on his way out. I wonder who they'll pass Slava Kozlov over for the captaincy 'next'? GoodDay (talk) 22:25, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

Wouldn't ya know it, Kozlov's requested a trade. GoodDay (talk) 21:37, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

I just reviewed this article, and placed it on hold. I don't think any of the issues are major, so I will take another look when you have addressed them. Canada Hky (talk) 01:18, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

Please do not write me ever again, i am not your pen pal. I reverted the edit before the word "estimate" was in there. You should not be be putting estimates in as facts anyways. But we all know Albertans just beg for attention like a whinny little brother. But that is besides the point. Please do not write me again. PhilthyBear (talk) 22:34, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

may i ask Y you deleted my comment???..Buzzzsherman (talk) 20:30, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Np i though it was odd you dont usually do that!! All good my friend!!!...Buzzzsherman (talk) 20:39, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

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Materialscientist (talk) 12:07, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

Any interest in updating the AJHL articles again? Their season just ended. DMighton (talk) 06:19, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

Glad to hear it is going well in the Greater-Calgary area... it is still stupid here... 36 Jr. A teams in two leagues... all in the Toronto-area... while we have better teams in more supportive centres in the Jr. B GOJHL in Southwestern Ontario... ... ... we just tried to merge the GOJHL, CCHL, and OJAHL and then create a new elite division of around 16-20 teams (while the rest basically drop to Jr. B)... and the teams of the CCHL and OJAHL blocked it... they claim they will downsize themselves... but they are leaving the GOJHL in the cold... teams like the London Nationals, Brantford Eagles, Waterloo Siskins, or St. Catherines Falcons would far better represent our nick of the woods if they were given the chance. DMighton (talk) 22:20, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

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check out the ga review i started...more comments are on their way...please feel free to start adressing the issues and adding  Done when you solve or address one.Mephiston999 (talk) 09:55, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

• Ref 1 is still dead, thats all thats missing.Mephiston999 (talk) 10:33, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Hi Resolute, can you check to make sure your comments at the above FLC were resolved? Thanks, Dabomb87 (talk) 22:54, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

I don't know who this player is, but it's definitely not Jason Blake. This is Jason Blake.-Wafulz (talk) 17:27, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

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For new and recent unsourced BLPs, some users are now working at WT:BLP PROD TPL on the development of templates that are designed to encourage contributors to source new BLPs, without scaring away the newbies who might not be aware of the rules. This template is certainly not another a licence to kill for the deletionists, in fact the very idea of it is to ensure that you are not fighting a losing battle. It would be great if you could look in at the prgogress and maybe leave a word of encouragement. The workshop page is essentially a template development taskforce, and is not a place to engage in a hefty debate on incusion/deletion policy. See you at WT:BLP PROD TPL?--Kudpung (talk) 12:53, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

That invocation is one of several reasons that I opposed the motion. Steve Smith (talk) 18:35, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

Was going to ask you prior to the game but totally forgot about it, but I'll ask now just in case; Did you go to yesterdays game between the Flames and Senators and perhaps snap any photos of Erik Karlsson? —Krm500 ^{(Communicate!)} 00:26, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

Great! —Krm500 ^{(Communicate!)} 02:48, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

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Materialscientist (talk) 06:11, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

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Materialscientist (talk) 06:12, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

I just wanted to say a quick thank you for adding those photos of the Senators' players to the respective player articles. They were needed. Keep up the great work. Freshfighter9^talk 18:33, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

Hey Resolute, there's an issue with a photo of Jamie Langenbrunner. This photo (File:Jamie Langenbrunner.jpg) is copied on Commons, and has not been deleted. There's a different Commons photo of Jamie with the same name. The bot tagged it, but hasn't deleted it. Could you get rid of the duplicate Wikipedia file? Thanks so much. Anthony (talk) 04:09, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Links updated and deleted. cheers, Resolute 13:41, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Hello,

I would like to draw your attention to a case of pre-emptive indefinite semi-protection that I find unjustified.

The protecting admin has been challenged about it. Only after the issue was reported to WP:RUP did the admin come up with something resembling an explanation, which was accepted by the investigating admin. The justification was in my opinion extremely flimsly: "there has been in the last varying degrees of speculation in tabloid press and elsewhere".

As you may remember, pre-emptive semi-protections were recently rejected (scroll down) due to an evident lack of consensus. Not only that, but this justification falls even short of that proposal, since it's not clear to me how unreferenced "speculation in tabloid press and elsewhere" is a "high-profile event that has a history of drawing vandalism".

I would appreciate your views on the matter on the protecting admin's talk page. Thank you. 114.148.236.155 (talk) 18:26, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

I have to agree with SoWhy's reasoning. I agree that the protection is without merit, but you can't argue against Casliber's actions based on policy then canvass to try and reinforce your point, which is also against policy. I'd recommend opening a discussion on the administrator's noticeboard. Regards, Resolute 19:46, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

My apologies, I was not aware that WP:CANVASSing was frowned upon. Thank you for informing me.

I have followed your suggestion and opened a discussion at WP:AN#Pre-emptive indefinite semi-protection of John Laws. 123.225.192.66 (talk) 21:55, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

You recently participated in a discussion here. This issue has been raised again here, where you may wish to comment. Best regards, –xeno^talk 15:26, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

The article Terry Fox you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within seven days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:Terry Fox for things which need to be addressed. Nikkimaria (talk) 20:11, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

Okay, looks good. I've listed it under "Historical figures - other", but it could fit into a few other categories, so if you feel like moving it, feel free. Congrats! Nikkimaria (talk) 15:25, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

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