User talk:Arch26

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Contents 1 woah.. chill pill. 2 About Rocky View and Calgary Region related articles 3 About Canada, AB and Nunavut 4 ... 5 WikiProject Vancouver 6 Atlanta vs. Atlanta, Georgia 7 Well maintained? 8 Alberta Maps 9 WikiProject Vancouver 10 references for Calgary, Alberta 11 Re AB infobox 12 Your change re BC Hydro building 13 Regina 14 GA on Calgary, Alberta 15 Rail Traffic 16 Calgary Wikipedia Meetup Reminder 17 Fair use policy 18 Copyright abuses 19 Image Tagging Image:Altacal.png 20 User:70.81.117.175 21 Saanich 22 Alberta culture 23 Archive 24 Vancouver Wikipedians Meetup 25 YYC Clarification 26 Alberta culture 27 Alberta topics 28 Vancouver move 29 Edmonotn Edits 30 Response to your edit summary 31 Vancouver's FAC 32 Calgary WP:FAC 33 Calgary Wikipedia meetup 34 Re: Land Area Argument 35 Reinclude the Ottawa comment (Edmonton)?

[edit] woah.. chill pill.

First of all.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Talk_page_guidelines#Behavior_that_is_unacceptable THIS MEANS YOU!

second of all, I don't need some random person I don't even know freaking out at me. Yeah, I saw your note. But did you know that calgary's in-city population has just hit one million? did you? DIDN'T THINK SO! I live in calgary, I HEARD the news, there WAS a census. like you said, information should be accurate, and according to a recent census, your information was outdated.

Third of all, your page clearly states that you want people to be polite. Well, why not be polite too? Sorry that I offended you by changing it, but your data needed the change. If you saw vancouver's population record was outdated, you'd want to update it too, right? don't persecute someone who knows what they're doing, PLEASE.

[edit] About Rocky View and Calgary Region related articles

Hello Arch26, I hope my message reaches you. I am totally new to Wikipedia (started with article entries/enhancements on Monday, May 8th)... Thank you for the edits and changes to the information I've worked on to date. I'm getting the hang of things as I see other articles, edits and contributions. Your expertise and commitment to quality Wikipedia articles is much appreciated! Cheers! Economicdevelopment

[edit] About Canada, AB and Nunavut

Sup Arch, I myself am from montreal. the only reason why I removed and will continue removing Canada from articles and put postal abbreviations (only after the name of a city, I'm sure you've noticed) it's because I'm jalous of the States where its common to pinpoint a city only by giving its state and some time only its abbreviation (i.e. New Orleans, LA). we do so because most people know where is south dakota or connecticut. I strongly believe people should know that much about Canada too (I'm sure you agree). plus, Canada being a federation we should put the emphasis on the provinces, because Canada is nothing without them. call it propaganda if you want, you might be right, but i don't care, it's for my homeland sake. all the best ps if someone don't know where is Nunavut, he'll click on the link and learn, ain't that what wikipedia is all about? peace Alex

[edit] ...

Why don't you get on my side and help people out of the English speaking/Commonwealth world learn about AB, BC, ON, QC et al. if a little arrogance is necessary why make a big fuss about it, it's not such a bad sin! take care

[edit] WikiProject Vancouver

Hello. I am Arnold (aka Buchanan-Hermit) and I am writing to invite you to join the newly-formed WikiProject Vancouver. It was created really recently and it's in need of new members and those who are willing to spread the word.

I'd love to see you there. :) Thanks for your time. --Buchanan-Hermit™..CONTRIBS..SPEAK!. 03:17, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Atlanta vs. Atlanta, Georgia

Hey there, is it really bad form to refer to Atlanta as just Atlanta or Atlanta, Georgia when putting a link to its article in another article? It doesn't redirect to a disambig page as far as I know. Blueboy96 04:51, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Well maintained?

Actually, I thought that saying the streets are well maintained wasn't NPOV, so I removed it. I don't think lack of that statement is non NPOV, and I guess as a Calgarian your POV would be slightly less N? However, I'll let it go 'cos you are probably better informed and more experienced at this Wikipedia thing! Cheers, 88.108.51.86!

[edit] Alberta Maps

You are right the map is not the most attractive, but it does a couple things. It avoids the copyright problem since I drew it myself. The color was selected by User:Qyd. I liked the pink color better, but the light yellow is much better than his first choice of dark yellow. Qyd had uploaded a number of maps of the Alberta villages, but he used the controversial map which was canted to one side. The map is fairly accurate -- at least a lot better than some of the previous attempts.

As far as changing all the maps, that does take a little bit of time. Both Qyd and I have been making the chages as quickly as we can. Do you want to help? Cadillac 02:52, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

Actually the grey-color-areas-with-white-borders are used in a lot of world maps. I uploaded census division maps with this color scheme on commons commons:Category:Locator_maps_of_census_divisions_in_Alberta. Didn't use them in the en articles, I'm waiting for your opinion. Also started a discussion there Qyd 17:38, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

Hi Arch, I've stated my position regarding the Calgarymap on my talk page. Your map looks great, but I prefer mine (I would especialy hate to upload all ~300 comunity locator maps again). Something intrigued me at your alberta image: the southern border is straith, and the northern one is curved; what kind of projection did you use. cheerrs. Qyd 01:46, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

I should make it clearer: Idon't think the map is wrong, it's just that I obtain straight lines (orthographic projection) for E-W and N-S poli-lines, so I'm just curious how you get the curved lines (you're right, on a closer look the south border looks curved too). It's probably a setting in the GIS software that you use. (I'm not talking about the coordinate system and datum of the vector data; if you use statcan, that's probably WGS84 or NAD84). Can you try a grey-with-white-borders map? Thanks. Qyd^(talk) 14:23, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

new Calgary map looks great. Just another suggestion, if I might: can you upload the maps on commons rather then only on the english wiki, so they can be used in other languages such as pt:Calgary. Thanks. Qyd 15:22, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Vancouver

Arch26 04:11, 9 March 2006 (UTC) - Born/raised and still make my permanent home in Calgary. I have been living in Vancouver while attending the UBC School of Architecture. I will help with general flow/continuity/coverage, but will NEVER cheer for the Canucks.

Why you little... :D lol --Buchanan-Hermit™..CONTRIBS..SPEAK! 04:16, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] references for Calgary, Alberta

Hello. I have not edited to much of the Calgary article itself. So, I can not be of too much help to identify the references used. Sorry. -- JamesTeterenko 16:44, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re AB infobox

Good work, looks great (the red title bar is especially appropriate for Calgary, considering the playoffs). The example code needs a little tweaking, as it was tailored for BC (regional district vs census division, etc). how different are the parameter names form the canadian city template (ie can part of the parameteres be re-used? Qyd^(talk)00:22, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your change re BC Hydro building

I see you're an architect....BUT what I had there about the BC Hydro building was very true; it was (supposedly, according to the local nostrums) a revolutionary open-floor concept when it first went up, and did win several design awards. It was also notable for leaving its lights on all night as promotion for the province's newly-abundant hydroelectric power. Part of the controversy in transforming it into the Electra is that its original architectural concept - the then-revolutionary open-space floor design, with elevators in the centre - was to be forever changed by the introduction of the new condo-apartments' walls. True enough that your distillation of this to "modernism" fits with the dicta of the academic-architecture stylebook; at the time I recall it as being part of the "futurism" with which Social Creditism in BC was obssessed; although clearer examples of that are BC Place/Plaza of Nations, that ugly glo-ball thing called Science World (or whatever it's called now) and the WAC Bennett Powerhouse.Skookum1 19:37, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Regina

It didn't say "pleasant" simplicitur. It said "surprisingly pleasant" given its insalubrious location. The University of Regina *is* singularly lacking in the amenities referred to; it is also the reason why many people visit the city. These are not matters of point of view; nor are they particularly subjective since they are points of comparison with other places and institutions. Regina is indeed the metropole for southern Saskatchewan; it is not unknown for Reginans to hop in the car and rush off to Winnipeg or Minneapolis for a concert or to go shopping but it is Regina to which people in its hinterland normally go for such purposes; it is also the provincial capital. That is what a metropole is: perhaps you should take a look at the dictionary -- a metropole is not necessarily a metropolis; Canada really has only one of those. You should raise your points of concern before editing with such a heavy hand, for your edits *do* introduce a point of view. Masalai 03:20, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

While I like several of your edits concerning Regina, to just go in and edit carte blanche what you think is a POV is not necessarily a good thing. I see you have on your wiki page that you think Vancouver is a nice place, and I see that you dont live in Regina so passing judgement on whether it is nice or not here should be left to those who know. Friesguy 14:41, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Perhaps as you say Regina is thought of by many by reputation as not a nice place by those who have never been here or by those that haven't been here for a decade or more, well, things have changed by leaps and bounds and that is why I believe the "surprising pleasantness" remark was put in. Friesguy 22:23, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

I am puzzled that you consider that making a comment on Fries's page constitutes going behind your back and attempting to muster a cabal of supporters for Regina's "surprising pleasantness" (in the context of its insalubrious location and invidious origins). It is a pity that you didn't make your thoughts known on the Regina discussion page before peremptorily making your draconian edits. Some of them are entirely unobjectionable but it is an onerous task to go through them one by one, keeping this and altering or deleting that. Subject to any objections here (I apologise to Friesguy who has made edits subsequent to your massive intervention) I am going to revert to the last version before your editorial slaughter. Further -- indeed, be it said, the description of Regina as being a city of "surprising pleasantness" is hardly to be criticised as civic boosterism. If anything it is praising with faint damns. Masalai 11:17, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] GA on Calgary, Alberta

Calgary, Alberta easily passed the criteria for Good article. At this point, I would say with some more references and going over the redlinks, you should nomintate it as a Featured article --Irishpunktom\^talk 17:23, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rail Traffic

Do you have any hard facts on the rail traffic difference between Calgary and Edmonton? I know there's more CP traffic down there, but Edmonton is a major CN city, and had many, many, many, more rural feeder lines leading to it as a look at a map will show. And besides, Edmonton has more blue-collar industries that use rail. Kevlar67 07:25, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Calgary Wikipedia Meetup Reminder

The first Wikipedia Meetup in Calgary is this Monday, May 15, starting at 5pm(ish) at the Good Earth Café in Connaught (1502 - 11 Street SW; Just down from 17 Avenue on 11 Street). —GrantNeufeld 20:31, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use policy

Please read WP:FU, or better still the recent conversation on my talk page: user talk:ed g2s#Copyright paranoia. ed g2s • talk 00:57, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

It is actually a fairly black and white issue, and a debate that has been had countless times. Your interpretation completes ingnores the context under which our fair use rules where drawn up. If you want to take this debate any further, please take it to Wikipedia talk:Fair use, however the outcome is the same each time it comes up. ed g2s • talk 10:57, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Copyright abuses

Hello, this message is in response to the deletion of material on this wikipage. Tens of thousands of images have been deleted by a small handful of wikipedians.

Would you be interested in joining a group on wikipedia which counters the heavy handed tactics of the copyright police. I can't fight them on my own. User talk:Ed g2s has began deleting fair use image on every person's user page and on several other pages, inspired by WP:FUC which was written by another paternal copyright policeman with absolutly no legal training and little understanding of copyright law.

I stared this page, with this purpose: User:Travb/Misguided and heavy handed tactics of some admins regarding copyright

Please tell others about this project. The paternal copyright police are well organized and are intoxicated with their own limited power here on wikipedia. Only a large number of wikipedians will stop this abuse. Travb 13:45, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image Tagging Image:Altacal.png

This media may be deleted.

Thanks for uploading Image:Altacal.png. I notice the 'image' page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you have not created this media yourself then there needs to be an argument why we have the right to use the media on Wikipedia (see copyright tagging below). If you have not created the media yourself then it needs to be specified where it was found, i.e., in most cases link to the website where it was taken from, and the terms of use for content from that page.

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

If you have uploaded other media, consider checking that you have specified their source and copyright tagged them, too. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any unsourced and untagged images will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Hunter 13:42, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for posting the license! (and for posting the useful original image, too.) —GrantNeufeld 05:32, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] User:70.81.117.175

User:70.81.117.175 is well known for making bad edits regarding ethnicity. Double check anything that this user does. Qutezuce 05:49, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Saanich

Many municipalities listed in the template "BritishColumbia" are not cities. The District of North Vancouver, for example. Why single out Saanich, which is also a district municipality? Absent explanation for this disparity, is there any reason why it should not be included? Fishhead64 23:21, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Perhaps the template title should be changed? For example, it seems odd to exclude Saanich (and the District of North Van, for that matter), which are huge - while legitimately including incorporated cities such as Fort St. John, Nelson, and Terrace, which are much, much smaller. Thoughts? Fishhead64 00:30, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

I think I shall take your advice and change the header of the template to "major communities." It seems unhelpful to have a template that can include a community of 10,000 (like Nelson), but exclude the largest municipality on Vancouver Island (with 110,000). Fishhead64 00:39, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

I think the Newfoundland and Labrador template is a good example (Template:NLtemplate). Fishhead64 00:45, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Except I just did a count...and there are 46 incorporated cities in British Columbia. Perhaps I'll change the template to major communities, divide into "over 100,000," "75,000 - 100,000, "and "50,000 - 75,000." That's about 20 communities. Fishhead64 01:02, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

I've changed the template, and provided an explanation (Template talk:BritishColumbia). Yep, it's all rather strange. Places of over 5000 with a certain population density must be incorporated as cities, under BC law. I will add the template to the newly included communities tomorrow (have to run out right now). Thanks for the dialogue and encouragement! Fishhead64 01:49, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Echoing what I said on Fishhead64's page, thanks to you both for working out a good solution to the "city conundrum". Cheers. --Ckatz 04:46, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Alberta culture

I am happy that we have reached some sort of compromise in the culture section of the Alberta article. Some general comments as to the cultural activities which take place overall, plus a few examples for each of the major cities works for me. I have no pressing need to edit this further. Denni ☯ 23:36, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Archive

if you have some objection to the archive, please say so rather than reverting without an explanation. Its common for article talk pages to be archived as they become long, and that one was quite long.--Crossmr 20:38, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

I'd also point out that in your revision you felt the need to remove the discussion I created about the archive, and removing that could have been seen as vandalism, especially given a blind revert with no explanation. I realize that you have a strong interest in this article, but please see WP:OWN, your interest and work doesn't give you the ability to unilaterally revert like that without the courtesy of at least an explanation. The talk page had reached 100k and was excessive and needed to be archived.--Crossmr 21:00, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

If you'd like to see the talk page archived through another method, that's fine, make a note on the discussion, and archive it that way. Don't revert the discussion. I just set it up the easiest way I knew possible to make it so that there was little interaction on the part of the users (other than switching the tag to a new archive when that one gets too big and adding the new tag to the archive list). An archive exists, you can label it however you want (Pre-July 2006 for example) and remove the automatic archival if you don't think it will be helpful. Just leave a note.--Crossmr 21:47, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

Ah well my apologies, it seemed like you'd just blankly reverted the entire archival process without explanation, I guess wikipedia sometimes does strange things. No harm done. Are you okay with the way its set up?--Crossmr 20:20, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vancouver Wikipedians Meetup

Greetings, you're getting this spam (courtesy of Tawkerbot) because you were listed on Wikipedia:WikiProject_Vancouver. In short, we're trying to have a meetup and we'd appreciate it if you'd join our Yahoo Group setup to figure out a time/place that would work. You can find the group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vancouver_wikipedians/. If you have any questions feel free to make a post there or on the WikiProject page.

Happy Editing!

[edit] YYC Clarification

1. Regarding direct, non-stop SCHEDULED flight connections to Europe.

YYC has 2, to Heathrow and Frankfurt serviced by Air Canada. The other 7 are charters, generally you do not include charter flights in as they are on-demand and can be cancelled at any time. Plus some Calgary charters stop in other Canadian cities before reaching their destination.

2. Calgary is considered a minor regional hub airport for both passengers and cargo. It does NOT rank as a major passenger or cargo hub in North America. All major Canadian Airports have DHL, UPS, Purolator etc.

In fact YYC does not fall within the top 40 busiest North American airports for either cargo or passengers.

The facts can be found here [1]

[edit] Alberta culture

I don't think I was misonforming anyone, but if you think I was I'm sorry. However I found it really unescessary for you to reprieve me on edits that "incorrectly favour Edmonton" because if anything you have a blatant favouritism of Calgary. Edmonton's Fringe Fest, Heritage Fest, Taste of Edmonton, and any other festivals Edmonton has that other cities try to imitate, but never duplicate, are all bigger, more attended, and more well-known. We have over 30 all year, yet for some reason this wasn't included. I'd appreciate it if you could be just a BIT impartial when you decide to edit pages, because I have sources/citations for the edit I made.

Have a nice day.

[edit] Alberta topics

If you are anxious to help with Alberta-related topics, you might consider joing The Alberta Wiki-Project. We need a lot of help. Wikipedia:WikiProject Alberta Please check it out. Kevlar67 07:24, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vancouver move

Just wanted to say I liked your comments on the Vancouver move issue. --Serge 03:41, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Edmonotn Edits

Arch, I have not been putting in the pov comments. I have been editing for length and trying to keep what was there while getting rid of lists and what not. Even the Calgary article is slightly full of 'best-know,' etc, etc, etc. Feel free to take out any pov points you don't agree with instead of blaming me, who didn't put them in to start with. Rendar 05:36, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Response to your edit summary

Please note my comment to you at Talk:Market Mall and act accordingly. 23skidoo 01:13, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

Apology accepted - no worries. And just to be clear I wasn't responding to the opinion, which we can agree to disagree on, I guess. That's what makes Wikipedia interesting. 23skidoo 21:23, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vancouver's FAC

Vancouver's been nominated to be a featured article. Sure could use your support. Mkdw^talk 10:08, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Calgary WP:FAC

WP:FAC is a long and painfull process. I don't think Calgary is there yet. It definitely need more references (especially in the "Contemporary issues" section), and the structure could use some work (such as combining the content from "Military" and "Other names" in some othe section; stubby sections are sanctioned in feature article candidates; or somehow connecting "Calgary's neighbourhoods" with "Atractions/Skyline"). Not sure about this... --Qyd 19:10, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Calgary Wikipedia meetup

Just a reminder that the Calgary Wikipedia meetup is this Sunday, 2pm, at Haymarket Café (1101 Macleod Trail SE). —GrantNeufeld 03:11, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Land Area Argument

Just so you know, I was already very well aware of Ottawa's land area situation even before I heard of Wikipedia. I was there in 2002 - take a car or BRT out to Kanata and you'll see what I mean! Before Ottawa's amalgamation, its area was only 110 km². With a population of 323,340 as of the 1996 federal census, this worked out to nearly 2,940 people per square km - closer to Vancouver's density than Edmonton's. Speaking of communities like Nepean being still thought as separate entities - I would not be terribly surprised if in Toronto (though I cannot say for sure myself), the annexed communties of Scarborough or Etobicoke are still being thought as separate, as Toronto's amalgamation wasn't very long ago! In other words, that's not unexpected at all of a lot of cities having recently undergone large annexations of surrounding cities. Also, I'll let you know I'm just as aware how deceptive that kind of data can be - I was compelled to point out Edmonton's density as compared to NYC's (see discussion in Edmonton). Since you want something like a reference or explanation, I've added a reference in Edmonton's Wikipedia article to back this up, which wasn't hard to do. (I know - I should've done that before, anyway). NorthernFire 08:38, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Reinclude the Ottawa comment (Edmonton)?

I have decided not to reinclude the Ottawa comment since it was removed by TelusFielder (btw, his actions in editing Edmonton's article are beginning to sound like an edit war, and I don't like this anymore than you do), unless I asked you first. Although I usually see cold hard facts as I see them and don't care much for arguments on details, you did indeed provide a strong argument for Ottawa's situation regarding its density before and after annexation in 2000(?). I want to know if it's still alright with you if I put it back in, as I did put a reference to its land area. If not, I will honor your decision. Remember, I'm going by your decision, not TelusFielder's. Please reply in my user talk page. It's up yo you. NorthernFire 19:08, 4 February 2007 (UTC)