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Ummmm....

I was part of the Arctic Wikiproject for a time, and even designed a variant of the invitation you sent me. Inuit-related topics are also of interest to me, but I have withdrawn (officially, at least) from all wikiprojects- WP:WPBIO, WP:WPVA, WP:POETRY, etc. It really doesn't mean much to have a little bumper sticker on your user page, anyway, and I don't want anyone seeking me out, or any obligations. The talk pages are still on my watchlist, though, and I'll make sure that Wikiproject Arctic's is too. Cheers, Lithoderm 04:30, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

Wade Regehr article

You did a great job on the Regehr article. I will let your excellent work soak in and then have another read to see if there is anything more that I could add, (although I doubt it).

You are right, it seems that our little Shaunavon produces some pretty neat people!

Merry Christmas! --Amazona01 (talk) 22:16, 25 December 2008 (UTC)

HBC factory at Qu'Appelle

For heaven's sake: you are absolutely right. McLennon's article in the Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan states that it was indeed temporarily there, southwest of the future site of the town from 1854 through 1864. I wonder where, precisely. Doubtless merely a popular post stockade and a small building or two inside of which nothing remains; presumably somewhere around St Joseph's Colony. I've added the detail and a citation. Masalai (talk) 03:59, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

Wade Regehr

Hi SriMesh, I think I may be able to get some of these details for you. It could take a bit of time though!! I'll be in touch... Best Wishes, --Amazona01 (talk) 02:13, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

Re:Ragger65

Hi, I'm really sorry but I have absolutely no idea why I put that on Ragger's page. It was wel over a year ago. rm it if you want. Harland1 (^t/_c) 12:15, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

assorted topics Amazona01

Hi SriMesh,

I noticed that the Arnold Tremere article was placed into the sandbox again. Am I to interpret that the material from the original article that has disappeared was not helpful and should remain deleted? I can see the intentions of imposing structure, which I find enormously helpful but, I am not sure exactly what this type of action means. I can fill in many of the blanks over time. Is there a reference page where this editor made some comments for the rewrite so that I might understand where they are coming from? While I am new to this, it does feel sometimes that certain editing comes from a rather personal and subjective position (i.e. comments/corrections made on Campolina that were in fact not accurate). I am too inexperienced in this process to know how to counter some of these heavy handed tactics. I am feeling rather lucky to have landed in your pile of "newbies to help ;-)

In re-reading some of your notes for pointers I noticed that I had missed an earlier posting where you asked if I had been to Brazil. I am sorry for the delay in my response it was just an oversight as that note fell within earlier correspondance. Anyhow, the answer is yes, I go to Brazil quite often and interact closely with the horse community and many judges in that community. I have not been to see the waterfalls but hear that when the Queen visited these falls she commented, "oh, poor Niagra".

Thanks again for all your tips! I am sure I'll be on your talk page again soon.

Cheers, --Amazona01 (talk) 20:03, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

last thoughts

I guess the roadblock that I am facing in general is that much of the information that I accept as real is not linked to any internet source. For example, the most interesting info that I added to the O'Keeffe page was from a hard copy biography that I read several years ago, but was info that stuck. I am trying to locate that book now and will cite it correctly once I find it.

I had this happen with one of my early articles as well. I had plunked the reference down in references rather than inline citations like a school paper. Then folks wrote to me saying to make it inline citation and I had to re-find the book. etc etc...

With respect to information coming from Brazil in general (see the parallel criticisms of Fila - Brazilian mastiff) it is just hard to find anything documented because of the culture. If one looks at the authorities on the Campolina breed on You Tube - there is a rather didactic series on this horse) you will find that the translation is full of terms like "good head, good conformation, good quality". Brazil is a nation where there a HUGE literacy problem which slows the communication of empirical data on things like breed standard etc. but the knowlege is real given that similar types of animals are always judged as the winner. Another example of a challenge I received was that dark hair on a horse is bleached from black to brown or silver to tan. This is a reality, it will repeat itself every time a dark horse is left out and therefore is fact, not opinion. I, however, am 100% certain that this phenomenon will never be formally documented in an internet article unless I write it, post it to create a bit of a circular reference that has no more validity than when I started.

The writing of your own article won't be considered verifiable. So leave the article as is. There may be with a number of editors popping about here and there, someone who will know of a reference, and fix up the facts as need be. The notion of wikipedia started out as...wikipedia basics... and wikipedia is not....In the beginnings teachers would not allow students to use wikipedia as a reference for their essays and reports... and now because of the 5 wikipedia tenents, teachers are asking students to write their reports for wikipedia to allow the students to also learn these 5 tenents... see classrooms and students which shows to me anyways, that wikipedia has come a lo--o-o-o-ng ways since its beginnings.

I find that there are similar roadblocks in place for the Tremere article. I know he was on a variety of t.v. programs, made the news etc. albeit, pre-internet. I have contacted the secretary at CIGI but finding sources for these historical events has not been easy.

Yes some articles fall into place easier than others. It is good to have the citation templates which help to show bibliographies for other sources, and it is good that more and more books are getting transcribed (e-books) such as at googlebooks and Project Gutenberg

Regehr is younger and science is an internet friendly profession.

Dr. Regehr had more about him online in certain respects, universities have really come online, whic I also think helped in his case.

All this is to say that I am concerned that Wikipedia may be inadvertently biased to internetipedia. Sorry for the rambling, I am hoping that there are solutions in here somewhere. In the meantime, I will keep posting and hopefully someone in the know can add citations here and there.

I am glad to hear you going to keep plugging away at wikipedia. You have lots to offer, I can see, it just takes a while to see all the different faces and facets of wikipedia and its editors. Some folks just edit, create and add to articles, which is mainly what I do. Some folks just pop onto wikipedia to take care of vandalism, and erase the edits which are more like graffiti. And there are the admininistrators who try to keep things rolling etc etc.

Thanks again for all your exchanges. I have to agree, submission rules at Wikipedia do at times feel rather hidden. It was very helpful to read your very well put insight on this subject.

Good luck with everything!!!

Best wishes, --Amazona01 (talk) 20:29, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

Did You Know problem

Hello! Your submission of Wade Regehr at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Art LaPella (talk) 23:03, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

Happy new year and seasons greetings. Tried to address character count and layman issues in two more choices. Kind Regards and thank you.SriMesh | talk 23:43, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for shortening the hook. User:Mgm may discuss his layman's language issue, but I will note that changing "calcium" to "Ca²⁺" is a step in the opposite direction. Art LaPella (talk) 01:02, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

Hey SriMesh, I've also looked at your nomination of Axon terminal, and suggested a different hook; it would be helpful if you could review it to make sure I haven't interpreted your sources incorrectly or anything. Thanks, —Politizer ^talk/_contribs 01:24, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

hook

Hi SriMesh, Had you considered the hook "synaptic plasticity"? Regehr certainly does show a strong interest in the calcium handling in synaptics but it is in the context of this greater phenomena poised to explain learning and memory related changes in the brain. Please disregard if you have already had a chance to resolve this issue.--Amazona01 (talk) 22:44, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

Council of Keewatin

Perfectly fine. Take your time- I'm in no rush. Just leave me a note when you are done. Thanks for doing this. Rufous-crowned Sparrow (talk) 01:51, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

DYK for Wade Regehr

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Dravecky 09:26, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

DYK for Axon terminal

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Michael Merzenich

Hi Srimesh, It appears as if you have resolved your hook issue. If you enjoyed putting together the article on Regehr, you may find Mike Merzenich interesting as well. I plan to look into writing up on a fellow named Sillito, an early pioneer of the iontophoresis method to study selective tuning of central sensory neurons. Cheers, --Amazona01 (talk) 00:57, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

Treaty 4

"This treaty is also called the "Qu'appelle Treaty," as its first signings were conducted at Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan on September 15, 1874." Can this be correct? Given that Qu'Appelle didn't exist in 1874 it seems far more likely that the reference is not to Qu'Appelle but to Fort Qu'Appelle, which did. Many people are for perhaps increasingly forgiveable reasons quite unaware of the existence of Qu'Appelle; people from the Yorkton-Melville area driving to Regina invariably refer to stopping in "Qu'Appelle" for coffee en route; they of course mean the Fort. I suspect that the "See also"s in both the Qu'Appelle and Treaty 4 articles should be removed, and for that matter the Treaty 4 article corrected.Masalai (talk) 05:45, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

Qu'Appelle sports and recreation

Hello again. I was just in the process of copying and pasting the distance indications in this section to change the spellings from US to international usage when it occurred to me that it focuses on Katepwa as a nearby recreational area. Actually that would be relevant to Indian Head rather than Qu'Appelle. B-Say-Tah Point on Echo Lake and Echo Valley Provincial Park on Pasqua Lake are much closer and many Qu'Appelle people (including residents of farms in Qu'Appelle's hinterland) had (may still have) summer cottages there or would drive there on weekends. I'm actually not certain any of this is particularly relevant really, but if we mention Katepwa then we ought also to mention B-Say-Tah and Echo Valley Provincial Park, eh? Kind regards. Masalai (talk) 05:41, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

Oh. Forgive me. What am I saying? The section does mention the latter! Masalai (talk) 05:46, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

No, I'm not using the conversion template; what I'm doing is changing the spellings in the conversion template from US to international usage! Masalai (talk) 05:48, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

Ah really! Thanks. I'll see if I can figure it out: maybe you could check again in a while; if it hasn't been changed it means I gave up in despair. Meanwhile, I've added a photo of B-Say-Tah Point on Echo Lake (a different one -- looking north rather than south) than the one I put in the article on the Qu'Appelle Valley. And happy new year to you too. We didn't get much sleep last night down here in Australia what with friends in Canada, England, Malaysia, India and Pakistan taking it into their heads to phone and wish us the same but omitting to remember that there is a significant time difference! None of them is by any means stupid so we assume that they got carried away with their celebrations. Masalai (talk) 05:59, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

Incidentally, where did you find or how did you calculate the distances from Qu'Appelle you've inserted in this section? I have no idea what the precise distance is from the town to B-Say-Tah. Masalai (talk) 06:19, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

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talk page management

Hi SriMesh,

Best wishes for 2009! I noticed on my talk page that all my messages were gone. In principle this is totally fine for me but I am wondering how it happened? Is this standard? I had a terrible round with the Vundo virus on my PC and while, I don't think that the two events would be connected, I am hoping to confirm that they are not. Have you ever seen this kind of thing? Thanks in advance for any advice or insights. Cheers,--Amazona01 (talk) 02:42, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

messages back

Hi SriMesh, Thanks for your quick response. All my messages are in fact now back for me too. I deleted one of your old messages to see if it was related to space (it wasn't) and when I scrolled down everything was back. Most peculiar! Thanks again, --Amazona01 (talk) 03:01, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

Merzenich GREAT JOB!

Hi, Just took at quick peak at your article and it is excellent. I could not have written about him in such an unbiased way, you are to be commended for sure. I'm out of WIKI for tonight but, I am sure we'll be in contact again. Thanks again for all the advice and kind words regarding 2009. Cheers,--Amazona01 (talk) 03:14, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, excellent work. Have you read The Brain That Changes Itself by Norman Doidge? I'm guessing you have since you reference it in your Merzenich article. An amazing book, huh? I'm about to use it to add a little bio info on Merzenich in the Wiki article for "Is Google Making Us Stupid?".Manhattan Samurai (talk) 19:44, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Tremere

Hi, I actually got the information from the family history book. You raise a good point that the local history book would be a better reference. I will send a note off and add it when the info comes! Hope you had a great weekend. Best,--Amazona01 (talk) 15:59, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

more questions

Hi SriMesh, I have contacted some additional people for more complete information on the Arnold Tremere biography. I also took another look at the class B article example that you provided me earlier in this process. I noticed that this article has VERY few references and a lot of personal information. I could add quite a bit more personal information but don't really have a citation to back up this material for example, when Arnold and Marcella were married or what his family is doing, the loss of his son-in-law etc. As I mentioned before, I have contacted Mona, a secretary at the Grains Insitute for additional details and hopefully something to document in terms of t.v. appearances, specific talks and contributions etc. I am afraid that some of these references however, might be meeting minutes. Can one even use this type of material as a citation? I would think not... Finally, I know that he lectured at U of S, U of M and I think Guelph and possibly U of T. I could quote someone on this information but, I am not sure what copyrighted documentation would exist on this. Look forward to any advice you may have. Cheers--Amazona01 (talk) 16:43, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Biography living person

Tremere does not fit into this category: biography of living persons. so I think the above citations would be good. For a living person, the facts should be published in a secondary source, ie the local history book, or TB show, or public appearance, and then it is known, that the person would be OK with it on wikipedia as well. Kind Regards SriMesh | talk 23:04, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

thank you

Thanks for the description above; I find your explanations of the logic behind inclusions and structure very helpful. The *.pdf you sent was also fantastic! I have not had much cause to use this interview type of citation (ever) so just reading about it was quite interesting. Also, sorry to impose once again but, I don't seem to be very effective in navigating for Help in Wikipedia. I was trying to find some kind of style guide for the biography of a non-living person akin to the link you sent for living persons. I thought that I ended up on this page with your help once before so, my request is more for general advice on navigating for help . I have tried to "learn to be a contributor" link and other similar links to no avail. Thanks in advance for any ideas. Best,--Amazona01 (talk) 23:12, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

quick thanks once again

Thank you for taking the time to write such a complete answer. I have encountered many of these pages but seem to do so in a rather long convoluted way. Your answer will greatly facilitate my "getting around" in Wikiworld. Cheers,--Amazona01 (talk) 00:48, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Council of Keewatin

Hello. I finally got the chance to relook at Council of Keewatin. Great, great job improving and expanding it. However, I still have a few quibles before passing it, mostly involving context, outlined on the talk page. Thanks. Rufous-crowned Sparrow (talk) 04:44, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

For the Icelanders, you probably only need one sentence describing the push-pull relationship, just enough for the reader to realize how they got there instead of randomly appearing in the middle of Canada. Thanks. Rufous-crowned Sparrow (talk) 04:12, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

A contest you may be interested in

Hello, SriMesh. There is a new contest for U.S. and Canada roads that you may be interested in. To sign up or for more information, please visit User:Rschen7754/USRDCRWPCup. The contest begins Saturday at 00:00 UTC. Regards, Rschen7754 (T C) 04:01, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Geography of Saskatchewan

Something must have gone wrong with your last edit here - I think it added multiple copies of the same article. Since the last edit didn't take, you might have to try again with what you were doing. AlexiusHoratius 04:17, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

North Sea

Thanks for the note. I don't think you should insert a lot of quotations into refs that you wouldn't insert into the text - they just'd just bloat the page, and I think the great majority of readers ignore refs. In any case I'll have to check the actual refs, it's the curse of the reviewer. --Philcha (talk) 09:30, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Hello SriMesh, I like your quotations and they are helpful to understand the context of the quotation. They are also a good base to start new articles in the future. To avoid too much detail in the North Sea article, I will carry on moving them to the wikilinked articles. Inwind (talk) 10:37, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Hi, Srimesh, I see you're still working hard on North Sea. Have you any idea when the article will be ready for the GA review to proceed? -Philcha (talk) 08:36, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

Hi, Srimesh, I'm very sorry to say that I concluded I should mark it a "fail", for reasons explained on the review page. However I'm very impressed with the enthusiasm and determination you and your colloeagues have shown, and have left some notes on how to handle such monster articles. I've also asked a couple of experienced and helpful reviewers to see if they could give advice. Best wishes, --Philcha (talk) 22:29, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

This The North Sea in brief site says the north sea is 580km wide, but the article says its 560km wide. Would it be considered a valid reference then?Smallman12q (talk) 02:29, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Dr. M LeBoldus

Hi SriMesh,

Hope all is well with you! I recently remembered a notable person from SK but am struggling with deciding how far to pursue this. The fellow in question is Dr. Martin LeBoldus. There is a high school named after him and there are a couple of descriptions of committees etc. He has participated in. I do not have enough to do a full write-up and I am not sure he warrants it. How do you decide when to cut your losses. I thought of adding his name to the Regina page but, this page has not "notable people" category. Suggestions? Thanks in advance,--Amazona01 (talk) 18:11, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Scoring

I couldn't tell which of your uploads made on the 11th (UTC time) were related to roads - could you give me a list? --Rschen7754 (T C) 00:39, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Saskatchewan Highway 5

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DYK nomination of Saskatchewan Highway 641

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Help with Geography of Saskatchewan

I see you have been quite busy with some other Sashatchewan related articles, but I as wondering if you could find the time to help with the Geography article. The original article was in bad shape and it is often harder to rehabilitate an article than to start afresh. It's getting better, but the history and economics sections are still in need of attention. I am finding it hard to devote enough time to do the work without some additional help (at least if it is to be done withn the next couple of months) Regards. Silverchemist (talk) 04:56, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

Dr. LeBoldus

Hi SriMesh, Quick thanks as usual, your suggestion to follow up on the small town of origin in great. I'll follow up... Best as always,--Amazona01 (talk) 19:06, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Saskatchewan Highway 641

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Gatoclass (talk) 10:20, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

Mineral resources and Renewable energy

Just a heads-up. I'm working on updated versions of these two subsections under North_Sea#Economy at User:Jh12/Draft7. Best, --Jh12 (talk) 17:45, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Saskatchewan Highway 5

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Dravecky (talk) 02:01, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

Regehr

Hi SriMesh, Hope you are well. I had an oportunity to contact Wade Regehr to ask that he fill out his page with whatever personal details he felt appropriate. Hopefully he will take an interest and edit himself ;-) appropriately. Thanks again for pulling this piece on him together. Best, --Amazona01 (talk) 19:37, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

on a more personal note

Sinus infections are truly terrible. Apart from cleaning every orifice in my head with hydrogen peroxide, I have often found Red Korean Ginseng tea with a little honey very helpful for getting rid of these things...

Feel better soon, --Amazona01 (talk) 01:35, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

Saskatchewan Court Photographs

I noticed that you requested photograph(s) for the History of Saskatchewan Courts article. I'm currently located in Regina; is there anything in particular you think ought to be photographed? Bear in mind I am no professional, and neither is my Canon PowerShot SD750. BigNate37_(T) 14:21, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Fauna of Saskatchewan

Hello! Your submission of Fauna of Saskatchewan at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Rlendog (talk) 14:03, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

It is actually a great article. But I was not able to find in the refs the source for the hook statements regarding gophers or curlews. In the case of curlews, that may be because one of the refs seems to be mislinked - the link goes to a buffalo source. Also, since the article was created on January 28, the nomination should probably be moved to that date. Rlendog (talk) 14:05, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

It checks out now. Thanks. Rlendog (talk) 16:22, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

Arctic WikiProject

I'm not a memebr, but you are- so can you please pass aroudn the word that I put up two noms for "Featured Pic"? There's no traffic there, and I put it up a week ago. Thanx, Resident Mario (talk) 20:03, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

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Much appreciated, Resident Mario (talk) 18:31, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

Also, since you run the Arctic Portal 100% (I've seen the logs), if I had any more suggestions, could I go directly to you? Resident Mario (talk) 02:24, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
PS.^{I run one, too}
Thanx. Happy editing! Resident Mario (talk) 19:55, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Geology of Saskatchewan

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Dravecky (talk) 14:09, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

thank you

Ha ha... I loved the smiley!! Glad you are feeling a little bit better... My aunt always buys this immunity booster that you guys have up there. It comes in a white plastic tube with orange?? writing. It killed my cold in a day. The product itself is (a series of) tablet(s) like a fizzy Alkazeltzer (sp?). It comes in orange flavor and possibly others. It work quite well and I regreted not buying some to take home; you may want to have a look at this product if your cold is a recurrent one. Best wishes,--Amazona01 (talk) 02:37, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

The Citation Barnstar

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		Thanks to your efforts on North Sea, the article is closer to GA than ever before. --Jh12 (talk) 22:07, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

User:BettyStokes

Please see reply posted following your reply at User talk:Jh12 Thank you Dbiel ^(Talk) 04:13, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

• Hi. That text also comes back as a copyvio. Just so ya know.  :) Good luck with it! --PMDrive1061 (talk) 05:05, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks SriMesh for your replies and the work you have done to try to build an acceptable article. It is a bit disappointing that Betty Stokes has not responded to any of the messages left on her talk page and elsewhere. I guess we will have to wait and see what time brings. Many thanks. Dbiel ^(Talk) 15:22, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks again for all the work you put into the article. Dbiel ^(Talk) 00:17, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Flora of Saskatchewan

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Ursula Franklin

Hi I'd like to nominate the article on Ursula Franklin, recently named a Feature Article, for inclusion as a biography on the Canada Portal, but I'm not sure how to go about it. Bwark (talk) 00:12, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Your GANs

I suppose that this is just a "heads up" - the 2 articles you added to GAN need a history of the road - this is extremely important. I can't review it (due to my rant at WT:USRD) but any reviewer is not likely to pass the article without a history. Because of this there is a good chance that the 2 GANs will not pass in time to make the Sunday deadline. --Rschen7754 (T C) 02:24, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for your note. Have addressed the history section on both articles and will flesh out such some more...Also replied at your talk page. Kind Regards SriMesh | talk 06:37, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Fauna of Saskatchewan

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Saskatchewan Highway 2

{{help me}} This error Cite error: "<ref> tags exist, but no <references/> tag was found" at the bottom of the page won't go away, and I have looked up and down at the references. If someone can see what I am missing it would be awesome for Saskatchewan Highway 2 Thank you SriMesh | talk 02:37, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

Seems fine to me. Have you tried purging? –Juliancolton ^{Tropical Cyclone} 02:29, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

I have cleared my cache files, and it still is there, I am glad it is fine to other viewers. Tis a mystery. SriMesh | talk 02:37, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

messed up Campolina page

Hi SriMesh,

I am in desperate need of advice. I uploaded an image of a young horse and everything went well. I unfortunately became ambitious and uploaded a number of other images to show the colours and head conformation. I have completely messed up the page. None of the images are apparent and I have somehow merged/deleted the references. I tried to get them back but I am in over my head! Is there a ref person for this type of mistake? Is there a troubleshooting page I should be looking at??

Thanks as always for any and all advice. Hope the cold is better. Best wishes,--Amazona01 (talk) 02:58, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

You have won Round 1 of the USRD-CRWP WikiCup!

Congratulations! You have been declared a winner of Round 1. This is just to let you know that Round 2 will be starting Sunday night. Please note the point value changes for Round 2 as well. --Rschen7754 (T C) 08:55, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

thank you!!

The page looks great! I actually have uploaded the images to wikicommons but I guess i did something wrong. I am not going to touch it now though as I am really happy with the current layout.

best,--Amazona01 (talk) 21:43, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

HBC factory at Qu'Appelle

For heaven's sake: you are absolutely right. McLennon's article in the Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan states that it was indeed temporarily there, southwest of the future site of the town from 1854 through 1864. I wonder where, precisely. Doubtless merely a poplar-post stockade and a small building or two inside of which nothing remains; presumably somewhere around St Joseph's Colony. I've added the detail and a citation. Masalai (talk) 03:59, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

Possibly. It seems unlikely, though, given that the HBC post was gone by 1864 and the town wasn't established till 1882. I should think it more likely that any record of the HBC post on that site would be in the HBC archives in Winnipeg. Masalai (talk) 06:34, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

Canadian rustic pony

It's a real breed. The reference site does mention it (at the very bottom of the page), and I found another description of it in a breed book that I have. I added the book reference information to the bottom of the article - I don't have time to drop the information in right now, but I'll try to get to it at some point this week. Thanks for the heads up. Dana boomer (talk) 12:21, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

thanks and Canadian rustic

Hi SriMesh,

Thanks once again for the rescue. It NEVER occurred to me that the extension would be case sensitive, good catch!!

I have only heard of the Canadian rustic breed but the URL is considered to be a pretty decent reference in the horse world. I will try to dig up a few more details to give this stub a little staying power.

Best wishes as always, --Amazona01 (talk) 00:22, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Trunnell Elementary School

An article that you have been involved in editing, Trunnell Elementary School, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Trunnell Elementary School. Thank you. Grsz¹¹ 04:49, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

The Tireless Contributor Barnstar

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		I award you the Tireless Contributor Barnstar for your endless contributions to the North Sea article and bringing it ever close to Good Article status. Smallman12q (talk) 02:14, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

GA Review of New Jersey Rotue 90 and Atlantic City-Brigantine Connector

I have gone back and made changes to the two Good Article Nominees you reviewed, New Jersey Route 90 and Atlantic City-Brigantine Connector. One concern I have with both articles is how to use Template:Inflation for money. I am a little confused of its use in converting historical dollars to today's dollars and that it would distort the values provided back when the construction of the roads occured. Dough4872 (talk) 00:44, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

I have added Template:Inflation to both articles, indicating the amount it cost then and the amount it cost today. Dough4872 (talk) 01:46, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Northern Woods and Water Route

Hello! Your submission of Northern Woods and Water Route at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Shubinator (talk) 06:43, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

thank you once again Arnold Tremere

Dear SriMesh, Thank you once again for stepping in and helping out with the image resize and placement and reformatting. I certainly did follow up with permissions for the Wikicommons image. Hope you are well.

Cheers,--Amazona01 (talk) 18:30, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Pinkie Road

On February 19, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Pinkie Road, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Dravecky (talk) 07:40, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

Talk:Northern Woods and Water Route

Please see the notes I have made above - while this is largely Dough4872's fault, it is your responsibility to make sure that your GAN meets basic prose and WP:MOS guidelines. GAN is not a checklist for GA. If I see more nominations with these serious problems, this will result in a deduction of points. --Rschen7754 (T C) 22:54, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Northern Woods and Water Route

On February 24, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Northern Woods and Water Route, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Dravecky (talk) 03:33, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

pic disaster

Hi SriMesh,

Hope you are well. I had another image fiasco and I am hoping that you can help. I posted a pic of the Canadian Rustic Pony donated from Rare Breeds Canada. I converted it to a *.pdf which was the only format I could get Wikicommons to accept. I tried to put it onto the page but it was deleted. I really think that this is a lovely addition to this page and perhaps a historically important one as this breed is apparently diminishing. Advice??

Best, --Amazona01 (talk) 00:19, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Lifesaver

Thank you SOOO much!! for fixing my mess. I am not sure if your question was rhetorical or not, but in the case of the rustic pony, I think that the breeders themselves became extinct. This breed was one fellow's life goal... it seems. Hope all is well with you. Thanks again and best wishes, --Amazona01 (talk) 05:21, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Photo credit

Hi Julia. You probably didn't know this, but I found some uncredited photos of yours (and mine) on a Saskatoon commercial real estate web site. They were using your photo of RUH. I e-mailed them and asked them to include a photo credit, which they have now done. You can see them here: J.B. Black Estates (go to the "Location" and watch the Flash loop) --Drm310 (talk) 21:02, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Saskatchewan award

I assume you're responsible for this. Thank you so much. (I can't seem to figure out how to view the newsletter.) Kind regards. Masalai (talk) 22:06, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

WikiProject Saskatchewan Newsletter: Volume 3, Issue 3 - March 2009

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Re: Saskatchewan Highway Shield template

Don't worry about crediting.

These templates should be moved out of userspace though, I only made it there as a draft. So please move User:Pomte/Template:SK road shield to Template:SK road shield or any other name you see fit, and same with the other template.

In the tiny version, is it just me or is the number too big compared to the shield? –Pomte 07:55, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Round 3

Congratulations, you have made it to round 3 of the USRD-CRWP Cup, which will start at 0:00 UTC March 2. --Rschen7754 (T C) 19:01, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

March 2009

Welcome to Wikipedia. It might not have been your intention, but your recent edit removed content from User:AlexNewArtBot/CanadaRoadsSearchResult. When removing text, please specify a reason in the edit summary and discuss edits that are likely to be controversial on the article's talk page. If this was a mistake, don't worry; the text has been restored, as you can see from the page history. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia, and if you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. - Eugene Krabs (talk) 01:26, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Added reply about robots and false postivies.SriMesh | talk 01:31, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Please do not delete content or templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to User:AlexNewArtBot/CanadaRoadsSearchResult/archive1, without giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your content removal does not appear constructive, and has been reverted. Please make use of the sandbox if you'd like to experiment with test edits. Thank you. Ronhjones (talk) 01:39, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Notes about Robot searches

• Hello there Sorry about not leaving a note on the edit summary about removing some content. The robot searches for Canadian road articles, and a person must manually remove false positives. The robot works fairly well, however some articles do get added to the list which are not about Canadian roads, or are Canadian articles not about roads. I added a note to the talk page, if I miss another edit summary. Kind Regards SriMesh | talk 01:31, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Ah, now I understand. As your user name does not match the user talk page name that was edited, Vandal Fighter highlights it as a possible vandal - even more so with a negative change of page size, and no edit summary. Never mind, I guess there is no perfect system. Ronhjones (talk) 20:19, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Thankyou

Thank you for the gracious welcome.

I am excited to start assisting with the Sask Project.--Kukamunga13 (talk) 05:02, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

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Your comment on HEE

I didn't quite get your comment on Hyderabad Elevated Expressways. Can you makeyourself more clearer? --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 10:07, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

I have replied at the talk page of the above article.SriMesh | talk 16:49, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Got your point. I'll start working on all of those points starting the end of this week.

--Rsrikanth05 (talk) 18:01, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Okay, no porbs. I've got loads of such articles. --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 09:07, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Location sections

I saw 2 location sections you made. There are 2 problems with them, one of them of technical nature.

1. Since they include a reference they have to be placed before the references section
2. There is no need to mention the geographic coordinates separately since you already use the geolinks template

Please see my edit to City Park, Saskatoon for an example.

I would be very happy if you would implement these 2 things in your future edits, because you gave us (me and other wikignomes quite a lot of work. Debresser (talk) 15:27, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Hello there I replied on your talk page. I have't made a location article for awhile, if you could clarify to what you are referring it would be appreciated, as I am lost. I haven't added geographic coordinates either for awhile, as I have done other tasks. So I am confused.SriMesh | talk 16:37, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Hi. It was you, but definitely not recently. You created the article City Park, Saskatoon for example on February 15, 2007, see here, including the double mention of geographic coordinates I mentioned. Then on February 24, 2007 you moved up the references section, see here, which caused a broken reference warning, see there also.

I'm not waving a warning finger at you, just pointing it out to you, so that you may take it into account in the future. Debresser (talk) 00:00, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

International Roads WikiProject

Hi SriMesh, thanks for the invite, but I was absolutely, wholly, and entirely straying around, when I created that small article. I'm afraid I have to decline your kind invitation. Power.corrupts (talk) 08:22, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Hey SriMesh, thanks for the invite and I've joined. Bharathmeister (talk) 03:42, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

neat apple story

Hi, Thanks for your story about your grandpa. What was the name of the apple? Best,--Amazona01 (talk) 00:58, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

wikinewscurling

Hi, that article looks like it needs a lot of work, and should really be split up into smaller articles. -- Earl Andrew - talk 08:17, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

Colleen Howe

Hi! It seems you and I are editing at the same time. Please do not make any wholesale reversions. Try to just revert those individual things you think are missing, like links, etc. (I am not great with internal linking). I might even have covered one or two of the things you have in mind. Thanks! Rms125a@hotmail.com (talk) 01:40, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

Peer Review

Looks good. You should do it for WP: SKCN as well. Mr. C.C. (talk) 06:31, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

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See WT:CANADA#Portal:Canada/Current events. DoubleBlue (talk) 02:54, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Wikinews Curling

Yea, I might be able to whip something up. --Coppercanuck (talk) 19:19, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

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DYK for Colleen Howe

On March 14, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Colleen Howe, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Royalbroil 12:16, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

In The News DYKs

I noticed that you've nominated a few articles recently for DYK. Most of them do not qualify for DYK because they recently appeared on In The News. DYK rules state that Articles that have appeared on the main page's In the News section are not eligible. Shubinator (talk) 04:36, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

No worries. It would be good if you could remove the ineligible nominations from T:TDYK, as they're kind of cluttering the page. Shubinator (talk) 04:41, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

Thank you! Shubinator (talk) 04:51, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

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DYK for Traffic light control and coordination

On 18 March, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Traffic light control and coordination, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Dravecky (talk) 05:13, 18 March 2009 (UTC)