User talk:Darkcore/Archive 1

Archived comments from November 20, 2003 to August 23, 2004

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Dori 23:03, Nov 20, 2003 (UTC)

Zeal

Hello.

You added a note to my Zeal page saying it was on the Votes for Deletion list.

Please tell me how to search the relevant pages to find that discussion.

robinp 19:33, 23 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Tony Kornheiser

I restored Tony Kornheiser's name to the Binghamton University page. He's a well-known sports columnist and television and radio commentator in the United States. He might possibly have a Wikipedia page someday, so I don't want to lose that information. Please let me know if you still think differently. Regards, SeanO 22:12, Feb 29, 2004 (UTC)

Thanks for the great job on the Kornheiser page. I literally couldn't have done better. Regards SeanO 05:38, Mar 1, 2004 (UTC)

CN/A

I am lead to believe that your move of my article on CN/A was not correct. Where is the name Reverse Phone Lookup used?

Anyways, the dual-redirect is _very_ sloppy.

Falcon 02:21, Mar 16, 2004 (UTC)

Where is Customer Name and Address used? I have never heard that term used to describe doing a lookup on a phone number. Do a search on Reverse Phone Lookup on Google. As for the dual redirect, it's fixed so you can calm down now. Darkcore 03:02, 16 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Customer Name and Address is the expanded form of CN/A or CNA, a term used to describe the function some time ago. It is probably obsolete by now, but still should be included. It is very prevalent in textfiles on telephone hacking.

I added that to the article already (but you're welcome to expand on it), and since there's a redirect, people will still be able to find it. Darkcore 06:22, 17 Mar 2004 (UTC)

University of Waterloo

Greetings,

I noticed your update to the University of Waterloo article. Are you a fellow U of W student?

K-links 14:48, 23 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Philippine maps

Hi! Thanks for your appreciation of the maps I've made. :) I primarily use Adobe Photoshop. Do you create maps? Map-making is one of my interests. --seav 23:03, Apr 1, 2004 (UTC)

Zamunda

Hi Darkcore,

redirecting fictional places or characters to larger pages, especially where the individual pages are very limited and/or obscure, is well-established practice on Wikipedia. See, for example:

Gadget Hackwrench, Zipper the Fly etc. - redirect to Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers
Kwyjibo, Scotchtoberfest etc. - redirect to The Simpsons
Various pages redirect to Places in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Places in Atlas Shrugged
Places in the Wheel of Time series, Characters in the Wheel of Time series, Events in the Wheel of Time series
Characters of Bob and George

One important criterion as to whether an individual page should be allowed vs. a paragraph within a larger one is whether the individual page could be expanded to a substantial degree. Given that the information about Zamunda in the movie is very limited, and that no substantial derivative works exist, this is definitely the case here. A redirect is justified, an individual article is not.--Eloquence * 08:41, Apr 5, 2004 (UTC)

Signature

Thanks for removing the author signatures from that page. It was one of my first contributions; I didn't dare deleting the original signature but neither have him take the blame for my edits. Jorge Stolfi 16:19, 5 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Census Divisions

To answer some of your comments on my talk page:

"Should we not list the unified counties as, for instance, Prescott and Russell Unified Counties, Ontario or Prescott and Russell Counties, Ontario to denote their unified status? Prescott and Russell County, Ontario makes it seem as though it is one single county, when it actually is not."

I was under the impression, that Prescott and Russell was one county together, not two seperate counties. Eg. My Ontario Road Atlas lists it as County of Prescott and Russell, and I think Statscan says Prescott and Russell County, although I'm not exactly sure on that.

"I don't really understand why you changed Prince Edward County, Ontario to Prince Edward, Ontario. It's a county. Prince Edward, Ontario doesn't exist."

In keeping with the style, every current census subdivision in Ontario is listed as Census Subdivision, Ontario. Prince Edward County is a CS, so, Prince Edward, Ontario makes sense. Unless it's "The County of Prince Edward County" it should be listed as Prince Edward, Ontario. Plus I think it's classified as a city!

"The list I obtained from specify that Norfolk and Haldimand Counties are actually considered to be regions municipally, not counties (despite the name)."

I was unaware of this, you may change this back if you wish. Even though, they are technically classified as cities.

Lastly, I'd like to add that for the history thing, I'd like to set up each county something like this:

Brant County, Ontario

Brant's townships merged, and now entirely make up the County of Brant, except for the city of Brantford, Ontario and the Six Nations Indian Reserve which are bother seperated from the County.

Original townships:

Bruce County, Ontario

Original townships:

Albemarle Township, Ontario (merged with Amabel to become Town of South Bruce Peninsula)
Amabel Township, Ontario (merged with Albermarle to become Town of South Bruce Peninsula)
Arran Township, Ontario (merged with Elderslie to become Municipality of Arran-Elderslie)
Brant Township, Ontario (merged with Greenock to become Municipality of Brockton)
Bruce Township, Ontario (merged with Kincardine to become Municipality of Kincardine)
Carrick Township, Ontario (merged with Culross to become Municipality of South Bruce)
Culross Township, Ontario (merged with Carrick to become Municipality of South Bruce)
Eastnor Township, Ontario (merged with St. Edmunds and Lindsay to become Municipality of Northern Bruce Peninsula)
Elderslie Township, Ontario (merged with Arran to become Municipality of Arran-Elderslie)
Greenock Township, Ontario (merged with Brant to become Municipality of Brockton)
Huron Township, Ontario (merged with Kinloss to become Township of Huron-Kinloss
Kincardine Township, Ontario (merged with Bruce to become Municipality of Kincardine)
Kinloss Township, Ontario (merged with Huron to become Township of Huron-Kinloss)
Lindsay Township, Ontario (merged with Eastnor and St. Edmunds to become Municipality of Northern Bruce Peninsula)
Saugeen Shores, Ontario (renamed Town of Saugeen Shores)
St. Edmunds Township, Ontario (merged with Eastnor and Lindsay to become Municipality of Northern Bruce Peninsula)

Carleton County

In the early 1970's, Carleton County gained the Township of Cumberland and became the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton. On January 1, 2001 the municipalities of Ottawa-Carleton merged to become the City of Ottawa.

Original townships:

Dufferin County, Ontario

Original Townships:

Amaranth Township, Ontario
East Garafraxa Township, Ontario
East Luther Township, Ontario (merged with the Town of Grand Valley to become Township of East Luther Grand Valley)
Melancthon Township, Ontario
Mono Township, Ontario (became the Town of Mono)
Mulmur Township, Ontario

Earl Andrew 19:33, 15 Apr 2004 (UTC)

My apologies, but I do use Satscan as a very credible source for classification. I remember seeing a municipal links site, that said something like County of Norfolk status: city. This means to me that Statistics Canada is setting the bar for these kinds of things. I mean, it's just a name. How can we know what to classify things? After all, Markham, Ontario for example is a town, yet it has what, 200,000 people? There's a city in BC that has only 666 people or something. So, they are just names. That's why I prefer to ommit them when using Census Subdivisions. That's why I listed it as Prince Edward, Ontario. Consistency reasons. It's a Census subdivision, and that's the way it's being classified. Now it doesn't really matter much, but consistency should at least be a factor here. Anyways, I am going to continue with the history stuff, I'm not sure if they would be any use as their own articles, but just look at all those American communities. (try hitting random page, and you will see what I mean!) Earl Andrew 03:19, 16 Apr 2004 (UTC)

You bring up some good points. As I'm not familiar with what people call their municipalities, for reasons of consistency I will always uses CS, Province, but obviously for the examples of Norfolk and Prince Edward, adding County may not be such a bad idea, for the reasons you have brought up. However, I think townships, cities, towns should be name, province just like now. (except for hitorical townships), as you dont't seem to object to that! By the way, I dont like the generated articles either, but sometimes you have to fight fire with fire! Earl Andrew 14:39, 16 Apr 2004 (UTC)

The 216.239.89.* vandal is targeting Concordia University, perhaps you could consider adding that page to your watchlist, since you've contributed to it in the past? (Not to mention Paul Newman and Holocaust, but I think lots of people already watch those pages). P.T. Aufrette 18:17, 6 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]

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Toronto Pearson airport

I deleted airlines that do not actually fly to Pearson and instead use codeshares on other airlines to Pearson.

Only airlines that actually fly their aircraft there should be listed. WhisperToMe 06:56, 23 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Invitation

I fraternally invite you to add your name, to join the new community Wikipedians/Quebec. Thanks and welcome!
Je vous invite fraternellement à ajouter votre nom, à vous joindre à la nouvelle communauté Wikipedians/Quebec. Merci et bienvenue!
--Liberlogos 04:29, 2 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Victoria University

Please see Talk:Victoria University.

RCM/U of T

You're right that RCM is not affiliated with U of T, but it may deserve to stay on the the U of T "Other" section, considering they have had a somewhat intertwined history. Hell, half the building's power is on the U of T grid. :) Also, the building was originally McMaster Hall, before McMaster moved to Hamilton... where would these facts fit in? Krupo 03:52, Aug 21, 2004 (UTC)

The ideas you brought up on my talkpage sound like a good way to go. Krupo 01:57, Aug 27, 2004 (UTC)

Piedmont Park category?

Hi Darkcore, I noticed you added the Gay villages category to Piedmont Park. While Piedmont Park is certainly in Midtown — Atlanta's gay village — I don't think should be categorized that way as it is just a particular place within the neighborhood not a neighborhood (village) itself. I did add the category to the entry for Midtown Atlanta. Autiger 03:47, 22 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Thanks, I updated Gay village too, per your suggestion. Autiger 16:53, 22 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Response to University of Guelph-Humber Editing

You seem to think that the University of Guelph-Humber is not a distinct university, you are unfortunately incorrect. Please visit the university website for more information.