User:Ivanvector/Articles


 * Highlighted content
 * candidate for Canada's National Bird. My first attempt at promoting a good article; subsequently my first featured article co-nomination and first DYK credit. Was promoted as today's featured article on 2 July 2017, the day after Canada's sesquicentennial.
 * a detailed listing of protected properties in Canada's national parks system. Today's featured list, 18 May 2018
 * a pioneer home in eastern Toronto.
 * a Quebecois dish popular throughout Canada.


 * Did you know?
 * ... that the grey jay builds its nests in late winter, while the forest is still deep in snow? 22 February 2017
 * ... that descendants of the family who settled Toronto's Ashbridge Estate were still living on the same property over 200 years later? 7 March 2017
 * ... that the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island banned automobiles for more than a decade starting in 1908? 20 May 2019
 * ... that Canadian politician Above Znoneofthe chose his name so as to be placed last on alphabetical ballots? 8 November 2021
 * ... that railway engineer Henry Ketchum earned the first diploma in civil engineering granted by the University of New Brunswick? 13 February 2023


 * New articles
 * a multiple vehicle collision which occurred near Windsor, Ontario. One of Canada's worst road disasters; seven people were killed.
 * Canadian political candidate who legally changed his name so that there would be a "Znoneofthe, Above" option on Canada's alphabetical electoral ballots.
 * Canada's first federal funding for highway construction, led to development of the Trans-Canada Highway.
 * prominent railway engineer involved in many early colonial railroads in eastern Canada.
 * an historic colonial road in PEI.
 * that time PEI banned cars, but later changed its mind.
 * an historic African-Canadian community in PEI.
 * a significant arson that occurred in Toronto in 2001. One of the largest fires in Toronto's history.
 * Mi'kmaq leader from PEI.


 * Significant contributions
 * fundamental accounting principles. Article has always been a mess, but I tried to help. Very surprised this is rated B-class.
 * top-tier American law school. Contributed as part of attempting to mediate a dispute.
 * Canada's first trial for harassment over Twitter.
 * Toronto's mayoral election in 2014.
 * the fundamental system underlying all modern accounting.
 * Toronto pick-up artist and neo-Nazi organizer.
 * former CBC Radio personality.
 * does what it says on the tin.


 * Expanded redirects
 * an Australian Aboriginal Dreamtime myth.
 * an Australian race driver; redirect previously pointed to Old School (film) as one of the main characters' names.


 * Translations
 * created as a result of a redirect discussion I think for the sole purpose of demonstrating some obscure point, probably about interlanguage links.
 * translated primarily from Spanish with help from other language wikis as a test of whether it was possible for wikidata's interlanguage feature to point to a redlink. Article was selected randomly.


 * Non-mainspace encyclopedia content
 * Template:Prince Edward Island provincial highways, and many of the articles linked from it.
 * File:Point Prim Light.jpg: photo of Point Prim Light Station, but the one in the article is better

Pages listed above are more or less stable and I'm not actively working on them, but of course improvements are welcome and the encyclopedia is never finished. These are articles and other content that I have ideas in my head for specific improvements and expansion, if I ever have the time.
 * Works in progress
 * development of the province's legal framework for the upcoming legalization of marijuana throughout Canada in 2018.
 * one of Canada's first megaprojects: a "ship railway" designed to transport marine vessels over 17 miles of the Isthmus of Chignecto; financing failed and the railway never operated. (c.f. Henry Ketchum, above)
 * a Japanese bicycle and motorcycle manufacturer.
 * historic but now demolished hospital in my home town.
 * another hospital network in London.
 * create a companion list for National Historic Sites of Canada, based on work on the national parks featured list.


 * Userspace essays
 * Don't abuse the no personal attacks policy: explains itself.
 * Drafts are cheap: based on Redirects are cheap, a counterargument to the push to delete stale drafts.