User talk:Man from Canada

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Welcome to Wikipedia, Man from Canada! I have been editing Wikipedia for quite some time. I just wanted to say hi and welcome you to Wikipedia! If you have any questions, feel free to leave me a message on or by typing helpme at the bottom of this page. I love to help new users, so don't be afraid to leave a message! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Oh yeah, I almost forgot, when you post on talk pages you should sign your name on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); that should automatically produce your username and the date after your post. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on, or place helpme on your talk page and ask your question there. Again, welcome!  RC-0722 247.5/ 1  01:55, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
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List of Winnie-the-Pooh Characters
Hello, Man from Canada! I have no emotional investment in the recent edits I made to List of Winnie-the-Pooh characters but I felt I'd explain my edits, because I think much of what I trimmed was legitimate trimming. Winnie-the-Pooh, the titular character, has a 77-word description. His best friend, Piglet, has a 56-word description. In contrast, it is proposed that Kanga, a subordinate, is worthy of a 270 word description. And the Woozles? Long description for characters who don't even exist in the original book. :) I am of the opinion that the purpose of a character list is generally not to explain the entire history of a character, what color it is, what it likes to eat, etc., rather to give the researcher a rough idea of who the character is.  "Kanga is a kangaroo, she has a kid, she lives in the 100 Acre Wood, she is kind-hearted and loving and would help anybody in a pinch." (generally, anyway, some exceptions apply.)  Back-story and nuance and speculation as to her psychological condition (arithmomania?) doesn't really belong in a list, but perhaps in her own article?  Or, maybe it just belongs in the book.  Anyway, them's my thoughts.  I'm interested in a peaceful collaboration as we improve the article. Regards, respect, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 18:19, 31 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Kanga doesn't have her own article anymore. It was merged into the list. I added that info because I don't know where else to put it. On Wikipedia, a character with their own article often gets a much shorter description on a character list because the rest of their info can go on their own article. And I always thought that when a character is merged into a list, that is where any info on them belongs. In fact, we could even remove the character descriptions of Winnie the Pooh, Christopher Robin, Piglet, Eeyore, Rabbit, Tigger, Roo and Heffalump from the list altogether (unless any of them gets merged too) and just leave the links to the main articles. Of course, I'm not too attached to my edits either. I was just trying for a complete description. But if there's a good reason for it, then a little more trimming might not hurt. Man from Canada (talk) 19:50, 31 May 2012 (UTC)

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