User talk:MayFlowerNorth

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Re: Lion's Club
I redirected your page to Lions Clubs International. No harm done, but please do a search for similar names before you create a page next time. :) —Switchercat talkcont 19:35, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

Carlossuarez
Thanks for encouraging him to not be a deletion fanatic. :) Abyssal (talk) 17:39, 25 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Your malformed redirect was properly deleted under WP:CSD, if you think otherwise, take it to WP:DRV. And as for you and your co-conspirator's comments about deletion fanaticism, show me a village article I have deleted? Another editor decided to tag Tisch Mills WI for speedy and contrary to your post I didn't delete the article but saved it (perhaps the fanaticism was in abatement). Perhaps rather than bitching about proper deletions, you could spend that extra effort to find WP:RSes for the articles you post and make sure that your redirects don't point to redlinks and other errors which generally are met with deletion (speedy or otherwise). Carlossuarez46 (talk) 18:06, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

Response:

Not exactly sure how this "talk" thing works, so i'll reply on your page as well as mine.

I think that in general, anyone who is trying to improve Wikipedia could do it best by being as helpful to others as possible - so as to encourage and assist them to become better editors. The example i gave (which wasn't "bitching", but rather simply an example), was a good case in point. Two people - yourself and the other person who flagged the unsuccessful redirect page for speedy liquidation - spotted my problem but did not offer help, which they could have quite easily and quickly. As a result, i ***still*** do not know how the redirect should have been done (i may be dense, but the page explaining how to do it did not enlighten me much), and the stern, "law and order" attitude i am sensing, is in fact discouraging. I know you mean well, but an increase in empathy and general helpfulness would be a great addition to those good intentions. If someone is honestly and obviously trying to do something constructive, encouragement and help would seem to be the most useful response.

Thanks, Ross, aka MayFlowerNorthMayFlowerNorth (talk) 18:23, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

If you need help, you can ask. To form a redirect, you create a page with #REDIRECTArticle title where "Article title" is the title you want the page to point to. To create a redirect from Wisconsin glaciation to Ice age, you would edit the former and insert the redirect command substituting "Ice age" for "Article title". Note: Wikipedia article titles are case sensitive so Ice age may be different than Ice Age. Also, the "Article tite" must be in "mainspace", not a talk page, a user page, or such. When you make a mistake, you can always undo it. If it wasn't a article creation, go to the history and "undo" your edits. If it was, such as when you created Wisconson Glaciation (where "Wisconsin" was misspelled), you can add to the article and someone like me will come along and delete it so that you can start again, with a correct version. I hope that helps. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 18:34, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

"Help" is a tab at the left-hand side of your WP screen under the Wikiglobe in the section called "interaction", it takes some navigation but what you need is likely quickly findable if you are used to searching like on google or yahoo. Good luck. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 19:07, 25 February 2009 (UTC)


 * You may find New contributors' help page a particularly good resource as the people who "staff" it know quickly where to find answers to most questions, whereas most admins focus on other areas such as patrolling new edits, resolving user conflicts, searching for slander and copyright violations, input on policies/guidelines, and dealing with vandalism. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 19:17, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

March 2009
Please do not use talk pages for general discussion of the topic. They are for discussion related to improving the article. They are not to be used as a forum or chat room. If you have specific questions about certain topics, consider visiting our reference desk and asking them there instead of on article talk pages. See here for more information. Cirt (talk) 05:30, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
 * No worries. Glad you enjoyed reading the article. Cirt (talk) 05:40, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

April 2010 - Metirc Units
Hi MayflowerNorth.

You might be a little offended about my revocation of your additions to ther article on metrication. This is understandable since what you wrote, you did in good faith. There were however a number of reasons why I felt that your additions were out of place: Martinvl (talk) 06:58, 3 April 2010 (UTC)
 * They unneccessarily dominated the article
 * The language was unencyclopeadic - phrases such as "to help folk understand" have no place in an encyclopedia. In addition, the use of the second person should be avoided. Furthemore, it was far too chatty.
 * There was a significant amount of opinion - please read WP:NPOV.
 * There was an incorrect use of language - grams are a unit of mass, not of weight.


 * Hi MayFlowerNorth, Thanks for your message - Response on my talk page. Martinvl (talk) 07:56, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

Borderline POV addition in bedbug
To mention that bedbugs were largely eradicated by "powerful pesticides like DDT" suggests that the ban on DDT is a major factor in the resurgence of bedbugs in recent years. However, as bedbugs develop tolerance to certain classes of pesticides, they also seem to develop tolerance to DDT. "Powerful" is relative. DDT doesn't evolve. Bedbugs do. Yakushima (talk) 14:36, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

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April - National Contribution Month
Good day MayFlowerNorth,

During the month of April, Wikimedia Canada is preparing the National Contribution Month, and we are looking for experienced contributors to organize a contribution day (or half-day) in their region.

Contribution days are activities where Wikipedia's contributors, students, or anybody interested in contributing to Wikipedia meets together to collectively improve a predetermined theme. This meetings generally take place in library where references are easy of access, but can be organized in any communal room. Beside improving articles, a goal of this participatory workshops is to initiate neophyte in the cooperative contribution of Wikipedia.

If you are interested in organizing or participating in a contribution day in your region, communicate witht he national team on the project's talk page. The exact agenda of each local event is left to the discretion of the organizer. Help is available for the organization from contributors who already organized these type of days, so don't be worried. If you have any questions or want more information, don't hesitate to contact us.

Amqui (talk) 02:22, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!
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ArbCom elections are now open!
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New 10,000 Challenge for Canada
Hi, WikiProject Canada/The 10,000 Challenge is up and running based on The 10,000 Challenge for the UK which has currently produced over 2300 article improvements and creations. If you'd like to see large scale quality improvements happening for Canada like The Africa Destubathon, which has produced over 1600 articles in 5 weeks, sign up on the page. The idea will be an ongoing national editathon/challenge for Canada but fuelled by a contest such as The North America Destubathon to really get articles on every province and subject mass improved. I would like some support from Canadian wikipedians here to get the Challenge off to a start with some articles to make doing a Destubathon worthwhile! Cheers. --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:55, 22 November 2016 (UTC)