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to self: This chart indicates possible holes in articles covering Canadian topics. PK T (alk)  12:21, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

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Happy New Year, PKT!


Happy New Year! PKT, Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.

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Happy New Year, PKT!


Happy New Year! PKT, Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.

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Robert MacKay
I don't enjoy creating articles that are so minimally sourced, and try to find more than just the award nomination source itself whenever possible, but having a verifiable nomination for a top-level acting award is the kind of inherently-notable thing for which we need to have an article even if the sourcing available for it is inadequate. Strong notability claims representing important distinctions under SNGs like WP:NACTOR can sometimes override whether the person technically passes GNG or not -- if the notability claim had just been that he was in the film, then single-sourcing the fact of his presence in the film obviously wouldn't be sufficient, but if the notability claim is that he was one of just three actors in the entire country that year to be shortlisted for a top national award for his performance in the film, then that's a much stronger notability claim.

We can't be in a situation where every other actor listed in Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor is eligible to have an article, with just one person treated as a unique "no article permitted because reasons" exception -- it's a significant enough honour that every person named in the award's article has to be either a bluelink or a potential future bluelink regardless of whether they would actually pass a strict reading of WP:GNG or not. Redirecting him to the film might be an option if you feel strongly about how little sourcing he has, so that at least his name would still be linked somewhere relevant, but just deleting it outright so that his name was just permanently unlinked isn't really an appropriate solution in the case of a top-level acting award nominee at all. Bearcat (talk) 14:48, 13 January 2023 (UTC)


 * The redirect option is a reasonable alternative. Thanks .......cheers!  PK  T (alk)  15:32, 13 January 2023 (UTC)

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Vanguard Editor
Hey PKT, not sure if you're aware or not, but I wanted to point out that you qualify for Vanguard Editor now. Hey man im josh (talk) 13:34, 15 February 2023 (UTC)


 * LOL! Well Josh, thanks for noticing that and for the barnstar.  This doesn't mean I have to make a speech or anything, does it  ;)   Cheers! .....  PK  T (alk)  16:03, 15 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Lol not unless you want to! I just think it's nice to let people know that they're appreciated. Hey man im josh (talk) 13:19, 16 February 2023 (UTC)

Invitation for Discussion
You are invited to this request for move discussion regarding whether "Conference Finals" of the NHL shall be capitalized or not. Conyo14 (talk) 05:34, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

New Page Patrol – May 2023 Backlog Drive
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Fooian expatriate ice hockey players in bar categories = valid
Hi, why are you removing expatriate sportspeople categories from hockey players as 'irrelevant'? North Americans don't seem to be very familiar with them but they are valid across all sports and all localities. Particularly for the vast numbers of Canadian who have played abroad. Crowsus (talk) 03:22, 5 June 2023 (UTC)


 * Well, there are several reasons:
 * (1) This conversation in WikiProject:Ice Hockey about this topic, where consensus is clearly against adding players to categories such as "Fooian expatriate ice hockey players in bar categories".
 * (2) For me, the whole family of categories like this runs against Overcategorization, specifically WP:NARROWCAT and WP:TRIVIALCAT.
 * (3) If the subject is no longer based in the country mentioned in the name of the category, then s/he is no longer a "Canadian expatriate in (Foo)." Such as Connor McDavid, for example.  I've seen many examples where somebody who played outside of Canada is listed in 3, 4 or more categories that they clearly no longer play or reside in.  You can't be in more than one country at a time, unless you happen to be straddling the border.
 * If a player's article indicates that s/he is or could still be in another country, then I'm OK with leaving them in the relevant category for the time being. Example: a player who signed a recent contract to play with a team in that particular other country.  But a player who played in Slovenia for a year or a few but has moved on to other countries, or returned to Canada, should no longer be included in "Fooian expatriate ice hockey players in Slovenia".  PK  T (alk)  22:28, 5 June 2023 (UTC)

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Renaming request
Hello.

Can you change the name of Gatineau LRT to Gatineau Tramway? The projected tramway network's official name in French is "Tramway de Gatineau" and consequently its English translation is "Gatineau Tramway". It is not going to be named "Transit léger sur rail de Gatineau" or "TLR de Gatineau", hence Gatineau LRT. (Example: Quebec City Tramway, which is under construction.)

Yours sincerely, 31.200.18.125 (talk) 20:01, 11 June 2023 (UTC)


 * Be aware this IP has made the exact same request to multiple editors and admins - WP:FORUMSHOP 10mmsocket (talk) 17:17, 12 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks 10mmsocket - I wasn't going to move on this anyway - it looks like the project hasn't actually started yet. And, of course, I was wondering why I was their chosen one :)  ......Regards,  PK  T (alk)  17:47, 12 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Because you're special! 10mmsocket (talk) 21:32, 12 June 2023 (UTC)
 * LOL! Merci, mon ami!  PK  T (alk)  22:34, 12 June 2023 (UTC)

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November Articles for creation backlog drive
 Hello PKT:

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Talk:Vardhan Puri/archive 1
Am I missing something here? You tagged this as G8, which is for talk pages of non-existant articles, but Vardhan Puri exists. I'm going to decline this for now, but let me know if there's something I'm missing. ~  ONUnicorn (Talk&#124;Contribs) problem solving 23:02, 27 November 2023 (UTC)


 * Hi ONUnicorn - yes, of course Vardhan Puri is an article, and it has a talk page. The page I tagged is for /archive 1, which doesn't exist.  At least that's what I found.  Regards,  PK  T (alk)  23:04, 27 November 2023 (UTC)
 * But archiving a talk page is a common practice, see WP:ARCHIVE. ~  ONUnicorn (Talk&#124;Contribs) problem solving 02:58, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

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Some baklava for you!

 * Always happy to receive a dessert - thank you! Not sure what it's for, but it's still cool  :)  PK  T (alk)  21:15, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

Thank you
Hi PKT. As a new user I noticed you created a sockpuppet investigation regarding that person who kept adding stuff about royal families in York Region. Thanks for your work! I had no idea this had been going on for a while and hopefully this guy gets bored and stops. WizardGamer775 (talk) 23:09, 20 March 2024 (UTC)


 * Well, I appreciate your note! I wish the outcome was better, but c'est la vie.  We will keep a collective eye out for their nonsense, eh?  Cheers,  PK  T (alk)  00:53, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

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Sam Feldman (paid editing)
Hello, I was helping a paid editor finish the article on Sam Feldman (music executive). I was hesitant at first since because the editor was paid, but the article was neutral except for one somewhat promotional phrase relating to his award of the Order of British Columbia which I removed. So I had no problem with fine-turning it and moving the page. I will ask the editor to disclose their COI status on the talk page (she added the COI tag at the start of her editing and I thought it would transfer over with the move). Curiocurio (talk) 23:25, 8 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Hello - two things - your message should have been posted here on my talk page, but as you can see I have moved it.  No problem.  Secondly, when I encountered the Sam Feldman article's talk page, I could see that there was an issue with how the template was used, so I tried to fix it.  I leave it to you to ensure that the COI stuff is dealt with, if there's still an issue.  Cheers,  PK  T (alk)  23:38, 8 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Oops, sorry about getting the wrong page. I have no experience with paid editing so I'm leaving it to the paid editor to figure out via WP:PAID. Curiocurio (talk) 14:51, 9 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Actually, I went ahead and fixed the COI tag, it was straightforward. Curiocurio (talk) 15:10, 9 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you! ...........  PK T (alk)  17:07, 9 July 2024 (UTC)