User talk:Skeezix1000/Archives/2006/March

Scarborough Nicknames
While I don't really want to expand on this section, there are in fact some web references to Scompton:


 * You know you're from Scarborugh when...
 * Busta Rules

There is also a wikipedia page called Canadian slang which references Scompton as well as a couple of other nicknames not mentioned in the Scarborough article. I used Clusty search engine to find these references. Up to you whether you want to put this reference back. I don't care one way or the other.

Regards, Atrian 16:10, 15 March 2006 (UTC)


 * You're absolutely correct. Serves me right for editing before my first cup of coffee in the morning.  I found nothing relevant for Scompton, but when I redid the search later, I did get results thru a search for Scompton AND Scarborough. I ought not to have deleted the entry based on a Google search turning up nothing. Personally, I generally don't see any value in having a section for nicknames for the municipality.  But there is obviously precedent for having it (e.g. Toronto).  The problem I have with these sections is that they end up including obvious entries (like "Hogtown" for Toronto), but then also up end up including nicknames that may be used in some circles but don't have particularly wide usage.  The particular problem here in the Scarborough article is that so many of the nicknames have such a negative connotation -- perhaps that's just a reflection of public perception, but I do believe that it does, to a degree, give the reader the wrong impression of the place.  Frankly, I am just waiting for someone to add "Scandahar" to the list. I'm not from Scarborough, so I will leave the list in the hands of folks who have a better sense of whether its inclusion is justified.  Given your edits to the article, you are probably better placed to make that call than I. Cheers, Skeezix1000 20:56, 15 March 2006 (UTC)


 * I changed the paragraph around to limit people adding to it ad nauseum. On a related topic what's the story on the person who keeps vandalizing the news section at IP address 199.212.26.244. I saw your block warning on his talk page but he is still doing it. Atrian 00:53, 16 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Good edit. As for our friend the vandal, I reported him yesterday and he appears to have been blocked for 48 hours. If he returns, presumably the next block would be permanent.  Skeezix1000 15:10, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

Toronto Twinnings
Hi Skeezix1000,

You congratulated me a few weeks back for FINALLY getting the Twinned cities updated...guess what...it was STILL wrong! The city 'approved' the list in Dec 2005 but it didn't pass council?? (I guess they run Toronto with a lower and upper house!)...anyway, I got the confirmed ones today and have changed it again! KsprayDad 23:44, 24 March 2006 (UTC) (BTW I'm in Ottawa! Go Sens!)