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Vladimir Šubic
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Thunder Bay Expressway
I'll work on the article "Terry Fox Courage Highway" as soon as i can :) RingtailedFox • Talk • Contribs 02:27, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Map request
Thanks for you help with all the maps for hockey leagues. Here's a new request you probably didn't expect. I'm looking for a map about Asia League Ice Hockey. It's a league including teams from Japan, South Korea, China and formerly Russia. Let me know what you can do, and if its possible to include the one defunct team in Russia and the three cities in China (Changchun, Harbin, Qiqihar) without teams. Thanks. Flibirigit (talk) 07:06, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Community stubs
What, exactly, do you see as the value in having fifteen or twenty unreferenced stubs, all at about the quality level of "Hoochieville is a hole in the wall with a gas station and an arena. Meddling kids paint graffiti on the walls. The place sucks mud.", about individual communities rather than one or two longer articles listing all of a city's neighbourhoods? Bearcat (talk) 22:38, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
 * A lot of the time there's nothing encyclopedic that can be written about a smaller community as an independent topic from its parent municipality. Also, the problem with Murillo is that not a single word in the entire article was referenced to anything. WP:RS and WP:V are requirements, not suggestions. Bearcat (talk) 22:59, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Re:Date changing
Hello, I am correct of changing time format from 26 July to July 26 and the arrangement of a date does actually matter on depends of national origin of the article. Example, A one Australian-related article, since Australia date format is on dd/mm/yy format, then dd/mm/yy format must be used. Another is a one Canadian-related article, since Canada date format is on mm/dd/yy format, then mm/dd/yy format must be used. Thank You.--Joseph Solis in Australia (talk) 06:54, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

CDI Closures
well i know of 1 and possibly another

Belleville, ON had a branch formerly titled Toronto School of Business, then CDI College the branch was closed in 2006 before being renamed again to everest. I'm a former student of TSB. I think there was also on en Peterborough that clsoed as well. —Preceding unsigned comment added by LSX (talk • contribs) 19:54, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

Re: Šubic
No problem. I was pleasantly surprised to see that he has an article in the English wp. Viator slovenicus (talk) 00:36, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

A reminder to myself.
I had quite the adventure updating David Hamilton (county administrator) today, didn't I? Next time I should pay more attention to what I am doing! :) vıdıoman  (talk • contribs) 00:12, 30 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Test of new signature style.  vıd ıoman  10:37, 5 February 2008 (UTC)


 * On 9 February I went through my ~1000 watched pages and selected many to add to a to do list. It took about 100 minutes.  vıd ıoman  22:34, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Centennial Park, Thunder Bay
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 * Yes, I know. I put it up for deletion. :)  vıd ıoman  22:34, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

Neighbourhoods
There's no hard and fast rule about how to title neighbourhood articles; you'll see a wide variety of different conventions in use.

My own personal rule of thumb is to determine how the neighbourhood would normally be named when it's being referred to as a distinct entity in everyday speech or writing. In Ottawa, for example, Vanier used to be a distinct municipality, so the phrase Vanier, Ontario is actually used to refer to it, but Sandy Hill, even though it's immediately adjacent to Vanier, is never referred to as "Sandy Hill, Ontario" — you would generally have to say "the Sandy Hill neighbourhood in Ottawa". So I'd go for "Current River, Ontario" if you might actually refer to it that way in the real world, but "Current River, Thunder Bay, Ontario" otherwise.

Under normal circumstances I'd suggest "Current River (Thunder Bay)", but it would be a bit too confusing in this particular case since the title Current River (Ontario) is already being used for the article on the river itself. Bearcat (talk) 18:17, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

First Nations lacking articles

 * moved from User talk:CJLippert to here

There are some FNs linked in the article Area code 807 that either need articles or redirected. Could you make these? Thanks.


 * Gull Bay First Nation (Gull River 55 according to Stats Can; linked in Area code 807 as Gull Bay, Ontario.)
 * Neguaguon Lake First Nation (Neguaguon Lake 25D according to Stats Can; linked in Area code 807 as Lac La Croix, Ontario.)
 * Nicikousemenecaning First Nation (Bears Passage, Ontario)
 * Sachigo Lake First Nation
 * Wabaseemoong First Nations
 * Wabigoon First Nation
 * Weagamow First Nation

 vıd ıoman  16:19, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

FWFN

 * Sure, will do... only if you beef-up the Fort William First Nation from a Stub to at least a Start. CJLippert (talk) 03:56, 14 February 2008 (UTC)


 * I was hoping you would do it. :(


 * I'll move it to top priority on my to-do list. :) I even bolded it for you. :)  vıd ıoman  04:20, 14 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Ha, I just remembered why I put it off -- I was going to months ago but their website was all "under construction, check back later". The draft is here  vıd ıoman  04:29, 14 February 2008 (UTC)


 * I threw in the "boilerplate" language I have been using on the 7 FN articles onto the FWFN article. Increase the page by 4x but it still comes off as being flat.  Map would be nice.  Maybe even the picture of Mount McKay would be nice, too.  History would be very good. Since I threw in the link to the AGG onto the page and there already is a red-link there, starting a page for AGG might be good, too. CJLippert (talk) 07:04, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Proofreading
Those highway articles look good to me. You have a great start going, and all we need to do is expand upon them and elaborate :) RingtailedFox • Talk • Contribs 00:54, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Moncton
Thanks a lot for the help vid! Yeah the box included MPs from suburbs too, but it all looks great now, much more organized! Thanks again :D Stu pendousmat (talk) 00:13, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

articles that shake my faith in wikipedia
oh lordy - added to the list, thanks for bringing it to my attention. --Fredrick day (talk) 10:55, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Downtown Fort William, Ontario
The article Downtown Fort William, Ontario should not survive as a separate article. It should be merged with Fort William, Ontario, of which it should in fact be the core. --Blanchardb- Me • MyEars • MyMouth -timed 14:18, 2 March 2008 (UTC)


 * I have replied to this here.  vıd ıoman  18:38, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Thunder Bay Transit
I have formatted the bus terminals and other facilities under individual headings. This allows for expansion of specific information and direct linking from within another article; as in this redirect to Scarborough Centre Bus Terminal. I need help with this, because some of the information entered may be incomplete or just plain wrong (platforms?). What facilities are available at the bus terminals? Are there public washrooms and a heated waiting area? I intend to compile and expand some of the articles shown on the Template:Public Transit Systems in Ontario, but I will leave this one entirely to you. Local knowledge is invaluable in acquiring documents, references and photography not available on the internet. I have found the route table on your user page that you have been working on - excellent! I think I could go anywhere in Thunder Bay using that. You should replace the current lists ASAP. -Secondarywaltz (talk) 19:58, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Kakabeka Falls
WHY is the image so dang large in the article? --Pwnage8 (talk) 21:39, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

No problem. --Pwnage8 (talk) 01:53, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

External links in Jeddah
Replayed in my talk page.  A M M A R   09:02, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Greetings
I have a small question. How did you create this superb "telescopic" table with "Articles I have created" and "Articles to which I have made significant contributions"? It is just perfect! I am already pretty advenced in such a things, but could you please explain it to me? Thanks for answer-- Lykantrop (Talk) 12:18, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks a lot! You explained it perfectly! I will use that for my page with some different outfit. And thanks for the kindness. I meet totally aggresive editors last days. That is so annoying... Lykantrop (Talk) —Preceding comment was added at 13:29, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

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USHL Map
Vidioman, do you think you could please update the USHL team map to reflect the folding of the Ohio Junior Blue Jackets and the addition of the Fargo Force? Thank you for your time. --Josh (talk) 15:54, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

Map question
Hi Vidioman, with regard to your various maps (and thanx much for the maps!) - do you think there would be some utility to splitting the various Ontario regional maps into northern and southern Ontario? The dividing line would be roughly the Sudbury-North Bay axis, just like road maps. The rationale would be to improve the spatial resolution of mapping in both areas, given the vast difference in scale, and allow the possibility of clickable links on the map images, see here for a crude example.

This might be a touchy subject for you, perched so far away from Queen's Park, FTR I think Ontario right to the Nipigon River should actually be Manitoba, where you would then be the second-largest city. Cheers! Franamax (talk) 01:07, 5 June 2008 (UTC)


 * I usually put the boundary between North and South along the French River, through North Bay separating the main community from Farris, across Trout Lake and then down the Mattawa River to Quebec; though practically, Northern Ontario would be Parry Sound/Nipissing -> north, and Southern Ontario would be Parry Sound/Nipissing -> south. (That is, Parry Sound and Nipissing would be included on both maps, due to the unusual shape of Nipissing.)


 * The spacial resolution of those maps is very poor, the original is small so when it's made larger, it will look terrible. An example here shows that, especially in Southern Ontario, boundaries are too ill-defined. (This is based on the best map I could find, as well, at least at this projection.) It might as well include the City of Sudbury as well, if it was a square crop.


 * It depends on what you want them for. Some maps just use dots to link things with a tooltip over the dot. Splitting them would probably be easy but if I know why I'm doing it I can tailor it to that specific use.


 * BTW, separation based solely on economic purposes never comes through. I'd like to see us separate, but I know it will never happen.  vıd ıoman  02:52, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
 * OK, now that I look at your example there, it's terrible, Lake Simcoe is not shown, which confuses the picture, the Georgina Township boundary of York Region doesn't look right at all (just looking at where I used to live), and when I scroll a bit, the whole graphic display falls apart - which is my own browser problem.
 * I'd agree with you as far as as Mattawa R. -> L. Nippissing -> French R. being the "natural" boundary of north vs. south as the waistline of Ontario. Parry Sound is going a little too far for including as north, that still counts as "cottage country". Beyond the French River, things pretty definitively switch over to northern concerns, forestry, mining, first nations, distance to health care, etc.
 * Given the example you present, I'm not sure the current map image is actually suitable. The basic idea would be to double the magnification for each of the north (large area) and south (dense area) sections, to give the casual reader a better idea of what they're looking at. The expanded areas would then give the possibility of adding X-links to whatever, my example above for Vancouver neighbourhoods is just that, an example. You could extend that to anything, like for any given hockey league article you could hover over a link to the hockey league next door. In my particular example, there's not enough room to show the actual neighbourhood names, but I could fit the "X" in.
 * And yes, it will probably never happen, but I see it as more social than economic, Ontario as it is is absurd, a heavily populated and industrialized heartland, surrounded by intensively farmed land - then a whole bunch of forest and swamp stuck on at the north end. Doesn't make sense. I say Manitoba should go over to the Nipigon, then north from the lake to the Albany, thence to James Bay. Manitoba would be a way better province to deal with that area, as opposed to Ontario worrying about preserving auto plants and widening the 401. Franamax (talk) 04:29, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Anishinabek Police Service
Up to de-stubbing this? CJLippert (talk) 03:52, 19 June 2008 (UTC)


 * If I have the time and remember to do it, sure. I've been a bit busy lately though. :( It isn't we well known as NAPS is, so I might not be able to get it up to that level. I'll mainly just take things from its website and news articles, if there are any.  vıd ıoman  06:06, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

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Invite To WikiProject Saskatchewan Communities & Neighbourhoods
Hey, I notice you are member of WP: Sask. Well, I am hereby inviting you to WikiProject Saskatchewan Communities & Neighbourhoods. If you decide to join, we look forward to welcoming to you to the project. Mr. C.C. (talk) 01:50, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

RE:Sioux-Narrows-Nestor Falls map
Hey vidioman, the map looks great. Thanks, Mlsguy0037 (talk) 13:25, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

Leagues Maps
Hey, how's it going? You helped me last year by creating vector maps for the different Ontario leagues... would you be willing to adjust them? There have been many changes. DMighton (talk) 06:14, 29 July 2008 (UTC)


 * SIJHL - Marathon Renegades and the Thunder Bay Bulldogs are out... the Sioux Lookout Flyers are in.
 * GOJHL - Tecumseh Chiefs and Petrolia Jets are out... LaSalle Vipers and Lambton Shores Predators (Forest) are in.
 * GMHL - Douro Dukes, Temiscaming Royals gone... Brock Bucks, Ville-Marie Dragons, Oro-Medonte 77's, Minden Riverkings are in. The league also now has divisions.
 * NOJHL - No one in out... Soo Eagles and Temiscaming Royals are in. The league also now has divisions.
 * CJHL has no changes...
 * OPJHL will have extensive changes... but are not finalized.

Thanks a lot. DMighton (talk) 20:40, 29 July 2008 (UTC)


 * The maps look great! One thing though, Oro and Beaverton are in the Northern Division of the GMHL... they are currently coloured for the South.  DMighton (talk) 22:28, 29 July 2008 (UTC)


 * I like these maps a lot... out of curiosity... would you be interested in doing them for other leagues too? I'll list them just so you know what I am talking about:  QJAAAHL, MJAHL, MJHL, SJHL, AJHL, BCHL.  Just wondering.  I like what you've done with the current ones... and if you would be interested... It would certainly improve the articles.  DMighton (talk) 22:32, 29 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Hey, the OPJHL's changes have been finalized if you would like to realign the map. DMighton (talk) 00:37, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Together is perfectly fine! Thanks a lot!  DMighton (talk) 10:33, 9 August 2008 (UTC)


 * How's it going? I was wondering if you would have the time to update the OPJHL map or create the other league maps.  I would do it myself if I had a clue how... but I think they are a great visual aid.  Just wondering if you will have the time.  DMighton (talk) 20:22, 14 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Later tonight or tomorrow sometime.  vıd ıoman  21:37, 14 September 2008 (UTC)


 * That would be awesome... I appreciate what you do on here. It is a great addition to articles.  DMighton (talk) 22:37, 14 September 2008 (UTC)


 * I updated it, let me know if I made any errors. If you don't see the changes, try (shift+)ctrl+F5 (depending on browser) or the purge function (WP:PURGE. I used different colours for this one, they're close to the colours you've used for the tables. Eventually I'll figure out a better way to display that map so that things aren't so bunched up in the GTA. :)  vıd ıoman  18:17, 15 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Wow... it looks really nice... good job! I am really eager to see what the QJAAAHL map will look like... I don't know much about Quebec... but I think most of the teams are in the Greater Montreal area.  But whenever you can get to the other league... I would appreciate it... the maps look great!  DMighton (talk) 02:48, 16 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Would it be feasible to somehow show Brampton and North York both have 2 teams? Just wondering. DMighton (talk) 03:02, 16 September 2008 (UTC)


 * It would make the map even more cluttered but I'll try it tomorrow. :P  vıd ıoman  03:48, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

Syllabics template
Thanks for your astute comments on Template:Contains Canadian text. I'm just a hacker when it comes to wiki template markup, and I'd used the Ethiopic template as my model instead of the Chinese. It looks much better now, 'though I'm inclined to keep the same width and style as the Chinese and Japanese script templates. If you have the leisure to provide an image of Canadian syllabics, I'd be most grateful. The template calls for an image of 65px width; the current one is called Image:Cree language.png. I uploaded it to Wikipedia but not to Commons. If you prefer a different name for your replacement, I'll ask an admin to delete mine. Go Greens! — ℜob C. alias ᴀʟᴀʀoʙ 22:19, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Are the variations that different from one another? I'm laboring under the assumption that support for "Canadian Aboriginal syllabics" means a computer can display Cree dialects, Inuktitut, Chippewa, you name it. Doesn't the same Unicode range support them all? — ℜob C. alias ᴀʟᴀʀoʙ 18:23, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

Ugly template: can you beautify it?
Aaniin! I have put together Template:Union of Ontario Indians. My model was that of NAN's but at the end, it just looks ugly. Unlike NAN where all members of the Regional Chiefs' Council (RCC) are also members of NAN, in the case of UOI, some were part of a RCC while others were not and some who were part of the RCC but not members of UOI (several are members of AIAI). I tried to separate the FN by UOI Regions as that is how UOI is organised, but it just looks unappealing. Anything you could do to make it better would be greatly appreciated. CJLippert (talk) 00:20, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

Hey
If you don't already have it, I could grant you access to AWB, it would make those changes faster for you. -Djsasso (talk) 02:01, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Done, what you will need to do is download the software, once you are into it for this specific task what you would do once you login is in the drop downbox near the lower left you would select "What links here" and in the box you would type Thunder Bay, Ontario. And then you would select make a list and it will pull up all the pages that link to that location. And then you can set up a search in replace which is pretty straight forward and I am sure you can figure out. If not just message me and I can help. -Djsasso (talk) 02:06, 4 December 2008 (UTC)