User talk:WillNL

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Once again, welcome!  James  Kendall   [talk] 13:48, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

Newfoundland
Do you have any NL interests that you expect to be contributing towards? HJKeats 15:12, 14 February 2006 (UTC)


 * I'm working on an MA in linguistics at MUN, so I might be able to contribute to articles about language in NL. WillNL 16:17, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Seems as though you are familiar with Wikipedia, there is an article Newfoundland English that may be of interest to you. HJKeats 16:29, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

Newfoundland and Labrador WikiProject
There’s now a WikiProject for Newfoundland and Labrador. We hope you’ll join us in making Wikipedia a great source of information about the province and its people. Oz Lawyer  18:51, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Anne McGinty
A proposed deletion template has been added to the article Anne McGinty, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice should explain why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the  notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page. Also, please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. If you agree with the deletion of the article, and you are the only person who has made substantial edits to the page, please add  to the top of Anne McGinty. SingCal (talk) 19:48, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Anne McGinty
A proposed deletion template has been added to the article Anne McGinty, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice should explain why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the  notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page. Also, please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. If you agree with the deletion of the article, and you are the only person who has made substantial edits to the page, please add  to the top of Anne McGinty. SingCal (talk) 18:21, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Anne McGinty
I have nominated Anne McGinty, an article you created, for deletion. I do not feel that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Articles for deletion/Anne McGinty. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. SingCal (talk) 00:21, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Re; Anne McGinty
Hi Will,

Rest assured that the idea of "fighting battles" over AfD was never my intention. At the time I nominated the article, I felt that it was poorly sourced, and the paltry amount of really substantive content (save for the apparently comprehensive list of works) didn't merit an article, especially given its failure at WP:MUSIC. This was after a fairly extensive search for reliable sources, as well.

That said, I have absolutely no problems with articles about band composers. Since the Anne McGinty AfD I've swung a little closer to the middle of the incl/del spectrum, and would be glad to work with you on improving these articles to meet the WP:MUSIC standards. Jim Curnow, Mark Williams, Jared Spears and their contemporaries have likely gained enough independent coverage to meet the notability standards, it's just got to be found. By all means, create the articles and feel free to ask me for assistance.  Sing  Cal  02:38, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

The Hardy Boys copyright violation
Hi. I'd almost rather leave this alone, but you were right that your material was copied into Wiki from: http://www.geocities.com/wroxford/casefiles.html. And you were right to object. Then, you had a true "gift economy" spirit in the discussion for The Hardy Boys agreeing to let it stay. So, all applause to you. Unfortunately, it's still yours and it's copyrighted and it appears in Wiki. (Or it did, until I deleted it, just now.) I don't quite remember enough of my Hardy Boys to rewrite the section myself, but something like that has to happen. If you were to be so kind to do it, you might save time by quoting yourself -- after all your Web site has been up for five years at this point, and might be considered a "reliable source". In any event, this is one of those areas Wiki wants to stay as "clean" as possible. I'm not just throwing this at you -- let me know if I can help. Piano non troppo (talk) 01:29, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

Parkway (St. John's)
Would you be able to get picture(s) of Columbus/Prince Philip/MacDonald Drive for the article on it? It would be a great addition to the article but I don't live in St. John's anymore. NeonFire (talk) 00:25, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Did you get any? :) NeonFire (talk) 22:16, 3 May 2009 (UTC)