Talk:Kaitlyn Lawes

2018 Alternate at Scotties or not

It is an interesting case, the scoreboard doesn't list her as an alternate but Curling.ca does in their news article at http://www.curling.ca/blog/2018/02/04/jennifer-jones-ties-colleen-jones-for-most-scotties-titles/ and Jill Officer also quoted as saying that they named her the alternate and that should she would play as third at Worlds. “It was always the deal that Kaitlyn would come back and that’s why she’s listed as our alternate,’’ Officer said." http://torontosun.com/sports/other-sports/jones-went-with-it-factor-in-settling-on-birchard. I think it would be very hard for her to compete at Worlds if she was not part of the winning team. Thoughts?
Krazytea(talk) 00:26, 6 February 2018 (UTC)

I don't think she needed to be the alternate to qualify for the Worlds. Tom Sallows wasn't Gushue's alternate, but still went to the Worlds last year. Anyway, Lawes wasn't at at the Scotties, as evidenced by her social media timeline during the week. e.g. this tweet. -- Earl Andrew - talk 01:02, 6 February 2018 (UTC)

The question isn't whether she was at the Scotties or not, but rather whether she is deemed to have "won" the Scotties as an alternate. Her being there or not is more less important than 80% of the other alternates who never throw a rock and "win" any other championship that they compete in. Besides the Scotties actually does list her as an alternate on the team. http://www.curling.ca/2018scotties/teams/ The previous Curling.ca post also captions the image as "Team Manitoba, skip: Jennifer Jones; third: Shannon Birchard; second: Jill Officer; lead: Dawn McEwen; alternate: Kaitlyn Lawes; Coach: Wendy Morgan win the 2018 Scotties Tournament of Hearts the Canadian Womens Curling Championships, the Penticton Trade and Convention Centre, Penticton, British Columbia (Curling Canada/Andrew Klaver photo)". Krazytea(talk) 03:02, 6 February 2018 (UTC)

Yes, I did see that. The relevance of her not physically being there is that she wasn't there to help the team to do normal alternate things, like team support stuff, or most importantly be there in case one of the players was sick or injured. Anyways, I'm not sure how we should proceed, as different sources show her as being the alternate and also not being the alternate, depending on where you look. But from my view, it doesn't feel right to say that she had an 'appearance' at the 2018 Scotties let alone medal. -- Earl Andrew - talk 03:36, 6 February 2018 (UTC)

I feel ya. I dunno, I'll see if someone else weighs in and provides more food for thought. Have a good night. Krazytea(talk) 05:25, 6 February 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 3 March 2023

I’m trying to edit Kaitlyn Lawes Wikipedia page because there are errors I noticed on it. She is a curler and I know they are errors because I follow this sport very closely. I would like to make the changes but can’t because the site is protected. The changes I’m trying to make are the following: the current Curling Club is St. Vital CC, it should be Fort Rouge CC. This is the link to the incorrect info https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Vital_Curling_Club this is the link to the info i want the incorrect info replaced https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Rouge_Curling_Club and finally the link to the site the changes need to be made on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaitlyn_Lawes Ian kerwin (talk) 04:45, 3 March 2023 (UTC)

Hello, Ian kerwin. You have failed to provide links to published, reliable sources that verify the content you want to change. Please read WP:RS. Wikipedia articles are not reliable sources. Please read WP:CIRCULAR. Cullen328 (talk) 04:52, 3 March 2023 (UTC)

I have just tried again. Please check to see if changes can be made now. Not trying to spam you just trying to change something I noticed needs changed. Ian kerwin (talk) 05:01, 3 March 2023 (UTC)

Ian kerwin, you have still not identified reliable sources that verify the content changes you want to make. Cullen328 (talk) 05:34, 3 March 2023 (UTC)

Please look now final try for now Ian kerwin (talk) 05:50, 3 March 2023 (UTC)

@Ian kerwin: We do not cite Wikipedia; you need to come up with news sources that corroborate the claims you're trying to make (perhaps from the CBC or ESPN). —Jéské Couriano (No further replies will be forthcoming.) 06:01, 3 March 2023 (UTC)

 Done with source Lard Almighty (talk) 06:19, 3 March 2023 (UTC)