Andy Johnston

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Yes, I looked at your user page. Studerby (talk) 01:10, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

Yes I remember. I had run a script that gave me a list of all user pages that were in the "Living people" category as of a certain date and your user page was among the ones that came up. However, someone else had already removed that category before I saw the page. Besides "fixing" user pages like that, I sometimes look at pages for users that I run into a lot, especially if I'm going to initiate a conversation with them, just for a little bit of extra context. Studerby (talk) 16:46, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

I read your user page, it's nice to know something of the people who edit here.--Ducio1234 (talk) 14:25, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

I noticed your edit on Department of National Defence Headquarters, I'm interested in Ottawa's architecture and history so I pay more attention to those articles--Ducio1234 (talk) 15:07, 15 December 2008 (UTC).

Thanks

Thanks for the copy edit you gave the Reckless (album) article, thanks. Since also Into the Fire (album) is a GA could you please check it for bad grammar thanks. Oh i read your user page. --Be Black Hole Sun (talk) 21:06, 27 September 2008 (UTC)

Thank you. Really appreciate the copyedit. :) One more thing, one more. Can you take a look at the Bryan Adams and Heaven, it needs a throughout copyedit, even i see that. Thanks for your. --Be Black Hole Sun (talk) 09:55, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

Flagged Revs

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I noticed you voted oppose in the flag revs straw pole and would like to ask if you would mind adding User:Promethean/No to your user or talk page to make your position clear to people who visit your page :) - Thanks to Neurolysis for the template   «l| Ψrometheăn ™|l»  (talk) 06:48, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Your addition to William Riker

Hi just a quick note to assure you that I do not regard your edit to William Riker as even approaching vandalism; clearly it was made in good faith with the intent of improving Wikipedia. However I think that it is appropriate it should be removed. The contents and phrasing suggest to me that it may be original research, that is conclusions made by yourself or others, but not discussed in any reliable source. On balance, I thought it was best to remove this particular content, rather than merely mark it as needing a citation. If you can provide a reliable source that makes the conclusions contained in your edit, then inclusion in Wikipedia is fine; please restore it including the citation. It may also be appropriate to directly attribute it to the author of the source, depending on the nature of the reference. (P.S. I did read your user page, just to get an idea of who it is I am writing to) --MegaSloth (talk) 22:48, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

Articles for deletion nomination of Hope Sideroad (Ottawa)

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Proposed deletion of Secretariat (Craig Ferguson)

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This is your only warning; if you use Wikipedia for soapboxing, promotion or advertising again, as you did at St. Paul High School (Ottawa), you may be blocked from editing without further notice. A Wikipedia article about a school is not for the school; it is not controlled by the school, its students or its alumni; and is not to be used to advertise crap such as class reunions. With a few very mundane exceptions, if it has not been written about in reliable sources totally unconnected to the school, it has no place in an encyclopedia article. If an addition you make is reverted, you do not replace it. Instead, you go to the article's talk page and discuss it. Content is decided by consensus, and any connection you have to the school is irrelevant. This isn't Facebook. John from Idegon (talk) 20:01, 20 August 2018 (UTC)

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Proposed deletion of Katimavik Road

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Just an average Ottawa street. Fails WP:GNG. BEFORE showed only routine coverage, and scant at that.

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