Cafemusique

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Discussion about the correct title of the Governor General of Canada has been consolidated with discussions on other User talk: pages at Talk:Governor General of Canada

Words of welcome

Hello there Cafemusique, welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. If you ever need editing help visit Wikipedia:How does one edit a page and experiment at Wikipedia:Sandbox. If you need pointers on how we title pages visit Wikipedia:Naming conventions. If you have any other questions about the project then check out Wikipedia:Help or add a question to the Village pump. MB 14:01 15 May 2003 (UTC)

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It's Scott, isn't it? (Or are you being anonymous here?) I'm sure we've met on a mailing list somewhere. I joined wikipedia perhaps nearly two years ago... anyway it was before Sep 2001, I remember what an effect that had on the 'pedia. The 'pedia grows so fast it's scary! --Claudine 22.may.2003

Well, I had been anonymous...but only because I've been getting my feet wet. I hadn't come across the site until last month, so I'm a real newbie around here. But I think I've found a little project that I can do with some Canadian political stuff, so I can putter at that in my spare time and try to get used to the place. But I'm certainly enjoying it, and reading the list. I actually found it from a mis-labelled bookmarklet in Galeon. - Cafemusique

Annika Sorenstam

While it's highly probable that Sörenstam is, as you write, Swedish-born, i.e. born by Swedish parents, I wonder why this should be emphasized. I was under the impression that it's of more interest to know that she is born in Sweden, alternatively that she is of Swedish nationality.
Best and friendlies regards!
-- Ruhrjung 20:35 23 May 2003 (UTC)

Perhaps this is a usage difference: North Americans vs. Brits and Europeans? In the contexts I am most used to hearing, the phrases would be Canadian-born and American-born to refer to the place of birth. I won't edit it further until I have a chance to double check my impression via a reference work. But the phrase "Sweden born" sounds unnatural to my ears. Perhaps omitting "born" and switching to "Swedish" would suffice for both of us? - Cafemusique 21:10 23 May 2003 (UTC)

A quick Google search shows many more results when searching for "swedish-born" instead of "Sweden-born", and the context does not appear to be one which would refer to parents as opposed to place of birth. - Cafemusique 21:28 23 May 2003 (UTC)

Oh, You North-Americans!!! ;-))

What can we do about you? You always try hard to blur our understanding of your language. Don't you distinguish between ethnicity, nationality and citizenship? -- Ruhrjung 21:36 23 May 2003 (UTC)

Swedish-born means born in Sweden, period. It's an idiom, eh? If you want to say that someone was born of Swedish parents, you say that she was born of Swedish parents. Ain't nobody blurring nothing. -- Another hoser (not Cafemusique)

Override power v. notwithstanding clause

Just wondering why you removed the link to override power on the Implied Bill of Rights article. Isn't the override power is another name for the notwithstanding clause amongst Canadian constitutional law writers and commentators? — Alex756 04:54, 28 Nov 2003 (UTC)

Chautauqua

Thank you for changing a couple of words on my draft of the "Chautauqua Institution" article. Probably an improvement. I was trying to indicate that one doesn't have to be religious to get something out of Chaut, which is a question often asked. But it's also true that one doesn't have to be interested in politics, or music, to get something out of Chaut. The whole paragraph could probably do with rewriting and elaborating.

I'd be glad to hear from you offline: credmond (at) uwaterloo.ca.

Wikipedia:WikiProject Formula One

Cafemusique - I noticed you have previously edited Formula One. I've started a WikiProject on F1 and I thought you might be interested in participating. Thanks! — Dan | Talk 20:58, 17 Oct 2004 (UTC)

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I have created a Request for Comment against User:Michaelm. Please see Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Michaelm. Lacrimosus 23:44, 15 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Soap articles

I noticed you made a comment to the OLTL articles. As someone who works almost exclusively with soap opera articles, I don't think the cast lists that User:PeterAKer added really provide substance to the article. I'm tempted to revert all of his changes...they seem detrimental to the article and its readability. Mike H 02:51, Oct 24, 2004 (UTC)

Do you watch OLTL? It's fairly accurate to say that the Griffith/Malone era was generally regarded to be the show's renaissance. Mike H 03:43, Dec 1, 2004 (UTC)

Generally regarded by most viewers at the time? Would that be better wording? I haven't met many OLTL viewers who thought the first go-round with them was crap. The second one, yeah, but not the first. I know original research is kinda frowned upon, but I don't know how to best phrase it. I think "generally regarded by most viewers at the time" sounds good enough and is factually accurate. Tell me what you think. Mike H 15:27, Dec 1, 2004 (UTC)

Census confidentiality

I noticed you edited a few articles in the name of confidentiality. Did you know you can go here http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFFacts?_sse=on to look up that same data. This is from the govt. entity that purports to support that confidentiality. Nelson Ricardo 06:55, Nov 18, 2004 (UTC)

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Sandbox

Will this link work? Labrador (electoral district)#2005 by-election - Cafemusique 10:24, 25 May 2005 (UTC)

I found an article on the resident of Hibberts, Maine - should we mention her?

I noticed that you edited Hibberts, Maine, a while back and raised the question of census confidentiality. I found an article on the one person who lives there. Given what's written there, is it appropriate to mention the resident's identity/ information in the article? Monowi, Nebraska, also has a population of 1, and we mention its resident (Elsie Eiler) in the article; she's been well-publicized (on Paul Harvey's radio show and quite a few newspapers). The article on Hibberts is a reprint from the Boston Globe, so that town has received some publicity. But given her condition, would it be better to protect her privacy? She doesn't exactly seem to be the type of person who likes having people come visit... --Idont Havaname 03:57, 16 July 2005 (UTC)

• The Monowi resident does not have her own article (she's merged in with Monowi's) and has gotten more publicity. Karen Keller has only been mentioned in the Globe article ("Karen Keller" + Hibberts yields 2 Google hits, the Globe article and the blog), so I'll add some information on Karen to the Hibberts article. --Idont Havaname 22:48, 16 July 2005 (UTC)

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Belated Birthday

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Bridge to T

Um, regarding this, isn't the movie itself a valid referrence? JoshuaZ 01:28, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

I think advanced screenings have occured already. However, presumably that doesn't constitute a reliable source. Overall a good point, I'll see if I can dig up any other sources that support the statement. JoshuaZ 01:34, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

John Paul II and email

Hi. I don't know how to include references in a document. I found this website: http://email.about.com/cs/emailtrivia/a/pope_email.htm, would that be enough reference for the trivia? thanks for your help. Cjrs 79 03:44, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

Senate in the 39th Canadian Parliament

Looked it over and it looks great. GoodDay 18:14, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

Wikified years

The wording in WP:DATE has been changed a little since I last looked. It used to be more clearly a recommendation against linking bare years; now it's equivocal. There is a further discussion at Wikipedia:Only_make_links_that_are_relevant_to_the_context. The reference to WP:DATE in the summary at least gives any interested reader the link to a discussion of the issue. Most editors, I suspect, don't know there's any disagreement and simply believe that all years should be linked, because they see it so often. The mechanism for linking/formatting dates is pretty unintuitive and the rationale is controversial; not a good combination. Colonies Chris 13:57, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

'North America (Americas)' ... again

Thank you for weighing in on this prior AfD. Even though an apparent consensus supported the prior AfD in some way, and the article has been deleted, this has reared its head again -- please peruse and weigh in. Thanks! Corticopia 22:41, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply -- no problem! I believe the crux of it is this: a deletion review is held to determine if the AfD was conducted properly and with good reason. The closing admin clearly stated reasons; others opposed. Subsequent reasoned comments are not limited to admins (so do so if you wish), but I understand if you opt not to comment further. Thanks again! Corticopia 23:34, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Ms

I know that U.S. usage is place a full stop after all abbreviations, regardless of type — but what is "Ms" supposed to be an abbreviation of? --Mel Etitis (Talk) 15:44, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, I didn't put it clearly. I meant that I hadn't known that "Ms" needed a full stop in U.S. English, as it didn't fit the normal rule, and I wondered what the rationale was. --Mel Etitis (Talk) 16:15, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply. Now that you mention it, I seem to remember early uses written as "m/s" ("mistress" seems unlikely though). --Mel Etitis (Talk) 22:17, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

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List of churches in Ottawa

I've nominated List of Ottawa churches for deletion. • Freechild'sup? 16:27, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

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{{unblock|reason=Requesting an IP address block exemption, because I am using not using a web host, simply my usual home Internet access through Cox. Cafemusique (talk) 16:14, 9 February 2016 (UTC)}}

Could you double check that you aren't using any add-ons that would give you a new IP address? PhilKnight (talk) 23:18, 9 February 2016 (UTC)

• That was it. A VPN add-on got activated in the midst of my editing session. Thanks for your help. - Cafemusique (talk) 01:06, 10 February 2016 (UTC)

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