CanadaDayShouldBeOnJuly1st
Welcome CanadaDayShouldBeOnJuly1st!
I'm Walter Görlitz, one of the other editors here, and I hope you decide to stay and help contribute to this amazing repository of knowledge.
| Some pages of helpful information to get you started: | Some common sense Dos and Don'ts:
|
| If you need further help, you can: | or you can: | or even: |
Alternatively, leave me a message at my talk page or type {{helpme}} here on your talk page, and someone will try to help.
There are many ways you can contribute to Wikipedia. Here are a few ideas:
|
|
Remember to always sign your posts on talk pages. You can do this either by clicking on the 
button on the edit toolbar or by typing four tildes ~~~~ at the end of your post. This will automatically insert your signature, a link to this (your talk) page, and a timestamp.
The best way to learn about something is to experience it. Explore, learn, contribute, and don't forget to have some fun!
{{My sandbox}} on your user page. By the way, seeing as you haven't created a user page yet, simply click here to start it.January 2018
edit
Please do not introduce incorrect information into articles, as you did to Canada Day. Your edits could be interpreted as vandalism and have been reverted. If you believe the information you added was correct, please cite references or sources or discuss the changes on the article's talk page before making them again. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. Thank you. Paul Erik (talk)(contribs) 03:43, 18 January 2018 (UTC)
- My apologies. I had not checked the federal statutes. Paul Erik (talk)(contribs) 04:05, 18 January 2018 (UTC)
- @Paul Erik: You're being conned. Canada Day is always observed on July 1. When workers are granted the day off is not germane to the discussion.
- CanadaDayShouldBeOnJuly1st: since this is your talk page, I'll take the opportunity to tell you one more time to discuss your changes as they're entirely misleading. While not acts of vandalism, they're not correct. Walter Görlitz (talk) 04:10, 19 January 2018 (UTC)
- @Walter Görlitz: Was I being conned? I looked into it and found When July 1 is a Sunday, July 2 is a legal holiday and shall be kept and observed as such throughout Canada under the name of "Canada Day". It doesn't look as if it refers only to when workers are granted a day off but also that the name "Canada Day" then applies to July 2 in that particular year. Paul Erik (talk)(contribs) 04:47, 19 January 2018 (UTC)
- Yes you were being conned and you still are. Canada Day is always on July 1. It is only granted as a statutory holiday on the following work day when it falls on a weekend. That's labour law. But the day will be observed on July 1. See [1] and the dozens of other articles. Walter Görlitz (talk) 06:05, 19 January 2018 (UTC)
- @Walter Görlitz: Was I being conned? I looked into it and found When July 1 is a Sunday, July 2 is a legal holiday and shall be kept and observed as such throughout Canada under the name of "Canada Day". It doesn't look as if it refers only to when workers are granted a day off but also that the name "Canada Day" then applies to July 2 in that particular year. Paul Erik (talk)(contribs) 04:47, 19 January 2018 (UTC)
Help me!
edit | This help request has been answered. If you need more help, you can , contact the responding user(s) directly on their user talk page, or consider visiting the Teahouse. |
Please help me with... I am attempting to correct the information on Canada Day, and it keeps being undone. I know that Canada Day is on July 2nd in 2018, as it clearly states in the "Commemorating" section of this article, and as stated in the Federal Holidays Act. It is hard enough to get politicians to listen to me, so I find this very frustrating. How should I proceed? Thanks CanadaDayShouldBeOnJuly1st (talk) 04:02, 18 January 2018 (UTC)
CanadaDayShouldBeOnJuly1st (talk) 04:02, 18 January 2018 (UTC)
- It looks like the person who reverted you undid his own edit after you explained yourself. Sometimes this sort of thing happens – people act rashly, reverting a correct edit. Usually, if you explain yourself, just as you did, the situation will resolve itself quickly. It's an occupational hazard, unfortunately. I'm sure it's happened to most of us, and probably most of us have done it, too. Sometimes using an edit summary can help prevent these kinds of misunderstandings. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 05:35, 18 January 2018 (UTC)
Canada Day
editPlease take your edits to the talk page per WP:BRD. Vaselineeeeeeee★★★ 13:53, 18 January 2018 (UTC)
Talkback
edit
Message added 15:10, 18 January 2018 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.
Your username and actions
editHello there, and welcome to Wikipedia. I saw your question at the Teahouse and wondered if you might wish to consider requesting a username change? We have guidelines on what names are acceptable and which ones aren't. To be honest, I don't think yours is breaking any of our rules as, whilst clearly promoting one point of view in a campaign-like way, it is probably not promotional in the same way that we would require a company to change its name (under this rule: WP:ORGNAME). That said, I politely wanted to suggest you did change it something less campaign-like as you'll probably find other editors will take you more seriously if you were to. As editors we should all strive to appear neutral, making our edits based on published sources, not opinions, so maybe your name isn't the best one to use to give that impression. It's early days in your editing on Wikipedia, and I hope it goes well for you. If you do end up only only editing this one topic, you might find your account tagged as a single-purpose account - not in itself wrong, but I hope you might take a moment to read it. To change username, here's some useful guidance: Wikipedia:Changing username/Simple . You'll also see that a fellow host at the Teahouse has asked if you'd follow our guidance on declaring your conflict of interest, and also acting in a way that ensures no bias in editing. (I should add that I both campaign in real life and edit neutrally here - ensuring the one life doesn't spill over into the other can be quite a challenge. Just remember we're an encyclopaedia reflecting existing knowledge andpublished sources, not pushing individual viewpoints.
The one thing I must earnestly advise you against is reverting and re-reverting changes that have been made. This tit-for-tat editing is seriously frowned on, though you might not have appreciated this fact, or known that it can get you and/or the other editor blocked from editing. Do please take a moment to read this very relevant policy: Wikipedia:Edit warring. And, if I may, one final request: please always leave what we call an "edit summary" each time you save and publish a series of edits. It should succinctly summarise what those edits achieved. You'll see I've just changed your last edit, with an edit summary note saying I've removed some incorrectly placed referenced tags, and also asking editors to stop edit-warring (the back-forth switching of favoured edits) and to discuss it on the article's talk page. I hope this all makes sense. Regards from the UK, Nick Moyes (talk) 15:15, 18 January 2018 (UTC)
Your attention needed at WP:CHU
editHello. A renamer or clerk has responded to your username change request, but requires clarification before moving forward. Please follow up at your username change request entry as soon as possible. Thank you. Nihlus 19:55, 20 January 2018 (UTC)