My first attempt at edits to an article, so be kind. I'm not clear on what exactly "needs to be updated" so I'll 1. format some of ISAF and the illegal opium economy in the past tense, 2. add news conference regarding how ISAF will act against facilities and facilitators supporting the insurgency, and 3. put brief note in the time line about #2., and 4. remove the "needs to be updated" SunKing2 (talk) 21:35, 10 October 2008 (UTC)SunKing2Reply

Ottawa rail relocations

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Your recent edit may have missed the mark but did raise an important point. The reference to "rail relocation" which you edited was intended to refer to the movement of the rail lines and Ottawa's main station out of the downtown core to its current location at Riverside in accordance with the Greber plan. Your edit points out another unrelated but equally important event, the connection of the city to major rail lines in the late nineteen century. I have made further edits accordingly. Thanks for your contributions. Newwhist (talk) 01:00, 19 July 2011 (UTC)Reply

Maple Leaf Award

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The Silver Maple Leaf Award

Thank you for all the hard work you do relating to our Capital city Ottawa and its history.
Your a great asset to Wikipedia! WP:Ottawa Moxy (talk) 04:19, 25 August 2011 (UTC)
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Again thank you for all that you are doing - its filling the portal :-) = Portal:Ottawa/Selected article.Moxy (talk) 05:35, 7 September 2011 (UTC)Reply

A barnstar for you!

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  The Original Barnstar
Excellent work on the Capital Pathway article. UrbanNerd (talk) 04:04, 30 August 2011 (UTC)Reply

Hello my friend - Question is there more we can trim or anything that we should mention in the history section of the Ottawa article?? Ongoing talk at Talk:Ottawa#Section heading.Moxy (talk)

Victoria Island (Ottawa River)

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Hi SunKing2, I like your contributions on Victoria Island. I have always thought about starting an article for that too. You started it as a separate article but then merged into Chaudière Falls. I think it would be better as separate article because it really is a separate geographical entity. There is so much other info and history that can be added that is not related to the falls. -- P 1 9 9 • TALK 01:57, 11 October 2011 (UTC)Reply

Suggestions for Canadian words list

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Hey, here's a list of Canadiana ideas. Feel free to use any and all of them if you'd like! I think there are some good ones. Davemcarlson (talk) 02:13, 15 November 2011 (UTC)Reply

  • Coho salmon
  • Bret Hart
  • Stu Hart
  • Penticton
  • Moose Factory (where Jonathan Cheechoo is from)
  • Politeness
  • Matthew Good and Matthew Good Band
  • Jean Chretien - he may be on there already - I just can't type the accents in his name
  • Haida (the native tribe)
  • Inukshuk
  • Advertisement (ad-ver'-tiss-ment rather than adver-tise-ment)
  • Earl's (restaurant)
  • White Spot (restaurant)
  • A&W's restaurant
  • Ogopogo
  • Commonwealth games
  • Commonwealth
  • Fraser river
  • Noufie (or Newfie) - not sure how to spell it
  • Rick Mercer
  • Pasta ("pass-ta" instead of "paw-sta")
  • Tom Green
  • The Tragically Hip
  • Econoline Crush
  • Our Lady Peace
  • Leslie Feist (Feist)
  • The Saddledome
  • Zeller's (store)
  • Camp Cariboo
  • Bob and Doug McKenzie
  • MP (Member of Parliament)
  • Tories or Tory party
  • Quebecois
  • Referendum
  • White Rock
  • Surrey
  • Roughneck (a very oil-rig specific term in Alberta)
  • Athabasca Oil Sands
  • Friendliness
  • Schedule (pronounced shed-ule)
  • Stompin' Tom Connors
  • Sloan - about as Canadian a band as you'll find
  • Moose - one of the most quintessentially Canadian animals
  • Hawksley Workman
  • White cheddar (Americans call it "American" cheese)
  • Order of Canada
  • MacLean's (magazine - I think that's the spelling)
  • Ed the Sock
  • Gooned (means drunk)
  • Goon (a hockey term)
  • The 'Peg (short name for Winnipeg)
  • Geddy Lee
  • 54-40
  • Cheezies
  • Edgefest
  • BTO - Bachman Turner Overdrive
  • Beavers (the animal and the Canadian cub scouts variant)
  • Beaver Lumber
  • The Brooks, Alberta Pheasant Hatchery
  • SFU (Simon Fraser University)
  • Rachel Perry
  • George Stroumboulopoulos - definitely put him on there
  • The Red Green Show
  • Mayonnaise on hot dogs
  • Gordie Howe
  • Chinook winds
  • the name "Gordie" in general
  • the name Tegan
  • Knapsack
  • A "mickey" (size of liquor container)
  • Michael Buble
  • Shoppers Drug Mart
  • IGA grocery stores
  • Tegan and Sara
  • Two dollar bill
  • The Weakerthans
  • Propagandhi
  • Knowing every famous Canadian
  • Cancon (or Can-Con, I'm not sure) - Canadian music content regulations
  • "The Honourable"
  • Adding a "u" to a bunch of words (colour, honour, armour, neighbour)
  • Stu Hart
  • Stampede Wrestling
  • "The Dungeon" (the Hart family wrestling academy)
  • Hockey Night in Canada
  • Nickelback
  • Three-down football
  • Adding "re" to the end of words (theatre, centre)
  • Spelling defense "defence"
  • Midget hockey (the age division)
  • Girl Guide cookies
  • Provinces
  • Garage (a lot of Canadians pronounce it "Gradge")
  • Canuck
  • Rye (referring to whiskey as "whisky" or "rye")
  • Commerce majors (they call them Business majors most places)
  • PST (Provincial Sales Tax)
  • Sports teams going to "provincials"
  • Referring to towns as "hamlets"
  • Andy Moog
  • Loverboy - I can't believe this one wasn't on there already! They're a quintessential Canadian band.
  • Sam Roberts
  • Finger Eleven
  • The Guess Who
  • Joni Mitchell
  • Ellen Page (played Juno, among others)
  • The Juno Awards
  • The Muchmusic Video Awards
  • "How ya doin' dar?"
  • Gordon Lightfoot
  • Anne Murray
  • The Moffatts
  • Alert, Nunavut
  • Whistler (ski resort)
  • Royal Tyrrell Museum
  • "C" radio station call signs
  • "Hollywood North" - Vancouver
  • Maple leaf
  • Ringette - a sport they only play in Canada
  • Bag (pronounced "beg" instead of "bag")
  • Fuddle duddle
  • McCain's food company
  • Delissio pizza (it's called Digiorno "in the states")
  • Oh Canada (national anthem)
  • Sun-Rype fruit company

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