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Hello. Do understand that I mean nothing personal by listing Grant Neufeld for deletion. Previously it was tagged for "speedy deletion" but it clearly doesn't fall under those criteria. Feel free to make a case for keeping the page at Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Grant Neufeld/vote1. If you make comments there, or on talk ages, you should sign by typing four tildes ("~~~~"). This signs and date-stamps your comments like mine below.
Most wikipedia editors believe "notability" is required for a page to merit inclusion. Therefore, if you improve the article to show that Grant Neufeld (presumably you) is notable—especially notable outside the Alberta elections—it'll be more likely to survive deletion.
Oh, and welcome to wikipedia! Sorry that this message seems so adversarial. Again, nothing personal. Cool Hand Luke 07:26, 27 Oct 2004 (UTC)
I suppose I should be nice and let you know I reverted your edits on the Alberta election page, because I noticed you thought that it was misleading. However, many of the candidates do deserve articles, and especially the incumbents! It's best to go on case by case basis when it comes to whether candidates deserve to be there or not. On the lighter side of things, you make the second person I've met on wikipedia who is running/has run in a provincial election. Good luck! Earl Andrew 23:09, 28 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Hi, Grant...just wanted to drop you a note to say hi and wish you good luck in the election. Looking at your campaign page, you seem like exactly the kind of committed, community-oriented politician I think we need more of in this country. And judging by your comments on the VfD vote, you sound like a class act, too. And gawd only knows that Ralph Klein needs more opposition than he's had. Best of luck! Bearcat 22:51, 9 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Congrats. You had a very respectable showing in last night's election. Coming in third and beating the NDP and Alliance is very good. I hope you stick around Wikipedia. -- JamesTeterenko 20:09, 23 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Hello, I wanted to let you know that your personal user page is currently being listed in the Canadian environmentalists category, along with articles for David Suzuki, etc. I believe this is occurring because you link to the category in the notable Wikipedia contributions section of your user page. I accidentally once made the same mistake and found my user page being listed in the category for Political advocacy groups in Canada! Congratulations on running in the latest Alberta Provincial Election as well. I also noticed your entry for Harry B. Chase and wanted to mention that Mr. Chase taught me French at F.E. Osborne Junior High School in Calgary for three years in the mid-1990s, I remember him very well and respect him a great deal. Take care! Kurieeto 20:21, Jan 6, 2005 (UTC)
Hi again, Grant...as a followup to Kurieeto's comment, I'd like to point out that if you want your user page to link to the category page without itself being categorized, you can link to it by putting a colon before the name of the link, like this: [[:Category:Canadian environmentalists]]. The extra colon turns it into a conventional link to the category page. Bearcat 05:04, 3 Feb 2005 (UTC)
No problem. Glad to be of assistance. I don't really understand active deletionists. there is so much crap here - true vanity from nobodies, vandalism, semi-literate rants, etc. - I don't understand why some people are so eager to delete a well-written article about someone who is doing things in the public sphere, if not always with immediate success. I'll keep my fingers crossed about the VfD. Kevintoronto 15:31, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Hi Grant, I think it's redundant to include the Lubicon Cree in Category:Alberta. The Lubicon Cree are in Category:Aboriginal peoples in the Prairie Provinces, which in turn is in Category:Alberta. Setting criteria for when it is acceptable for aboriginal peoples to be listed in two location-based categories will be hard to define. For example, with their recent notable land claim settlement, do the Tli Cho belong in Category:Aboriginal peoples in the Canadian Arctic and Category:Northwest Territories? Or does the historical signifigance of the Beothuk merit inclusion in Category:Aboriginal peoples in Atlantic Canada and Category:Newfoundland and Labrador? A more proper way to bring attention on Wikipedia to the Lubicon Cree in my opinion would be to work them into the Alberta and Aboriginal peoples in the Prairie Provinces articles. If you agree then please undo your last change, and if not I welcome your counter-arguments. Kurieeto 13:26, Apr 9, 2005 (UTC)
Further to my e-mail, see Green Party of Canada candidates, 2004 federal election. Ground Zero 15:15, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
(blush) Thank you. As for the ethics... well, I am an Objectivist. :-) And the diligence... I just sent an e-mail to the mailing list about this situation. That is sure to bring attention from both sides, but I'm hoping that enough people get involved and vote to keep on principle. After all, if this article can be kept on eternal VfD until deleted, then any article can. It is the principle of the matter that concerns me. Thank you for your kind words, and best of luck in everything you do. SWAdair | Talk 06:05, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
I was sooo tempted to say he passed the "Grant Neufeld test" for the notability of Green politicians... :) Samaritan 23:13, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
http://www.glbtq.com/arts/rozema_p.html Bearcat 16:03, 3 May 2005 (UTC) reply
I use mozilla firefox, so I know how frustrating it is. -- Spinboy 02:00, 23 May 2005 (UTC) reply
You beat me to it, Grant. I was thinking about having a Wikipedia barbecue or something similar myself. I'm a bit tied up with summer visitors over the next two weeks but any weekend after that would suit me fine. Cheers -- Derek Ross | Talk 05:23, Jun 2, 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for adding the Raging Grannies article. As part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting, I have replaced the generalized {{stub}} tag with {{org-stub}}. When you create new articles, it would be great if you could use these more specific tags whenever possible. Thanks, and continue contributing to Wikipedia! Russ Blau (talk) 22:13, Jun 2, 2005 (UTC)
Hi Grant,
Your knowledge of the Lubicon Cree far surpasses mine, so I recognize that their current categorization in Template:Treaty 8 First Nations in Alberta may be in error. I've also encountered some First Nations in the Aboriginal peoples in Saskatchewan article whose status under the various numbered Treaties is unclear. In that instance I've temporarily placed them under a header of "Uncategorized First Nations in Saskatchewan", to differentiate them from the rest. Do you have any suggestions for the naming of this header to deal with First Nations in various provinces and territories that don't easily fit into the Treaty categorization structure?
I've tried to limit the footer Templates that I'm creating to roughly 40 First Nations or fewer, so as to not overwhelm the reader. Instead of grouping by Treaty we could group by Tribal Council, geographic area, or possibly alphabetize them? Dividing by geographic area would involve defining for example just what encompasses "Northern British Columbia", etc. What do you think? Kurieeto 02:42, July 23, 2005 (UTC)
You were listed on the Wikipedia:Wikipedians/Canada page as living in or being associated with Alberta. As part of the Wikipedia:User categorisation project, these lists are being replaced with user categories. If you would like to add yourself to the category that is replacing the page, please visit Category:Wikipedians in Alberta for instructions.-- Rmky87 22:53, 8 October 2005 (UTC) reply
I would like to invite you to participate in Wikipedia:WikiProject Electoral districts in Canada. It is just getting started so please read through it, familiarize yourself with the topic and the options/examples and then participate in the debate about how the pages should best be laid out. -- maclean25 20:42, 26 October 2005 (UTC) reply
The user who added that had been adding lots links to their site, so I deleted it in that sweep; if you consider it a useful link, I have no problem with you re-adding it. tregoweth 18:11, 2 November 2005 (UTC) reply
I removed the box because it was duplicated. CJCurrie 23:50, 8 December 2005 (UTC) reply
Are you throwing your hat in the ring this time around? Ground Zero | t 06:21, 9 December 2005 (UTC) reply
Grant -- you're quite right about the issues article. I've taken one run-through of the article, but it needs more work. I think I've removed the most offensive bits. Would you be able to take a look at it? Another issue is that I had added some stuff on Green Party policy to the minor parties article. It should be moved into the main article, and subsatntailly expanded. Ground Zero | t 21:09, 20 December 2005 (UTC) reply
Oh, I'm not staying. I'm still extremely pissed off. I just saw something that cried out for an afd nomination, and I couldn't do that without logging on. I seriously dislike the hypocracy around here, one of many reasons I left. -- File:Ottawa flag.png Spinboy 06:00, 21 December 2005 (UTC) reply
I rellay must be moer caerfull. THanks for claening up my mess. Ground Zero | t 18:54, 22 December 2005 (UTC) reply
I have nominated this article for deletion. Please participate in the discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Calgary Dollars. -- Rob 17:00, 25 December 2005 (UTC) reply
This is an archive of past discussions from GrantNeufeld's talk page. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on GrantNeufeld's talk page. No further edits should be made to this page. |
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Hello. Do understand that I mean nothing personal by listing Grant Neufeld for deletion. Previously it was tagged for "speedy deletion" but it clearly doesn't fall under those criteria. Feel free to make a case for keeping the page at Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Grant Neufeld/vote1. If you make comments there, or on talk ages, you should sign by typing four tildes ("~~~~"). This signs and date-stamps your comments like mine below.
Most wikipedia editors believe "notability" is required for a page to merit inclusion. Therefore, if you improve the article to show that Grant Neufeld (presumably you) is notable—especially notable outside the Alberta elections—it'll be more likely to survive deletion.
Oh, and welcome to wikipedia! Sorry that this message seems so adversarial. Again, nothing personal. Cool Hand Luke 07:26, 27 Oct 2004 (UTC)
I suppose I should be nice and let you know I reverted your edits on the Alberta election page, because I noticed you thought that it was misleading. However, many of the candidates do deserve articles, and especially the incumbents! It's best to go on case by case basis when it comes to whether candidates deserve to be there or not. On the lighter side of things, you make the second person I've met on wikipedia who is running/has run in a provincial election. Good luck! Earl Andrew 23:09, 28 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Hi, Grant...just wanted to drop you a note to say hi and wish you good luck in the election. Looking at your campaign page, you seem like exactly the kind of committed, community-oriented politician I think we need more of in this country. And judging by your comments on the VfD vote, you sound like a class act, too. And gawd only knows that Ralph Klein needs more opposition than he's had. Best of luck! Bearcat 22:51, 9 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Congrats. You had a very respectable showing in last night's election. Coming in third and beating the NDP and Alliance is very good. I hope you stick around Wikipedia. -- JamesTeterenko 20:09, 23 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Hello, I wanted to let you know that your personal user page is currently being listed in the Canadian environmentalists category, along with articles for David Suzuki, etc. I believe this is occurring because you link to the category in the notable Wikipedia contributions section of your user page. I accidentally once made the same mistake and found my user page being listed in the category for Political advocacy groups in Canada! Congratulations on running in the latest Alberta Provincial Election as well. I also noticed your entry for Harry B. Chase and wanted to mention that Mr. Chase taught me French at F.E. Osborne Junior High School in Calgary for three years in the mid-1990s, I remember him very well and respect him a great deal. Take care! Kurieeto 20:21, Jan 6, 2005 (UTC)
Hi again, Grant...as a followup to Kurieeto's comment, I'd like to point out that if you want your user page to link to the category page without itself being categorized, you can link to it by putting a colon before the name of the link, like this: [[:Category:Canadian environmentalists]]. The extra colon turns it into a conventional link to the category page. Bearcat 05:04, 3 Feb 2005 (UTC)
No problem. Glad to be of assistance. I don't really understand active deletionists. there is so much crap here - true vanity from nobodies, vandalism, semi-literate rants, etc. - I don't understand why some people are so eager to delete a well-written article about someone who is doing things in the public sphere, if not always with immediate success. I'll keep my fingers crossed about the VfD. Kevintoronto 15:31, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Hi Grant, I think it's redundant to include the Lubicon Cree in Category:Alberta. The Lubicon Cree are in Category:Aboriginal peoples in the Prairie Provinces, which in turn is in Category:Alberta. Setting criteria for when it is acceptable for aboriginal peoples to be listed in two location-based categories will be hard to define. For example, with their recent notable land claim settlement, do the Tli Cho belong in Category:Aboriginal peoples in the Canadian Arctic and Category:Northwest Territories? Or does the historical signifigance of the Beothuk merit inclusion in Category:Aboriginal peoples in Atlantic Canada and Category:Newfoundland and Labrador? A more proper way to bring attention on Wikipedia to the Lubicon Cree in my opinion would be to work them into the Alberta and Aboriginal peoples in the Prairie Provinces articles. If you agree then please undo your last change, and if not I welcome your counter-arguments. Kurieeto 13:26, Apr 9, 2005 (UTC)
Further to my e-mail, see Green Party of Canada candidates, 2004 federal election. Ground Zero 15:15, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
(blush) Thank you. As for the ethics... well, I am an Objectivist. :-) And the diligence... I just sent an e-mail to the mailing list about this situation. That is sure to bring attention from both sides, but I'm hoping that enough people get involved and vote to keep on principle. After all, if this article can be kept on eternal VfD until deleted, then any article can. It is the principle of the matter that concerns me. Thank you for your kind words, and best of luck in everything you do. SWAdair | Talk 06:05, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
I was sooo tempted to say he passed the "Grant Neufeld test" for the notability of Green politicians... :) Samaritan 23:13, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
http://www.glbtq.com/arts/rozema_p.html Bearcat 16:03, 3 May 2005 (UTC) reply
I use mozilla firefox, so I know how frustrating it is. -- Spinboy 02:00, 23 May 2005 (UTC) reply
You beat me to it, Grant. I was thinking about having a Wikipedia barbecue or something similar myself. I'm a bit tied up with summer visitors over the next two weeks but any weekend after that would suit me fine. Cheers -- Derek Ross | Talk 05:23, Jun 2, 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for adding the Raging Grannies article. As part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting, I have replaced the generalized {{stub}} tag with {{org-stub}}. When you create new articles, it would be great if you could use these more specific tags whenever possible. Thanks, and continue contributing to Wikipedia! Russ Blau (talk) 22:13, Jun 2, 2005 (UTC)
Hi Grant,
Your knowledge of the Lubicon Cree far surpasses mine, so I recognize that their current categorization in Template:Treaty 8 First Nations in Alberta may be in error. I've also encountered some First Nations in the Aboriginal peoples in Saskatchewan article whose status under the various numbered Treaties is unclear. In that instance I've temporarily placed them under a header of "Uncategorized First Nations in Saskatchewan", to differentiate them from the rest. Do you have any suggestions for the naming of this header to deal with First Nations in various provinces and territories that don't easily fit into the Treaty categorization structure?
I've tried to limit the footer Templates that I'm creating to roughly 40 First Nations or fewer, so as to not overwhelm the reader. Instead of grouping by Treaty we could group by Tribal Council, geographic area, or possibly alphabetize them? Dividing by geographic area would involve defining for example just what encompasses "Northern British Columbia", etc. What do you think? Kurieeto 02:42, July 23, 2005 (UTC)
You were listed on the Wikipedia:Wikipedians/Canada page as living in or being associated with Alberta. As part of the Wikipedia:User categorisation project, these lists are being replaced with user categories. If you would like to add yourself to the category that is replacing the page, please visit Category:Wikipedians in Alberta for instructions.-- Rmky87 22:53, 8 October 2005 (UTC) reply
I would like to invite you to participate in Wikipedia:WikiProject Electoral districts in Canada. It is just getting started so please read through it, familiarize yourself with the topic and the options/examples and then participate in the debate about how the pages should best be laid out. -- maclean25 20:42, 26 October 2005 (UTC) reply
The user who added that had been adding lots links to their site, so I deleted it in that sweep; if you consider it a useful link, I have no problem with you re-adding it. tregoweth 18:11, 2 November 2005 (UTC) reply
I removed the box because it was duplicated. CJCurrie 23:50, 8 December 2005 (UTC) reply
Are you throwing your hat in the ring this time around? Ground Zero | t 06:21, 9 December 2005 (UTC) reply
Grant -- you're quite right about the issues article. I've taken one run-through of the article, but it needs more work. I think I've removed the most offensive bits. Would you be able to take a look at it? Another issue is that I had added some stuff on Green Party policy to the minor parties article. It should be moved into the main article, and subsatntailly expanded. Ground Zero | t 21:09, 20 December 2005 (UTC) reply
Oh, I'm not staying. I'm still extremely pissed off. I just saw something that cried out for an afd nomination, and I couldn't do that without logging on. I seriously dislike the hypocracy around here, one of many reasons I left. -- File:Ottawa flag.png Spinboy 06:00, 21 December 2005 (UTC) reply
I rellay must be moer caerfull. THanks for claening up my mess. Ground Zero | t 18:54, 22 December 2005 (UTC) reply
I have nominated this article for deletion. Please participate in the discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Calgary Dollars. -- Rob 17:00, 25 December 2005 (UTC) reply