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Pierre Paquette

Is there a source that he was the house leader? Kingjeff (talk) 00:02, 12 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello! Your submission at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Alawa (talk) 16:41, 22 July 2011 (UTC) (You need to source the kidnapping story.)[reply]

I reviewed this before it went on the Main page and found that you were, shall we say, a little too dependent on this source you used. I rewrote it for you so that won't be an issue.

Please, for your own sake as well as Wikipedia's, don't let this happen again. There is a major witch hunt going on at the moment, and you don't need to be caught up in it. Daniel Case (talk) 05:45, 31 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Congregation Knesseth Israel (Toronto)

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The DYK project (nominate) 04:43, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Beach Hebrew Institute

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Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 21:11, 25 July 2011 (UTC) 21:58, 27 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Kiever Synagogue

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DYK for Anshei Minsk

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Bill Temple

Bill Temple was part of a "Ginger Group" that was battling for key positions on the Ontario CCF's executive, at the Ontario CCF's 1952 convention. They reluctantly supported Ted Jolliffe as the leader, but ran Bill Temple against Ted Isley for president. (Keeping the Dream Alive, p. 39)

The convention battle took place at Toronto's King Edward Hotel, in April 1952. Isely narrowly defeated Temple 112 to 85. Temple was then elected a vice-president on the party's executive. (Keeping the Dream Alive, p.42)

Azouley, Dan: Keeping the Dream Alive: The Survival of the Ontario CCF/NDP, 1950–1963.McGill-Queens University Press, Montreal, (1997).

Wait for consensus

I removed your merge proposal and reverted your move to Canadian Forces Maritime Command. Please read the talk page before taking such actions. See WT:MILHIST for the current discussion. CharlieEchoTango 02:21, 16 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

All 4 reverted now. CharlieEchoTango 02:28, 16 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Vale of Glamorgan, thanks for your contributions to the articles and the discussion, it's appreciated! ;) Best, CharlieEchoTango 21:13, 16 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ontario CCF

Hi Vale: I noticed you changed the name of the Ontario CCF to "Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, Ontario Section." I reverted because in the literature that I have been reading, it does not come out that way. If you can point to a good source, with page reference, that clearly states that the name is indeed "Ontario Section", than I would gladly put it back in.--Abebenjoe (talk) 06:52, 17 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

That seems to be a library designation, not what the party calls itself.Abebenjoe (talk) 07:11, 17 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

All those documents are without a preview, so I can't read them. It still seems like a library classification, rather than its official name. I'll take a look at some of my actual books, and see if it says anything, but from what I've read, that does not seem to be the name the party itself used.Abebenjoe (talk) 07:18, 17 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, if it comes from the pen and typewriter of Joseph Noseworthy or Morden Lazarus, than it must be correct. The funny thing about this, and I've checked about five different books now, the authors always say Province, then the abbreviated "CCF". I found one reference to Saskatchewan as the "CCF (Saskatchewan Section)', but not completely spelled out. It would also appear that the secondary name is Farmer-Labor party of Ontario. The lead sentence should now read "Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (Ontario Section)–The Farmer-Labor Party of Ontario, or more informally known as The Ontario CCF. . ." Attribution should be included in the Origins section. Thank you for catching that. I'll have to look through the CCF Constitution again and see if it is there, that would be an even better source, but for now, this is great.Abebenjoe (talk) 08:04, 17 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Flagging Bill Grummett for further review

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I only made one edit prior to your tagging, and that was just adjusting a link. However, I think being an MPP makes one notable to have an article so it shouldn't be deleted, just sourced. Vale of Glamorgan (talk) 01:00, 18 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

My apologies, I thought you wrote the article. As it is written it could easily be deleted for notability due to its unverifiablility. Being an MPP alone, is not notable though, and the article is poorly written. I haven't tagged it for deletion because I believe Grummett must be notable due to him being the only CCF MPP to get elected in every election between 1943 to 1955. However, I have lost notability battles before due to a lack of reliable references.Abebenjoe (talk) 01:13, 18 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page stalker) Just a heads up to Abebenjoe, MPPs are inherently notable per WP:POLITICIAN (province-wide office). Best, CharlieEchoTango 01:56, 18 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

i.e. "Politicians and judges who have held international, national or sub-national (statewide/provincewide) office, and members or former members of a national, state or provincial legislature." - good to know. Vale of Glamorgan (talk) 02:22, 18 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Kenneth Bryden

On 23 August 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Kenneth Bryden, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that New Democratic Party strategist Kenneth Bryden introduced the concept of door-to-door election canvassing to Canada? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template talk:Did you know/Kenneth Bryden.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Calmer Waters 00:04, 23 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I just noticed this discussion pertaining to the above article and thought it polite to inform you of what is being talked about. violet/riga _^[talk] 23:00, 23 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Conrad Black

Reply on Black's Talk page Darrell_Greenwood (talk) 00:40, 21 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Ontario General Election 2011

Hello User:Vale of Glamorgan! Unfortunately, I still can't get the hang of making templates for political party templates (as your revert showed).

The Templates do exist, they just aren't showing up. Could you help me retool them to get them to work?

Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Paramount
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Thanks!

Bkissin (talk) 23:46, 25 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Honourable

Never heard of that before, there are a number for Newfoundland and Labrador you should change then. Newfoundlander&Labradorian (talk) 20:08, 10 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Vale of Glamorgan

Hello. I hadn't noticed you here before. I wonder if you are one of my neighbours! :-) Deb (talk) 19:42, 19 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Jonathan Kay's middle name

Re this edit: You're right. Kay "worked as a lawyer with the New York City office of Goodman Phillips Vineberg", becoming "a member of the New York bar in 1998", which agrees with Justia.com. I guess Justia got the info from the New York bar association, complete with full name (which would explain the "Claim and update your profile" option).

OTOH, this is technically Original Research, and he apparently never uses that middle name himself. The copyright page for Among The Truthers lists him with no middle name, for example. (Maybe he hates it?) So I'd slightly prefer to leave his middle name out of the article. What do you think?

Woops/arrrgh: I forgot to sign the preceding comment.

This conversation continues and concludes at my talk page. Thanks, VoG. CWC 02:04, 2 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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A cupcake for you!

Thanks for improving the new Spivak wording on the Business Plot, especially for wikifying what I just copied and pasted. I should have done so myself. Your wording on Schmidt's take is also much better than mine was. Huon (talk) 21:14, 3 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

One Life to live

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Act

Hi I reverted your alteration to sexual act - please discuss this on the talkpage as frothy shit and lube mixed up is not an act it is a fluid, anyways if it has been described as an act we can look at the sources on talk - As I remember we ended u with innuendo because a portion of editors didn't like sexual slur - thanks - Youreallycan (talk) 23:28, 9 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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