User talk:117Avenue

I usually contribute to the en-version of Wikipedia as user 117Avenue. Please inform me of deletion notifications on my talk page there, not here.

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Skeezix1000 (talk) 18:48, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

File:Strathcona_County_wards_2010.jpg

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Skeezix1000 (talk) 18:51, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

If I somehow missed the advisory on the County webpage that states that the mapping is in the public domain, please provide the link and we can clear this up. --Skeezix1000 (talk) 18:52, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

You're probably right, I was just hoping that when a municipality releases a map, it is in the public domain, like a bylaw. 117Avenue (talk) 07:54, 30 October 2010 (UTC)

In some countries, that's true. Unfortunately, that's not the case in Canada, unless a municipality expressly decides to do so. --Skeezix1000 (talk) 17:54, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

File:ABelection poll.jpg

Hello. Not trying to be difficult here, I'm just not sure that your proposed category works. I thought I would leave you a note and we can chat about it and try and figure out something. There seem to be two issues here:

1) The 2012 elections category: As far as I know (and correct me if I am wrong), there are no fixed election dates in Alberta. So while the election must occur sometime before March 2013, it could theoretically occur in 2011, 2012 or even 2013. While pundits might expect it in 2012, we don't that will be the case this far out. We tend not to categorize by year when things are so speculative. Moreover, the image doesn't really pertain to the election per se. Yes, it shows opinion polls, which are fodder for election talk. However, the graph relates to the next provincial election much in the same way that all politics pertains to elections. The elections categories are really intended to contain media respecting the elections themselves, not the years leading up to the elections. Otherwise, if the latter were the case, we'd be putting every image since 2008 of Danielle Smith talking at a banquet, every image of Stelmach at a ceremony, etc. into the elections category, because the politicians typically act and behave with the next election in mind. And then the category would cease to be about the election and would be more about politics generally.

2) 2010 in Alberta - You are absolutely correct that the graph pertains to 2008 and 2009 as well. Since it doesn't make sense (as you implied in your edit summary) to categorize in multiple year categories (and we usually don't do that for graphs of this type that span a number of years), we typically do one of three things: categorize it in the year in which the data culminates (and the graph was made), put it in a decades category instead (in this case, it would be in both Category:Alberta in the 2000s and Category:Alberta in the 2010s), or just not put it in a year/decade category. My approach has usually (IIRC) been to choose the first approach, but I am not particularly fussed if you prefer a different one.--Skeezix1000 (talk) 18:15, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

You're right that the 28th Alberta general election, does not have a set date, which is why it isn't in a year category on Wikipedia, but it is very likely to be 2012. I was just hoping I could get away with it here. The problem I have with placing it in a single year category, is that it could span five years. Is it all right to place it in three year categories? 117Avenue (talk) 03:04, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

Barrel racing pic

Hi 117, when you get the copyright stuff cleared up for File:Barrel-Racing-Szmurlo.jpg, can you replace the "correct" version in all the articles it's in over at en.wikipedia? We have it in about 5 or 6 places. Thanks! Montanabw (talk) 20:49, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

I already uploaded a good version, the old version just needs to be deleted. Is the tag not clear? 117Avenue (talk) 00:09, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

YouTube images

Smosh YouTube.jpg

It's under Standard YouTube License not CC. Masur (talk) 19:12, 25 August 2011 (UTC)

Joe Penna YouTube.jpg

And this one is All Rights Reserved - Copyright 2011 not CC-BY. Masur (talk) 19:14, 25 August 2011 (UTC)

Well that sucks. I suppose there's no way to prove that they were CC when I uploaded them? 117Avenue (talk) 23:03, 25 August 2011 (UTC)

Unfortunately not. But are you sure that you took indeed their license? It's written below all the data about certain clip, below tags, last line. Masur (talk) 06:32, 26 August 2011 (UTC)

Yes, I'm sure I saw the correct licence. I found another one, but unfortunately it's too dark to use. 117Avenue (talk) 23:39, 26 August 2011 (UTC)

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Connormah (talk | contribs) 19:24, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

File:Vancouver photo montage.jpg

Please add a proper attribution of the original authors of the source images, either in the author field or behind each image link. In the current state the compilation is a copyvio due to missing attribution. Please be careful on selecting a license for such a compilation, at least one source image had an attribution-sharealike license but you used a less restrictive attribution license. I don't think the {{User}} template is intended to be placed on image description pages, better use a standard wikilink to your page. --Denniss (talk) 05:35, 1 November 2011 (UTC)

Sorry, I actually thought the sharealike licence was a less restrictive licence. I've got to give myself a refresher with licences, thanks. 117Avenue (talk) 04:19, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

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Hello, 117Avenue. I was wondering if you were interested in the Canadian component of this year's project. If so, please feel free to join us at Commons:Wiki Loves Monuments 2012 Canada. Cheers, --Skeezix1000 (talk) 22:43, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

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Fort Edmonton

Hello, 117Avenue! I moved File:Fort Edmonton 1800.jpg to Category:Fort Edmonton, rather than copying it, because the (replica) Fort is inside the Park and likewise for the corresponding categories. But no big deal: that shot doesn’t give much of a view of the structure itself, and IIANM the rest of the Fort files are historical pictures of the original building.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 09:27, 17 November 2013 (UTC)

• I had another look at the Fort category, and all its content is indeed historic, relating to the original site on or near the present Legislature grounds. So I don’t think it really belongs in the Park at all; a “See also category” template is already there. Moreover, ISTM Category:Parks in Edmonton & Category:Museums and galleries in Edmonton apply to the Park but not the original site, which shouldn‘t be inheriting them. What do you think? I’ll drop a line to Steve Morgan as well, since he created the Park cat and added the Fort cat to it.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 21:50, 17 November 2013 (UTC)

Yes, they should probably be two different things, just like on the English Wikipedia. 117Avenue (talk) 23:27, 17 November 2013 (UTC)

That sounds fine to me. I now realize that I should not have put the Fort cat into the Park cat. Steve Morgan (talk) 08:00, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

Category:Athabasca_Landing

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Geo Swan (talk) 20:13, 27 November 2013 (UTC)

Could you please consider following this order of steps?

I believe you are correct, and that Category:Athabasca Landing, Slave River was incorrectly named, and contained incorrect information. Good catch.

I am sorry, but I disagree with the steps you took, following this determination. Nominating the category for discussion was good, followed procedure, etc. but moving its elements to another category, emptying it, was not just premature -- because it implies you had already triggered a consensus, it exposes the project to a time-wasting round of confusion.

Categories, as currently implemented, really suck as an organizing tool, as there is no convenient or reliable way to check to see what contents a category once had, and no convenient or reliable way to see why elements were added or why they were removed.

Unfortunately, many administrators remove empty categories on sight.

I request you initiate the discussion, in cases like this, and leave the recategorization until after the discussion is complete.

I have written elsewhere as to why I disagree with your suggestion that it is satisfactory to conflate photos taken that were described as being taken in Athabasca Landing with photos taken after 1913 in the Town of Athabasca. Short version -- it is confusing and there is no real advantage to the conflation.

I am going to move the images back to the old category. This makes considering your nomination more meaningful for other parties. Geo Swan (talk) 20:32, 27 November 2013 (UTC)

I edited the files because they were improperly categorized, saying they were linked to the Slave River, when the source said they were from Athabasca Landing, which is on the Athabasca River. Not all the files ended up in the same category. I did not nominate the category for deletion because it was empty, but for discussion because I could have been wrong, and something could have been categorized with it. 117Avenue (talk) 02:50, 28 November 2013 (UTC)

Cat-a-lot accident

Hello again! I just had an accident with Cat-a-lot, and am in the process of fixing it manually … will explain later if you like. Sorry for the watchlist alarms.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 06:30, 21 February 2014 (UTC)

How do you accidentally remove a category from 100 pages? This can't be a good gadget to use. 117Avenue (talk) 06:34, 21 February 2014 (UTC)

OK, all restored; thanks for your help. Cat-a-lot certainly is powerful—probably enough to be considered a bot. Short version: I misunderstood one of the functions.

Longer version: Some photos from the neighbourhood of Parkdale, Edmonton, had been uploaded in Category:Parkdale as well as Category:Edmonton. Since Toronto is the centre of the universe, its Parkdale has the undisambiguated name … anyway, I wanted to remove it from all those pix. Now usually, when you tell Cat-a-lot to do something to a batch of selected items, it just skips the ones for which the action is already done. So, lazy as I am, I thought I’d just select everything in Edmonton, bring up Parkdale, click the “Remove from this category” link, and only the miscategorized files would be affected. Well, as I found out, “this category” actually means the page you’re on, regardless of what other cat may be selected as a target … and you know the rest.

Apologies again, and I’ll certainly be more careful in future!—Odysseus1479 (talk) 08:06, 21 February 2014 (UTC)

Funny that it's Parkdale, I used it as an example in en:Template:Calgary City Council/doc because Parkdale is in Ward 7 in both Calgary and Edmonton. 117Avenue (talk) 01:34, 23 February 2014 (UTC)

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Feldo (talk) 09:20, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

National parks of Canada

The convention is that "parks" is in lower case, because it is a common noun in this use. A decision made on Wikipedia doesn't change the convention here. --Auntof6 (talk) 05:10, 6 July 2015 (UTC)

It was my understanding that categories here match article and category names on Wikipedia, and that controversial moves should be discussed first. 117Avenue (talk) 06:29, 6 July 2015 (UTC)

It's not a common noun in this use; "National Parks of Canada" is the proper name of a group of things managed and run as a system. Bearcat (talk) 06:34, 6 July 2015 (UTC)

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Jon Kolbert (talk) 08:05, 6 December 2016 (UTC)

Could you please look at Commons:Categories for discussion/2022/09/Category:Quarters stop...

Could you please look at Commons:Categories for discussion/2022/09/Category:Quarters stop?

I suggested renaming a category you started. Geo Swan (talk) 11:41, 23 September 2022 (UTC)