See bio on my web site www.peterkburian.com

You already merit being a member of the project because of your contributions and interest in the subjects related to Puerto Rico, therefore let me officially welcome you. Just place Wikipedia:WikiProject Puerto Rico in your "watchlist". Good luck and enjoy. Tony the Marine (talk) 15:57, 23 February 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

OK, thanks, Tony the Marine. Nearly all of the numerous edits I have done are about the Economy, Demographics and the referendums on Statehood. These are my areas of interest. Peter K Burian (talk) 16:14, 23 February 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Peter, I Tony the Marine with great honor award you this "Boricua" Tireless Contributor Barnstar, not because you asked, but because you have earned it with your contributions. Tony the Marine (talk) 20:18, 23 February 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Tony the Marine Thank you. By the way, I have been to Puerto Rico twice, only to San Juan, but I loved it. Peter K Burian (talk) 20:38, 23 February 2017 (UTC)عمر الزوري omar zammouriReply[reply]

Hi. You can also add your name to the template. :) Template:WikiProject Puerto Rico participants. Or if you tell me your specific "focus", I can add your name to the template. :) The Eloquent Peasant (talk) 19:24, 30 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

((Editors tools))

Please could you format your references correctly on John Brown (builder), you know how to do it! Theroadislong (talk) 16:50, 31 March 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Yes, I will. As usual, when I first do a major edit on an article, I use the brief format form. But I will fix them tomorrow. Peter K Burian (talk) 16:52, 31 March 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Although, as previously discussed in an earlier topic here...

  OK, I have the official word from an Admin On the English Wikipedia now. 

 :(talk page stalker) The citation template is to help combat link rot and assist with a consistent reference format. Its usage is a good practice, and you should use it if you have the time (Or use a tool like reFill to assist), but using a raw URL to source something is fine. Sourcing is more important than perfect CS1 templates.

Peter K Burian (talk) 16:54, 31 March 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Yours are not a bare url though, all that is visible is a number which isn't very helpful and makes more work for others. Theroadislong (talk) 16:59, 31 March 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Yes, the citations did become a number. I realized what was causing that and have since fixed that. Peter K Burian (talk) 17:22, 21 April 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Ref tools--Moxy (talk) 20

11, 21 April 2017 (UTC)

Help:Citation tools

• Google book tool Converts bare Google book urls into ((cite book)) format

.*refill - Edits bare references - adds title/dates etc. to bare references after there in the article.

OK,thanks Moxy, I tried refill on West Montrose, Ontario. It filled some in but was unable to fill in some others. I wonder if it did a good job? Peter K Burian (talk) 20:19, 21 April 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

	The Barnstar of Diligence
	Don't be discouraged by all the reverts and debates that happen. This is a normal part of Wikipedia. For instance User:Miesianiacal is someone I admire and respect but we still get into heated debates all the time. Keep up the good work. Moxy (talk) 17:13, 9 April 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks, Moxy. When I do an edit, you can assume it was done in good faith. Labbatblueboy always does; he sometimes revises it, and occasionally deletes a bit, but we get along just fine. By the time we are done the article is always better. Peter K Burian (talk) 17:44, 9 April 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi, Peter. I enjoyed editing the United Express Flight 3411 incident article with you, including any reverts you had to make because of my hasty edits. I hope we meet again. --Uncle Ed (talk) 22:01, 12 April 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thank you, Ed. This is an interesting story and developing constantly. I am definitely in favor of stating both sides of the story, whether critical of United or not. (Some of the content that was deleted sounded like a witch hunt.) Of course, there are not many favorable aspects, although starting April 11 (2nd press release) and then the April 12 comments on ABC TV, indicate that Munoz now understands the situation and what a responsible corporation should be doing. I am sure he will do just that.

I would also be happy to edit another article with you, Ed. Kind regards, Peter K Burian (talk) 22:14, 12 April 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hey, Peter. I have a user page and can confirm to you I do indeed exist.MitchellLunger (talk) 05:47, 13 April 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Ok. good to know, Mitchell. I guess you were away for a while.. Cheers. Peter K Burian (talk) 13:00, 13 April 2017 (UTC)Peter K Burian 12:47, 13 April 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Done Peter K Burian (talk) 23:47, 18 April 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Moved this discussion to the talk page of the article where other editors can see it and comment if they wish. Peter K Burian (talk) 23:16, 22 April 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

	The Original Barnstar
	Awesome work on filling in and expanding histories of towns! Whpq (talk) 22:24, 23 April 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thank you Whpq; the communities are small so not of huge interest but I feel they need to be more fully covered. I did not think anyone would notice. Thanks for doing so. Cheers, Peter K Burian (talk) 22:33, 23 April 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Done; added a comment in that Talk page. Peter K Burian (talk) 13:45, 24 April 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Peter, thanks for providing more information on Kingston. I hope you can find a lot more. It's a fairly comprehensive article but by no means complete. I've been doing what I can to fill in many of the gaps over the years. I had to remove a sentence included in your edits about the city hall/market building being built because at the time it was believed Kingston would become the capital of Ontario. Ontario as a political entity didn't exist in the 1840s and wasn't even being thought of at the time. Kingston city hall was built in its opulent style because it's appearance was meant to reflect the city’s status as the capital of the new Province of Canada, which it became in 1841. There was, apparently, even talk of the city hall becoming the seat of government for the Province, which may have influenced its design. I also couldn't find any reference to the original assertion in the cited reference. BTW, I'm glad I'm not the only one who uses his real name when editing. And, BTW, I remember emailing you several years ago about a photography concept I didn't understand. You were most helpful. Cheers.-- BC  _{talk to me} 01:09, 25 April 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks for your kind comments, User:Brian Crawford. You are right about the sentence you deleted; it was in the source, but I realize it's wrong. Kingston had been the capital of the Province of Canada, and by 1844 it no longer was, so how would that concept be relevant in 1846? There was no such thing as Province of Ontario for some time yet.

  1846 source actually says this, referring to the Province of Canada, not Ontario, but even that seems incorrect: Handsome stone buildings were erected, and the inhabitants, supposing that Kingston would continue to be the capital of the Province, went to considerable expense in improving, not merely the public buildings, but also their places of business and private dwellings.  

Well, I wish I had never started to use my own name. I won't get into why but that's life.

Yes, I have been writing about photography for a long time, and yet, I rarely edit such articles here. Too much like a continuation of work. But if anyone writes me with a question, I am happy to help. btw, I found the e-mails we exchanged; about RAW file exposure, from March 2011.

OK, I will take a more detailed look at this article later this week and see what else I can do. I have worked on some that were much more difficult, small towns that had very, very few sources discussing them. e.g. St. Jacobs, Ontario; I really had to hunt to find sources. With a big city like this, it's easy to find articles and books about relevant aspects.

All the best, Peter K Burian (talk) 01:56, 25 April 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I can't believe you still had the emails. I find using my own name is more of a help than a hindrance. There's more of a personal level of contact and communication. You're communicating with a real person rather than some strange anonymous being. BTW, I was thinking of rearranging the history section of the Kingston article (and may be a good idea with other city articles) to be more in line with WP:City structure with the aim of giving it good article status. It would be a lot of work so it may take a while. I started doing this with starting an Etymology section. This my home town, hence my interest.  BC  _{talk to me} 06:16, 25 April 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks for reminding me of WP:City structure. I generally just modify content of articles about towns; have not thought about revising the format in accordance with the Structure. I will think about doing that with other articles too. Peter K Burian (talk) 14:22, 25 April 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I have revised the History section further, User:Brian Crawford. Revisions are welcome as you feel necessary. Peter K Burian (talk) 16:12, 25 April 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

User:Brian Crawford This is the structure we should use for Canadian cities: Wikipedia:WikiProject Canadian communities/Structure guideline Peter K Burian (talk) 14:43, 30 April 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Peter K Burian This is almost the same as the WP:City structure but leaves out Etymology (which I think is important as a separate section) and Notable people. Not sure why the Wikipedia:WikiProject Canadian communities/Structure guideline leaves these important things out. Perhaps there should be modifications to the WikiProject Canadian Communities guidelines to reflect this?-- BC  _{talk to me} 17:53, 30 April 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@User:Brian Crawford: I created a Government section with some info; if you could beef that up a bit, that would be great. Peter K Burian (talk) 21:42, 30 April 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Well, User:Brian Crawford I suggested Etymology as a section for Canadian Cities, but so far, the first response is not positive. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Canadian_communities/Structure_guideline Peter K Burian (talk) 01:32, 1 May 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Peter K Burian I see his point. The etymology section used to be in the History section (which made sense), but it seemed out of place because of how the section was organized. And since the etymology was more complex (the community had more than one name) than the "vast majority of community articles", I separated it out per WP:City structure. I have no problem with placing it into the History section but it probably should be placed under its own subheading since it is more than just one paragraph. Remember this is a guideline only. BC  _{talk to me} 04:49, 1 May 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Agreed; guideline only. For the Kingston article, I will leave the handling of this issue in your hands. Peter K Burian (talk) 14:51, 1 May 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

2016 Population, Metro: http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CMACA&Code1=521&Geo2=PR&Code2=47&Data=Count&SearchText=Kingston&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&GeoLevel=PR&GeoCode=521&TABID=1

2016 Population, city: http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=POPC&Code1=0415&Geo2=PR&Code2=47&Data=Count&SearchText=Kingston&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1

We should get Demographic section fully updated with 2016 data. Peter K Burian (talk) 15:17, 1 May 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@User:Brian Crawford Someone edited the population/demographics content quite extensively. Revision as of 22:21, 3 May 2017; you are more familiar with that content than I am so will leave it up to you to check the revised version. Peter K Burian (talk) 22:36, 3 May 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Edits are fine. Probably no need for the table; just a summary in the text is okay. Also, there was some unsourced and outdated content that were validly removed.  BC  _{talk to me} 23:16, 3 May 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Always nice to have a third editor making the article better. Peter K Burian (talk) 23:29, 3 May 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

All the books I use I list at our bio pages....Many are readable aND searchable....some more scholarly then others but all used in articles.--Moxy (talk) 04:19, 26 April 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Done; commented. Peter K Burian (talk) 14:39, 30 April 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks for your work on the London Ontario wiki page! I noticed a few months back that it needed a lot of love. Glad someone has helped bring it up to speed. Cheers!! Database1987 Database1987 (talk) 13:37, 5 May 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

YEAH, a beer is better than a Barnstar, Database1987. I am updating the articles about a lot of comunities in Southern Ontario. Cheers, Peter K Burian (talk) 14:43, 5 May 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Done; I added my comment. Peter K Burian (talk) 16:24, 9 May 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi. I'm afraid that saying that Tommy Flowers used "much of his own funds to build" Colossus is wrong. I am a volunteer guide in the Tunny and Colossus galleries at The National Museum Of Computing at Bletchley Park and have read extensively around the subject. Flowes' own paper "Flowers, T. H. (1983), "The Design of Colossus", Annals of the History of Computing, 5 (3): 239–252" does not support the idea. Unfortunately, neither of the two authors that you cite in support of this, is reliable about such matters. I have put a comment on the Talk page and expect support from other editors, but even if not, I plan to change your edit. At the moment I can't lay my hands on the source that says something to the effect of "he even used some of his own funds" but implies it was only for a small part of the whole. When I find it, I will cite it in the article. --TedColes (talk) 06:54, 13 May 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I think that it is wrong to describe the cryptanalysts who programmed Colossus as Bill Tutte's team. Despite his quite outstanding achievement, Tutte was quie junior in a team that was led by Max Newman.--TedColes (talk) 20:42, 13 May 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hmm, OK, you might be write. Revise it as you feel is correct. He was junior so I suppose he would not have been the team leader yet.

    .. It took eight weeks of intense mental effort by a Bill Tutte, a young chemistry graduate only recently recruited from Cambridge, to crack the cipher. In the days before computers he achieved this intellectual tour de force using nothing more ...

Peter K Burian (talk) 01:12, 14 May 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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I was away on vacation so was not able to post a comment in time for it to be relevant. Peter K Burian (talk) 00:09, 14 June 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Done; posted comment. Peter K Burian (talk) 00:08, 14 June 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi Peter, thanks for your recent contributions to the Musitano crime family. If you have further interest, there is a WikiProject: Wikipedia:WikiProject Organized crime. Regards, and have a good Canada Day! Vaselineeeeeeee^★★★ 13:59, 30 June 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

ok. Did you see today's Star article about mafia in Woodbridge? Blew up a cafe yesterday. Peter K Burian (talk) 14:05, 30 June 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

yeah that's nuts https://www.thespec.com/news-story/7399780-woodbridge-caf-explosion-suggests-mob-tensions-heating-up-/ I'm curious to find more info on this. Vaselineeeeeeee^★★★ 14:19, 30 June 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi Peter. There seems to be conflicting sources between the Spec and the Star on the Musitano brothers release date of October 2006, or October 2007... Vaselineeeeeeee^★★★ 11:25, 4 July 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hmmm... yeah... I did a google search specifying the period from October to December 2016. And yes, they were paroled in Oct. 2016

https://www.pressreader.com/canada/national-post-latest-edition/20061004/281517926608877 (I will add this as a citation to confirm Oct. 2016)

And, http://www.onewal.com/mn200612.pdf See page 10. So, I am pretty sure it was 2016. Peter K Burian (talk) 11:49, 4 July 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

You mean 2006, right :) Vaselineeeeeeee^★★★ 12:08, 4 July 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Sorry, yes, 2006.

Here is another article that definitively confirms they were released in 2006. I also added that citation.

(Angelo was re-arrested in March 2007 for an alleged parole violation. He was held in the minimum security Frontenac Institution NOT PRISON until June 2007 when the parole Board decided not to return him to prison.) https://www.pressreader.com/canada/national-post-latest-edition/20070606/281608121011083%7Cpublisher=National Post|date=6 June 2007 Peter K Burian (talk) 13:01, 4 July 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks. What do you make of Kenneth Murdock some sources say 13 years, some say 10. Vaselineeeeeeee^★★★ 13:08, 4 July 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Yeah, that was all wrong. I corrected it.

  Murdock was sentenced to three consecutive life terms on the second degree murder convictions and was eligible for parole in 13 years. He was granted day parole in December 2011.https://www.thespec.com/news-story/2250337-kenny-murdock-mob-boss-papalia-s-killer-gets-new-identity/http://nationalpost.com/news/canada/convicted-mob-killer-now-free-impressing-parole-board-by-not-getting-in-altercation-with-angry-motorist/wcm/89dd7ce9-0a18-4a06-b047-38f67e8ebb57 ..http://www.niagarafallsreview.ca/2014/07/12/hitman-out-on-full-parole-after-three-murders Since his release, he relocated to British Columbia and works as a truck driver under his changed surname, Bishop. "Hit man who took out mob boss starting a new life as B.C. trucker after years in jail". nationalpost.com. 24 July 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2016.https://www.thespec.com/news-story/2250337-kenny-murdock-mob-boss-papalia-s-killer-gets-new-identity/  

Peter K Burian (talk) 14:08, 4 July 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Good afternoon, Vaselineeeeeeee; I just noticed your June 2017 note about WikiProject: Wikipedia:WikiProject Organized crime. OK, I have joined that project. Peter K Burian (talk) 18:59, 19 September 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks for the extra updates. Just be careful not to duplicate any sources. If you want to use the same source more than once in an article use <no wiki>Cite error: The opening <ref> tag is malformed or has a bad name (see the help page).</nowiki> (give the source a name once, then only the ref name tag need be used. You can see examples I put on the crime family pages. Thanks. Vaselineeeeeeee^★★★ 20:14, 4 May 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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OK, I posted my views on the Talk page of that article. Peter K Burian (talk) 20:55, 7 July 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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OK, I posted feedback. Peter K Burian (talk) 14:19, 11 July 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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I have posted feedback comment. Peter K Burian (talk) 17:57, 17 July 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

FYI: User talk:Parsecboy#Edit war.3F Your edits, and their reversion, are being discussed here. Andy Dingley (talk) 23:49, 29 July 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I see a discussion but I don't see my name mentioned. Peter K Burian (talk) 23:59, 29 July 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

OK, I did find the area you meant, Andy. Peter K Burian (talk) 01:22, 11 August 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Done; I added my feedback. Peter K Burian (talk) 20:47, 2 August 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Done; I added my feedback. Peter K Burian (talk) 15:31, 6 August 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Done; I added my feedback. Peter K Burian (talk) 14:30, 12 August 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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I have posted feedback on that page. Peter K Burian (talk) 21:51, 18 August 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Since you probably have better knowledge on acceptable usage of parameters on Template:Infobox former country, I would appreciate it if you could chime in on the discussion at Talk:British Somaliland. 92.13.137.81 (talk) 22:29, 18 August 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I can do that but which Talk topic in particular would be more useful for me to read? Peter K Burian (talk) 22:42, 18 August 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The back and forth between me and Kzl isn't really going anywhere. But the source I used here describes Khatumo as a state. The source he used to counter me actually corroborates that Khatumo is a state through its usage of the word maamulka which means "state" in the Somali language. Furthermore, both the Somaliland map here, and Somalia map here suggest Khatumo is a separate territory. 92.13.137.81 (talk) 22:55, 18 August 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

So are proto-states permitted mention in such an infobox? 92.13.137.81 (talk) 23:43, 18 August 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Honestly, no. Sometimes, it's time to give up the debate and move on. Peter K Burian (talk) 00:42, 19 August 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Done, added my feedback with a link to several history books to confirm. Peter K Burian (talk) 16:07, 24 August 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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OK, I posted Feedback on that Talk page. Peter K Burian (talk) 21:00, 31 August 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Done. Peter K Burian (talk) 13:02, 7 September 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Thanks for your updates to the Governor General articles today, but please respect the established date formats. The two you touched both had Month Day, Year format. It's easy enough to fix that though, and I have done so. Walter Görlitz (talk) 00:07, 3 October 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Oh, right. I was sure that in Canada we wrote it as 2 October 2017. But you are correct, if the entire article uses another format, we should be consistent. Peter K Burian (talk) 00:54, 3 October 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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I posted a new question to the Talk page to ask where feedback should be posted. Peter K Burian (talk) 13:59, 4 October 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Good morning! My apologies for accidentally reverting your comment on Talk:State atheism. I have that page on my watchlist and my sensitive mouse clicked the "rollback" button. I hope you are doing well! With regards, Anupam^Talk 15:09, 4 October 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Done. Peter K Burian (talk) 22:11, 19 October 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi. I had to revert your recent (all nearly identical) additions to articles about sweeteners. In the case of stevia, the article you cited has nothing to do with the subject. For the other sweeteners aspartame, saccharin, and splenda (although sucralose may have been a better choice), you inserted medical information that treads dangerously into medical advice (which must be reverted on sight), and cites Time magazine, which isn't a reliable source for such information. That article in Time is useless because it relies on one study and mostly verbal quotations from interviews. The JAMA article linked by Time seems like a primary source, which we try to avoid when imparting medical information. See WP:MEDDEF for a definition of the types of medical sources. ~Anachronist (talk) 17:23, 26 October 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Anachronist Well, IMHO, TIME does such thorough fact checking that we can believe their summary of the research. The key here is that everything I have read indicates that artificial sweeteners do increase the odds of weight gain. But no other source that I found really described why it does so.

I feel that readers really should understand the reason, instead of simply being told that a sweetener may lead to a weight increase. (Knowledge vs. information) I have revised the Saccharin article, with citations that lead to scholarly journals. These are not as useful in describing the why, but are the best that I could find.

REVISION: The drawback to any artificial sweetener is that it can increase weight gain because it is sweet and hence, encourages a desire for foods that do contain sucrose. According to research, the sweeteners do not activate the brain's "food reward pathways" as sugar does. Because sweetener does not provide full satisfaction, the user may search for, and then ingest, additional high-calorie foods. https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/healthy-drinks/artificial-sweeteners/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2892765/

Also see page 201 of this book, summarizing the Yang Report. https://books.google.ca/books?id=uD-ECNpLtAsC&pg=PA147&dq=sweeteners+lead+to+weight+gain+because+FOOD+REWARD+PATHWAYS&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjsqrfnj4_XAhWB5YMKHauNDeUQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=sweeteners%20lead%20to%20weight%20gain%20because%20FOOD%20REWARD%20PATHWAYS&f=false

Peter K Burian (talk) 20:27, 26 October 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Um... Time's reputation for fact checking is spotty, in my experience. For example, the Time article mentions stevia but the study doesn't mention it at all. That hardly qualifies as fact-checking and accuracy, it's what we'd call WP:SYNTHESIS. Very sloppy on their part. And the whole article is based on that single study (not what Wikipedia would consider a citable secondary or tertiary source) to make claims about sweeteners, and they pepper the article with personal quotes expressing opinions. This is definitely not something we can cite for medical information.

Your revision is an improvement, although you are editorializing by describing weight gain as a "drawback". WP:NPOV prohibits us from telling readers what to think. Just state the facts, which would be accomplished by removing the whole first sentence (which I have done in saccharin). I also disagree that this same text belongs verbatim in every article about an artificial sweetener; a short sentence in sugar substitute would suffice.

Google Books is a bit capricious in the pages it offers up; the page you referenced is not available to me. ~Anachronist (talk) 21:24, 26 October 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

This is from the Aspertame article. It cites the Azad report. If it is acceptable in that section, why not in the section that I had revised?

  As of 2017 evidence does not support a long-term benefit for weight loss or in diabetes. Azad, Meghan B.; Abou-Setta, Ahmed M.; Chauhan, Bhupendrasinh F.; Rabbani, Rasheda; Lys, Justin; Copstein, Leslie; Mann, Amrinder; Jeyaraman, Maya M.; Reid, Ashleigh E.; Fiander, Michelle; MacKay, Dylan S.; McGavock, Jon; Wicklow, Brandy; Zarychanski, Ryan (16 July 2017). "Nonnutritive sweeteners and cardiometabolic health: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials and prospective cohort studies". Canadian Medical Association Journal. 189 (28): E929–E939. doi:10.1503/cmaj.161390. PMC 5515645.  

http://www.cmaj.ca/content/189/28/E929

name=San2017/> Because its breakdown products include phenylalanine, people with the genetic condition phenylketonuria (PKU) must be aware of this as an additional source. "FDA2015">"Additional Information about High-Intensity Sweeteners Permitted for use in Food in the United States". FDA. U.S. Food and Drug Administration. 26 May 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2017. 

Peter K Burian (talk) 21:18, 26 October 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

See my reply above. I think sugar substitute would be more appropriate, but your revision to saccharin is OK after I removed the first sentence. ~Anachronist (talk) 21:24, 26 October 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

This excerpt from Artificial sweeteners also quotes the Azad study.

  ===Weight gain===

  A 2017 review did not find evidence supporting the use of non-nutritive sweeteners for weight loss, with a possible association of routine consumption with weight gain and risk of heart disease.   "Azad2017">Azad, Meghan B.; Abou-Setta, Ahmed M.; Chauhan, Bhupendrasinh F.; Rabbani, Rasheda; Lys, Justin; Copstein, Leslie; Mann, Amrinder; Jeyaraman, Maya M.; Reid, Ashleigh E.; Fiander, Michelle; MacKay, Dylan S.; McGavock, Jon; Wicklow, Brandy; Zarychanski, Ryan (16 July 2017). "Nonnutritive sweeteners and cardiometabolic health: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials and prospective cohort studies". Canadian Medical Association Journal. 189 (28): E929–E939. doi:10.1503/cmaj.161390.  A 2010 review concluded there is a correlation between consumption of artificially sweetened beverages and weight gain in children, but that no clear causal link has been determined. "Brown RJ">Brown, R. J.; de Banate, M. A.; Rother, K. I. (August 2010). "Artificial sweeteners: a systematic review of metabolic effects in youth". International Journal of Pediatric Obesity. 5 (4): 305–312. doi:10.3109/17477160903497027. PMC 2951976. PMID 20078374. Research has shown that the consumption of artificial sweeteners weakens the association of sweet taste as a food cue with post-ingestive caloric sensory. In turn, this can lead to the over-consumption of high-calorie sweet tasting foods when eaten in a diet alongside artificial sweeteners, which may cause weight gain.Davidson T. L., Sample C. H., Swithers S. E. (2014). "An Application of Pavlovian Principles to the Problems of Obesity and Cognitive Decline". Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 108: 172–184. doi:10.1016/j.nlm.2013.07.014.((cite journal)):  CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

Peter K Burian (talk) 21:43, 26 October 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Anachronist I am honestly not trying to be difficult, but it was definitely the TIME article that twigged me onto this topic. And with additional research today, I have become even more convinced that the sweetener articles need to specify that these products most likely do not aid in weight loss; quite the contrary is likely. The 2017 Azad report is important because it is so recent. And it is quoted and cited in some articles, so I should also be able to do so.

See my most recent edit ... I copied some of the content (apparently approved) from Artificial sweeteners including the citation to the Azad report. In my reasons for the edit, I clearly indicated that it had been copied from that article. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevia#History Peter K Burian (talk) 21:51, 26 October 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Explains how to format refs. Best Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 21:48, 26 October 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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This is the info I got from an Admin:

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Hey Peter, thanks for the additions to Paolo Violi about his sons. I think some of this may be realted to the Buffalo crime family as well as a user was adding a bunch of stuff to that page, some of it wrongly and POV, and to the lead instead of sectioned. If interested, please take a look, you might be able to do a good job to clean it up. Thanks. Regards, Vaselineeeeeeee^★★★ 15:58, 16 November 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hmmm. I think it's the NYC mob but will check later today. p.

Yeah, User:Vaselineeeeeeee; they are all in New York City, not Buffalo. See https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/members-and-associates-gambino-and-bonanno-organized-crime-families-arrested Peter K Burian (talk) 19:45, 16 November 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Okay...there must be some misunderstanding with the user adding it to the Buffalo crime family then... look where it says in the lead "However, in November of 2017 the US Justice Department and Canadian newspapers indicate the family..." he even uses one of the sources about the Violi brothers we used at Paolo Violi's page. Vaselineeeeeeee^★★★ 20:01, 16 November 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I have not checked that article but I just updated the ones about the Bonnano and Gambino crime family. Will do later. Peter K Burian (talk) 20:26, 16 November 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

OK, I checked it User:Vaselineeeeeeee. It might not be appropriate for me to Revert a major edit on an article to which I had never contributed before. I did post a note about it in the TALK page however. You might want to check that and reply to my post.

However, some of the U.S. articles did mention something about the Todero family although I did not notice anything specific about that family or anything about Buffalo. Peter K Burian (talk) 20:33, 16 November 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

OK, I read the text AND the two articles that are cited. The quotes are fine. IMHO, the Buffalo crime family article is fine now, with your edits and those of BuffCity. Peter K Burian (talk) 21:42, 16 November 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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FYI, one of your edits introduced a bunch of reference errors.. see the reflist.104.163.153.162 (talk) 19:35, 4 January 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hmmm ... I see ... will fix it. Peter K Burian (talk) 19:45, 4 January 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I fixed the errors I created today but there are three others that I did not create. Peter K Burian (talk) 19:52, 4 January 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I fixed those other errors too. Thanks for pointing this out. Peter K Burian (talk) 19:39, 5 January 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Done; I have added my recommendation to that topic. Peter K Burian (talk) 00:00, 9 January 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Dear Friend, Hello I was shocked the way your contribution was reversed on Mary Queen of Scots , I think Dr Kray and co are behaving like they have an ownership of this article. I’m ready if you agree to support you to bring this on the talk page of the article. He removed your well sourced contribution including the mention of Paulet in the article. God bless Guizotthehistorian (talk) 16:17, 12 January 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I think we have a majority of at least 2 , you could add in a consensual way your contribution.Guizotthehistorian (talk) 18:39, 12 January 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Well, one problem is that your name shows up in red, so, unless that is fixed and it shows up in blue, Wikipedia says you do not exist. Can you fix that? Peter K Burian (talk) 18:45, 12 January 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I fixed my name it is Blue. Guizotthehistorian (talk) 19:05, 12 January 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

OK, that is a good start; the problem now is that another editor pointed out that you have very few edits on WP. The more edits that one has, the more credibility and the greater the chance that others will also vote with him. AND DrKay is an Administrator, so to win a debate against him, we need more votes. Peter K Burian (talk) 19:11, 12 January 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Perhaps I have a few edits but I know the subject very well; I asked DrKay about the association pact absence from the article; also the other editor say nothing wrong in your contribution; perhaps we need more votes ; already we have shaken up the whole system in that article.Guizotthehistorian (talk) 19:41, 12 January 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Done; added comment. Peter K Burian (talk) 22:44, 15 January 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thank you Peter I will propose in the next few days and weeks on the talk page of Mary Queen of Scots some missing informations . Regards Guizotthehistorian (talk) 18:12, 14 January 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Happy to help Guizotthehistorian. I see that you added some citations (harv). That should help. Peter K Burian (talk) 19:45, 14 January 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The other User made a change in that paragraph but did not delete it. AMEN! Amazing but true. Peter K Burian (talk) 19:50, 14 January 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hy Peter next week, I will propose what is missing in Mary Queen of Scots; I will mention some issues like Arabella Stuart, the importance of Sheffield where she lived 14 years, her income from her French lands ; Finally because her physical is described when she was young ; we are lucky to have a description of her by an emissary of Cecil Lord Burghley. I will ask it to be included since it is a true and final description of her . I will propose one paragraph, a few lines to each subject. After that Peter , I’m moving to Elizabeth Tudor; a great article but two major information missing . Hope you participate Guizotthehistorian (talk) 21:19, 21 January 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I will be happy to work with you on this. The "Doctor" deleted everything I had added to Edward VIII and another article for no valid reason. I could not find a single other user who would join forces to make sure that the important, fully-cited, content was not deleted. He is an Administrator and that scares many people off. The Mary article is just as important so let's improve it. Cheers, Peter K Burian (talk) 21:22, 21 January 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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I fixed that link. Peter K Burian (talk) 02:13, 24 January 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi Peter. Looking into it a bit more, I agree this info should be present at the Musitanos page. I just wanted to stop by and recommend to try to use full citations per WP:CITEWEB to avoid using bare urls. Also, I've noticed you used the same source twice in the article. To avoid this, use the <ref name=thespec>, for example, this will allow the source to be cited once, then used multiple times throughout the article using this tag. Vaselineeeeeeee^★★★ 23:57, 23 January 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Peter K Burian, I couldn't help but notice User:Vaselineeeeeeee commented on your citation style. May I suggest you take advantage of Help:Introduction to referencing with Wiki Markup/1 and Help:Referencing for beginners. You do realize 12 editors have already commented on your talk page about your referencing style:

• User:Verne Equinox [1]
• User talk:104.163.153.162 [2]
• User:Stepho-wrs [3]
• User:Doc James [4]
• User:Alaney2k [5]
• User:Miesianiacal [6]
• User:Moxy [7]
• User:Fuhghettaboutit [8]
• User:LjL [9]
• User:Gastón Cuello [10]
• User:Theroadislong [11]
• User:Magnolia677 [12]

Thank you. Magnolia677 (talk) 01:04, 24 January 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

There are great tools that with a single click take care of all the formating for you based on the url. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 01:08, 24 January 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I do understand how to do full citations. An Admin gave me links to sample citations

  four templates that can basically be used to make consistent citations for any source you can think of:  Clicking on them will lead you documentation explaining them and allowing you to copy and paste.
  Example: Most commonly used parameters in horizontal format
  For references with author credit  cite web |url= |title= |last= |first= |date= |website= |publisher= |access-date= |quote= 
  For references without author credit  cite web |url= |title= |author= |date= |website= |publisher= |access-date= |quote= 

But after spending an hour doing so, another editor sometimes deletes much of the content I had added, as with Musitano crime family. Then, I figure the time spent on citations was wasted.

Also, this is a comment I got from an Admin:

 :(talk page stalker) The citation template is to help combat link rot and assist with a consistent reference format. Its usage is a good practice, and you should use it if you have the time (Or use a tool like reFill to assist), but using a raw URL to source something is fine. Sourcing is more important than perfect CS1 templates.

I will try Refill again but when I did so in the past, it was not particularly useful. Peter K Burian (talk) 02:17, 24 January 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The admin is correct about the URL being the most important part of the reference and is fine by itself. However, that's like saying that living on potatoes and water is fine. It works but with a little more effort it becomes so much more. Link rot is the big one. Web sites often change the way they format their URLs. Today it might be www.SomeBigNewspaper.com/2018/01/24/authorname/FluffyDiceInCarsIsBackAgain.php but next week they might rearrange their website so that the exact same article is now at www.SomeBigNewspaper.com/news/article12345678.html . Which means that precious URL that was previous fine is now so much rubbish that points to nowhere useful. Unfortunately the big newspapers and corporations just love doing this every couple of years. But with good citation templates, we can do searches on the title, author and date fields that usually find the new location. The citation templates also have places to add links via archive.org so that even deleted URL's can be read. I understand your grief about other editors undoing your effort - it happens to all of us. But it gets less as your edits get better - you learn what triggers other editors to delete stuff. And more importantly for me, it means editors like me don't have to follow you around and tidy up after you. Either way, we certainly appreciate you going to the effort of researching and adding the references.  Stepho  talk  09:49, 24 January 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi Peter. I apologize for removing some of your additions at said page, however, much of the info at this moment is speculation, and need to add only the important findings in order stray from WP:NOTNEWS. Also, filling in a few references should only take a matter of minutes, if that. Of course the most important part is the URL itself, it is just presented better fully, especially when using the same source more than once. You can also use WP:REFILL which makes it easier to fill in several references at once. Vaselineeeeeeee^★★★ 21:02, 24 January 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

No problem re condensing User:Vaselineeeeeeee. You and I have done a lot together on this series of articles so I feel like we are collaborators. I understand theWP:NOTNEWS concept. Peter K Burian (talk) 21:17, 24 January 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Hi,

I see you are a member of the Wikipedia project on journalism.

I have started a discussion about what I consider to be an incomplete and misleading paragraph in the NBC News article about the Harvey Weinstein investigation: Talk:NBC_News#Correct_misleading_paragraph

I'm an experienced Wikipedia editor but as a paid consultant to NBC News, I am seeking an independent review of my proposed changes, as per WP: COI.

If you happen to have the time/interest to help out, I'd very much appreciate it.

Thanks! BC1278 (talk) 21:31, 14 February 2018 (UTC)BC1278Reply[reply]

OK, BC1278 will do. Peter K Burian (talk) 15:47, 15 February 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Thank you for weighing in on the proposed updates to the NBC News article.

This discussion actually originated on the article for NBC News president Noah Oppenheim. I think the section on Matt Lauer there is COATRACK, but even if it's not, it's phrased as a criticism of Oppenheim, instead of a balanced statement. The discussion is here: Noah_Oppenheim#Lauer_content

Since you have been involved in the Lauer discussion, your input here would also be invaluable, if you happen to have the time.

Thanks, BC1278 (talk) 20:32, 15 February 2018 (UTC)BC1278Reply[reply]

I have done so, although this time, my views do not correspond fully with yours. Such is life. Peter K Burian (talk) 21:45, 15 February 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi Peter,

Just wanted to ask if you could implement the suggested change you made for NBC News at Talk:NBC_News#Expanded_info_on_Matt_Lauer when you feel there's been enough discussion. I can't because of my COI here. As of now, one other editor has supported your proposed revision, and it looks good to me, too. About a week ago, I put up a note on the Journalism project page linked to the discussion and also invited the most recent 5 or 6 members to sign up to the group to look at the discussion. ThanksBC1278 (talk) 19:41, 20 February 2018 (UTC)BC1278Reply[reply]

OK, BC1278 done; perhaps the content I added needs to be condensed a bit. I am not sure what the consensus was. Peter K Burian (talk) 21:18, 20 February 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Looks good except the first metion of Lauer in the paragraph should have his first name (Matt) since it's the first reference here. ThanksBC1278 (talk) 21:42, 20 February 2018 (UTC)BC1278Reply[reply]

OK, will doPeter K Burian (talk) 22:31, 20 February 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Hi Peter,

You previously weighed in on the Matt Lauer content on Noah Oppenheim, to keep the content. You should know there is an RfC on the matter at: Talk:Noah_Oppenheim#RfC_on_inclusion_of_Matt_Lauer_content

I am notifying all parties involved in the previous discussion.

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I did so in February.Peter K Burian (talk) 14:18, 14 May 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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I have done so. Peter K Burian (talk) 14:16, 14 May 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I'm contacting you as an active contributor on brewery articles and/or member of WikiProject Beer. There is some discussion going on as to how we should name our brewery articles. See Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Beer#Change_brewery_titles? and Talk:Greene_King_Brewery#Requested_move_10_May_2018. If you are interested, please comment. SilkTork (talk)

Thanks; I posted a reply in the Talk section. Peter K Burian (talk) 14:07, 14 May 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Just got back from England. Done, added comment.Peter K Burian (talk) 11:55, 20 June 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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What you wrote under the heading "European origins" is quite confused! Do you speak German and the dialects you are writing about? Do you have any expertise about the subject? Dan Holsinger (talk) 12:49, 26 June 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

This is an encyclopedia. Contributors are not expected to be experts on every topic. They are expected to research a topic and provide accurate information as confirmed by the sources that are cited. If you find the content that I added to be confusing, why not do your own research and revise it, cited with appropriate experts. Cheers, Peter K Burian (talk) 13:04, 26 June 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I deleted most of what you wrote because you seemingly did not understand what the sources you cited actually stated. For sure you need not to be an expert but you need enough expertise to understand what your sources say. Dan Holsinger (talk) 13:21, 26 June 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

As discussed in the Talk section of the article, I did some more research and found that the content that I had added was not accurate. So, I agree with the deletion. This is how Wikipedia is supposed to work. A number of contributors collaborating to ensure the best possible content. Peter K Burian (talk) 15:50, 26 June 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks a lot for your magnanimous understanding! Dan Holsinger (talk) 10:26, 27 June 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hmmm..sarcasm does not suit you well Dan Holsinger... you would have preferred an edit war? Peter K Burian (talk) 01:11, 28 June 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

This was not sarcastic but honestly said! Anabaptist are different and normally not sarcastic. Dan Holsinger (talk) 12:27, 28 June 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Unable to do so since I was away, travelling. Peter K Burian (talk) 22:58, 28 July 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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I have added a Comment to that article. This is such a controversy that I wonder how the editors will ever reach a consensus. Peter K Burian (talk) 13:32, 15 August 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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OK, I have added my vote. Peter K Burian (talk) 17:39, 4 September 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The material you added about the insolvency of NCC certainly belongs in WP but I question where you have put it. IMO, it ought to have gone into the Northamptonshire article with a very brief summary and wlink at Northampton. Would you care to reconsider? --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 22:54, 9 September 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

It's great to get a note from an editor who wants to collaborate, John Maynard Friedman, instead of one who has simply deleted fully cited content. I did insert a longer coverage of this issue in Northamptonshire, and perhaps it should be shorter in the Northampton article. I have condensed it. Cheers, Peter K Burian (talk) 23:26, 9 September 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

It was a close decision! :-) --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 09:26, 10 September 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks for the revision you made. Collaboration works well; too bad that most editors prefer not to do it in this manner. Cheers, Peter K Burian (talk) 16:13, 10 September 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I think we still have too much duplication. The town article is better now but the County article duplicates material that is in the County Council article. I suggest that you give the long version only there and reduce the material in the county article to a brief summary and a wlink, as per the town article.
By the way, avoid words like "currently" - in two years time it will be meaningless so use template:as of. Also, beware of wp:egg, for example a one word link to insolvency should take the reader only to an article about insolvency, not to a specific instance of it. --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 21:11, 10 September 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Am not home today. will do tomorrow. Peter K Burian (talk) 19:39, 12 September 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

OK, John Maynard Friedman.I checked Northampton and there are only two sentences about the Council bankruptcy. I condensed the coverage of this issue in Northamptonshire. I added balanced coverage to Northamptonshire County Council. I believe all is well now. Peter K Burian (talk) 23:17, 14 September 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Yes, all three articles are now greatly improved and work well together. --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 18:30, 15 September 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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I have added my comment on that page. Peter K Burian (talk) 16:18, 10 September 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Hi Peter, thank you for the improvements at Mike Schreiner. I saw that you changed the lede in to "Canadian politician of American birth" citing lack of evidence of dual nationality. However, per American Canadians, an American Canadian refers to "Canadian citizens of American descent... The term is most often used to refer to Canadians who either migrated from or have ancestry in the United States." For the moment I've changed it to American-born Canadian (linked to the American Canadians article) in the lede in the interest of brevity. If you want to discuss more please let me know and we can open this up to the talk page. Regards, RA0808 ^talk_contribs 16:36, 21 September 2018 (UTC); edited 16:39, 21 September 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

OK, thanks RA0808. That makes sense; I will be guided by your expertise on this issue. And the later content does specify that he is a Canadian citizen. He might also have joint citizenship but I could not find a single source that said so. Cheers! Peter K Burian (talk) 18:26, 21 September 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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I have posted my vote. Peter K Burian (talk) 01:58, 25 September 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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I have added my vote on that page. Peter K Burian (talk) 12:00, 5 October 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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I have posted my vote. Peter K Burian (talk) 13:03, 11 October 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Note that for Lake Simcoe, Taronto was used during early European settlement, but later maps may have used Toronto; see the tidbit about Vincenzo Coronelli in the article. (We'd need to find maps or other documents dating from the late 1690s to the late 1790s to determine which usage was prevalent.) Mindmatrix 14:50, 16 October 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello matrix I think the answer is clear for early years; an excerpt from Lake Simcoe ... but I don't have info about this re: later years.

   A 1675 map by Pierre Raffeix referred to the lake with the French term Lac Taronto  https://books.google.ca/books?id=RNruCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA53&lpg=PA53&dq=Tarontos+Lac&source=bl&ots=a47W_4-ifo&sig=f4f5AE0H0Na5-KKDc54tZHAgFCg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiyqceatojeAhVo5YMKHWxrAJc4ChDoATAHegQIAxAB#v=onepage&q=Tarontos%20Lac&f=false%7Ctitle=Canadian Climate of Mind: Passages from Fur to Energy and BeyondII|author=Timothy B. Leduc |page=53|date=May 2016 |Publisher=McGill-Queens and a 1687 map by Lahontan called it Lake Taronto, while the name Tarontos Lac appeared on a 1678 map of New France by cartographer Jean-Baptiste-Louis Franquelin. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-map-tarontos-lake-simcoe-history-1.4861342%7Ctitle='Tarontos Lac': Geographer finds oldest known reference to Toronto on 340-year-old French map| 

Peter K Burian (talk) 15:45, 16 October 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I'm not disputing those, and stated as much in my original comment, as I added one of the three points you highlight (and you added the first one, I believe). I recall doing a search about this in several GTA libraries some years ago, but didn't find anything useful at the time. (Coincidental aside: I made the same edit in 2010 as your edit from yesterday.) Mindmatrix 21:58, 16 October 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I cannot find any reference to the name of the lake in the 1800s, Mind, so for now, the content is fine as is. Peter K Burian (talk) 22:13, 16 October 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Sorry, I just could not find time to do so. Peter K Burian (talk) 16:58, 26 October 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Done; I have voted on this. Peter K Burian (talk) 17:02, 26 October 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi Peter, I hope all is well. Users have added "needs updating" templates at Cannabis in Canada and Legality of cannabis in Canada, and it seems those articles need a bit of updating since the legalization of cannabis in Canada on October 17. If you have time, and since I've seen you active on these articles in the recent past, it would be really helpful if you could help in updating these two articles. Thank you. Regards, Vaselineeeeeeee^★★★ 20:37, 27 October 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello Vaselineeeeeeee. I have been updating Cannabis in Canada (almost single-handedly) but perhaps I was not up to date in doing so on the other one. I have now updated both, as well as Cannabis Act. Thanks for your kind note about this Moxy. Frankly, cannabis in Canada is such a major issue, and covered frequently by the news media, I'm amazed that more editors have not been involved in updating the articles.

Peter K Burian (talk) 13:56, 28 October 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I will also do some updating of another article, Cannabis laws of Canada by province or territory. Peter K Burian (talk) 14:06, 28 October 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I have updated the article Cannabis in Ontario, Cannabis in Manitoba and Cannabis in Alberta I did update the introductory sections of Cannabis laws of Canada by province or territory and the later section about ==Ontario, Manitoba and Alberta == but have not updated the Canada-wide chart nor the sections on each of the other provinces and territories. I am hoping that other editors will help with those. Peter K Burian (talk) 19:18, 28 October 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I have also updated the BC section of Cannabis laws of Canada by province or territory AND updated Cannabis in British Columbia. Peter K Burian (talk) 19:44, 28 October 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I have also updated the New Brunswick section of Cannabis laws of Canada by province or territory AND updated Cannabis in New Brunswick. Peter K Burian (talk) 20:02, 28 October 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I have also updated the Nova Scotia AND Prince Edward Island AND Newfoundland sections of Cannabis laws of Canada by province or territory AND NWT .... also updated Cannabis in Nova Scotia and Cannabis in Prince Edward Island and Cannabis in Newfoundland and Labrador and Cannabis in the Northwest Territories. Peter K Burian (talk) 21:03, 28 October 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I also updated Cannabis in Nunavut and Cannabis in Yukon and Cannabis in Saskatchewan and Cannabis in Quebec AND the Nunavut, Sask, Quebec and Yukon sections of Cannabis laws of Canada by province or territory. All of the cannabis content by province is now up to date in all of the relevant articles. Peter K Burian (talk) 13:04, 29 October 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

	The Original Barnstar
	Great job updating Cannabis in Canada (and related articles), and Canadian organized crime articles. The work is appreciated! Regards, Vaselineeeeeeee★★★ 14:08, 28 October 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thank you! ...

the cannabis topic interests me from a legal and marketing perspective, not as a pot user. Peter K Burian (talk) 14:10, 28 October 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

it's one of those opportunities you got to get in on the ground floor..... someone lend 50,000???😅--Moxy (talk) 20:00, 28 October 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Hello, I'm Blue Riband. Thank you for your recent update to Titanic II. We've had some good-faith edits recently that all involve publicity but no real concrete progress on the actual building of the ship itself. To understand why some editors have been reverting these changes it might help to read the coirmments at Talk:Titanic II. In a nutshell, the has been six years of delay and claims from Palmer's associates but still no actual construction. (An editor with a professional marine background also claims that the Jinling shipyard has to expand their facilities in order to built a ship longer than 200m.) The editorial consensus also left the project status blank until there is a reliable report that a formal building contract has been signed with a shipyard. Blue Riband► 13:14, 16 December 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thank you or the courtesy of this note, Blue; very, very few others ever do so. They just delete content and go on their way. And, your point is well taken. Cheers, Peter K Burian (talk) 14:16, 16 December 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

7&6=thirteen (☎) has given you a Dobos torte to enjoy! Seven layers of fun because you deserve it. To give a Dobos torte and spread the WikiLove, just place ((subst:Dobos Torte)) on someone else's talkpage, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend.

He may not have been a confectioner, and was a chef, but this is still an inspired treat. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 16:13, 18 December 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks User:7&6=thirteen; I am originally from Budapest so I do love dobos torta. Dobos was a chef, who decided to invent this cake and Europe loved him for it. Peter K Burian (talk) 16:16, 18 December 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

FWIW, I created this template years ago. 'In my own kitchen,' so to speak. Happy holidays to you. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 16:31, 18 December 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

It should be only five layers See the recent edit at Dobos torte. Cheers, Peter K Burian (talk) 17:34, 18 December 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

You would know about the original. But others see it differently. Your mileage may vary. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 17:41, 18 December 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Thanks, 7&6=thirteen.