User talk:Earl Andrew

Hi. I noticed you've been working on the article Colleen Jones. I wanted to let you know that the article is currently at Wikipedia:In the news/Candidates but is being opposed due to lack of citations. I figured you might like a chance to do some quick cleanup to get the article listed on ITN. Cheers, MediaKyle (talk) 02:49, 27 November 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing that out. The article is still a work in progress, but I'll see what I can do.-- Earl Andrew - talk 14:16, 27 November 2025 (UTC)

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Howdy. Concerning the 2022 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election infobox. You'll find that a certain editor who keeps re-adding 2026 & a none existent article, won't stop. Their history shows that they're a 'slow burn' with such persistence & with little to no communicating skills. GoodDay (talk) 21:00, 5 January 2026 (UTC)

Yeah, I noticed that myself. If they return, perhaps a block will be in order.-- Earl Andrew - talk 21:40, 5 January 2026 (UTC)

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Hi Earl Andrew. You uploaded File:Gordon Hudson.png using a {{PD-URAA}} license but also provided the file with a non-free use rationale. So, you're saying the photo is no longer eligible for copyright protection and has entered into the public domain but also saying the file is still under copyright protection and needs to be treated as such. You can go either way if you want, but you really can't do both at the same time. You seem to have done the same thing with respect to File:Murray Macneill.png too.

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Thanks for pointing this out. I've gone and used the Information template. -- Earl Andrew - talk 14:20, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

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		Thank you for being such great admins for this site! (Talk) PHLOGISTON ENTHUSIAST 17:40, 26 March 2026 (UTC)

Thanks! -- Earl Andrew - talk 17:46, 26 March 2026 (UTC)

I am very, very sorry. I was using a mass message script to give out barnstars to all the admins as tokens of appreciation but midway I was informed it was a bad idea. I am so sorry and figured it only appropriate to inform those affected. (Talk) PHLOGISTON ENTHUSIAST 18:37, 26 March 2026 (UTC)

You know sometimes I get into the weeds of things and I forget to mention some of the basics haha. Thank you! Edwyth (talk) 20:55, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

No worries. Sorry if I came off as passive aggressive! -- Earl Andrew - talk 21:01, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

you didn't at all, I just laughed because I was like doh, yep I should've done that haha Edwyth (talk) 21:23, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

I am sorry, but in what world is an egregiously detailed listing of the geographic boundaries useful information? Should we also do this for cities? Just imagine the geography section of some towns in Colorado thence...coordinates XYZ thence...coordinates ZZY thence...coordinates ABX The point of anything on this website is to provide concise and accurate information for readers in a useful manner, a list of boundaries isn't helpful or easy to understand and can be replaced by a link in the references to the document containing the information, a detailed map which shows the towns within the area, now that is useful info. ~2026-21185-78 (talk) 18:50, 5 April 2026 (UTC)

What is and what isn't "useful information" is subjective, and apparently something we disagree with. You will need a find a consensus if you want that information removed.-- Earl Andrew - talk 21:46, 5 April 2026 (UTC)

Always the same reply from wikipedians "I don't agree, I will insert something about "consesus", also I will not explai why I do not agree" typical bollocks ~2026-21320-32 (talk) 17:13, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

I figured that stating that its usefulness was subjective was enough. You can't just go around Wikipedia removing information from pages without expecting there to be backlash. Wikipedia is built on consensus, not one IP's personal beliefs.-- Earl Andrew - talk 17:17, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

You still haven't explained why the info is useful and you have once again repeated the word "consensus", WHY is the info useful?

And anyways another user agrees with me, so really you need to learn that your IP's personal beliefs don't constitute consensus because you are a mod... Stupid encyclopedia (talk) 17:21, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

I saw that. That wasn't so hard, now was it? Because I don't have consensus, there is no need for me to continue defending its inclusion.-- Earl Andrew - talk 17:28, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

So now you accuse me of creating a sock puppet and then you go "see that wasn't so hard, was it?"? The other guy lives in Alabama. Alabama! My IP is in Canada! Seriously, the nerve of people here!

Also, if your only argument for keeping something is consensus, that is circular logic, if everyone here defended stuff solely because the consensus is that this is the consensus, then we'd never change anything, you need to explain WHY something is useful or nothing will change!

In fact, not once did you give a reason for why this needs to stay, you only repeated the word "consensus" ad-nauseum without ever explaining why the info was useful. Imagine if every time you did an edit, someone reverted it and asked you to prove there was a consensus for the change. That would paralyse editing!

Stupid encyclopedia (talk) 17:43, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

At what point did I accuse you of being a sock puppet? The fact that you brought that up out of the blue does actually give me cause for concern.-- Earl Andrew - talk 17:46, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

You said "I saw that. That wasn't so hard, now was it? " So you basically implied I have two accounts for editing. Also, you still won't explain why I need consensus for every change. In fact you still have not given one reason for why you reverted my edit! You only repeated the word "consensus" ad-nauseum without ever explaining why the info was useful. Stupid encyclopedia (talk) 17:49, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

No, I was referring to getting consensus. Nothing to do with sockpuppetry. Anyway, I do not find you to be particularly civil in our exchanges, so I no longer wish to discuss this with you.-- Earl Andrew - talk 17:55, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

Hello, it is me again!

I have edited back the Cardigan electoral district, as I believe there is consensus on the basis of the Avalon district to do those changes, let me know if you disagree! Stupid encyclopedia (talk) 19:19, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

Hello, it is me again!

I have edited back the Cape Spear electoral district, as I believe there is consensus on the basis of the Avalon district to do those changes, let me know if you disagree! Stupid encyclopedia (talk) 19:20, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

Hi,

Just making sure there is an all-important consensus to edit the Long Range Mountains electoral district, I would not want to edit without consensus, thanks! Stupid encyclopedia (talk) 19:21, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

Quick question, I am a new user here, do we really need to create a new talk page topic for every edit to guarantee consensus? If not, I will stop wasting your time. Stupid encyclopedia (talk) 19:23, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

I noticed you changed my words back to something untrue. Ottawa is an officially bilingual city in law as Canada’s only officially bilingual capital city. Please do not modify again or else. ~2026-23312-50 (talk) 04:14, 21 April 2026 (UTC)

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Thanks for checking that number in the by-election results. It seems that we disagree on what that particular entry should be--I gather that you have put the quotient of "Total valid votes" divided by "Turnout" (23,616/23,772 = 99.34%). Generally speaking, a row marked "Total..." contains the sum of the entries above it. In the present case, "Total valid votes", this is true of the tabulations (23,616 is the sum of the eighteen entries above, in the "Votes" column). In the same way, the entry to the right, in the % column, should be the sum of the eighteen percentages above--which is 99.99% (Theoretically that number should be 100%, but of course round-off in the eighteen entries causes a little deviation). PIB507 (talk) 21:57, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

Hello, that's not how we typically do things on Wikipedia. It's kind of redundant to put 100% there, so it's more useful to use the space as a percentage of valid votes. It's based on what Elections Quebec does. -- Earl Andrew - talk 22:08, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

Certainly the number could be called redundant, as the point of summing the percentages is to check--a sum too far from 100% would alert us to an error above. (In the present case, with eighteen entries, any sum outside of the range 99.91-100.09 would indicate an error).

The Elections Quebec example is very clear in its presentation. Unlike the present Wikipedia page, it does not show, under a column of numbers, a 'Total' that is not the total of those numbers.

Looking at the source template (Canadian election result), in the example table given on that page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Canadian_election_result#Example the entry corresponding to the one we've been discussing is the redundant 100%, the sum of the percentages above. I am inclined to believe that is the correct Wikipedia way.

This is also consistent with the Canadian election result documentation subpage (see note 8). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Canadian_election_result/total/doc#Calculating_Totals PIB507 (talk) 05:26, 10 May 2026 (UTC)

Both examples are over a decade old. Most templates these days don't use the 100.0 anymore. I suppose the documentation needs to be updated. -- Earl Andrew - talk 05:33, 10 May 2026 (UTC)

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Dear administrator,

This is an urgent request.

You have edited here and added the information on my residence place in 2025. I do not want that my personal information be published on Wikipedia. Could you please remove this information and delete it from the history of the entry?

Thank you for your comprehension.

Taraneh Javanbakht~2026-41407-67 (talk) 15:55, 25 July 2026 (UTC)

Hello, this information appears in a secondary source (see here), so I would argue it is of encyclopedic value. It also doesn't mention an address or any other contact information. Therefore, I'm not sure it warrants removal per Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons. However, if you disagree with my assessment, please feel free to take it up at the Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard. -- Earl Andrew - talk 16:10, 25 July 2026 (UTC)

I am proceeding for the removal of this information from that secondary source. Again, I am asking you to remove it immediately.

Thank you for your comprehension.

Taraneh Javanbakht~2026-41407-67 (talk) 16:23, 25 July 2026 (UTC)

Hello. As I disagree that it should be removed, you will have to take it up with Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard if you want it removed. -- Earl Andrew - talk 16:25, 25 July 2026 (UTC)

Which encyclopedic value does this information have? Taraneh Javanbakht~2026-41407-67 (talk) 16:30, 25 July 2026 (UTC)

Biographies of people usually include basic information like where they live. Anyway, I'm not going to change my opinion on this, so once again please bring this up with the noticeboard. -- Earl Andrew - talk 16:37, 25 July 2026 (UTC)

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