User talk:Hwy43/Archive 1

This archive page includes discussions that began between November 3, 2009 (date of account creation) and December 31, 2009.

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Speedy deletion nomination of Alberta Highways

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Removing red links

Hiya, Hwy43.

Before removing redlinks from articles, please would you read and consider WP:REDLINK?

I also want to say, thanks for your contributions. I can see you're making constructive edits and trying to help, and we need people who do that.—S Marshall ^Talk/_Cont 10:39, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

Hi S Marshall. Thanks for dropping a line and glad to help. I accidentally created the redlink. I assumed there already was an article when it turned out there was not. Since I wasn't prepared to write an article on it, I opted to remove the redlink.

Your recent edits

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Census demographics

The demands of encyclopedic writing are not the same as the demands of a website that serves as strictly a data table; in writing, it's completely counterintuitive and awkward to go backwards. If the information were being presented as a table, I probably wouldn't bother with this — but if it's in written format, it needs to be presented in standard chronological order, because the very nature of written presentation makes backward chronologies look utterly wrong. Bearcat (talk) 06:50, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

I believe standard chronological ordering is appropriate in most written-form encyclopedic situations (e.g., History sections of certain articles). However, the nature of census demographics is the older the information, the less relevent and less useful the information in written form. For example, inserting a demographic summary for each federal census result for Calgary (since its incorporation as a town in 1884 to 2006) in chronological order would push the most current demographic information from 2006 to the bottom of the Demographics section and would result in the user having to needlessly scroll through paragraphs of terribly out-dated info in order to view what they really want – the most recent and relevent information. Such a strategy for selective demographic info would be more appropriate to include within the History section of the Calgary article. This is why, as I find 2001 census demographics preceeding 2006 census demographics while editing various municipality articles, I move the 2001 info under the 2006 info.

Is there a Wikipedia standard that says otherwise for census demographics?

Regarding census demographics being presented in table form, I favour the opposite of what you suggest – developing the table in chronological order. See Alberta Population Profile – Calgary.

By the way, I saw your discussion with another regarding the premature removal of federal census information when municipal census information is added. I strongly agree with the methodology you suggested - it is necessary to retain the 2006 federal census results in order to properly compare two or more municipalities and the 2006 data should not be removed until the 2011 federal census data is published (at the earliest). As I edit municipal articles where someone else has removed the 2006 info, I will make the effort to return it to its original form.

Cheers, --Hwy43 (talk) 07:28, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

Award

The Red Maple Leaf Award I'm pleased to present you with this red maple leaf for your sustained efforts to update articles about communities of Alberta. Keep up the good work. --Qyd (talk) 15:39, 25 December 2009 (UTC)