Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Newfoundland and Labrador

Getting organized and assigning tasks

Looking for suggestions here... Next step is to identify an area where we can all pitch in and apply our skills to the creation and editing of NL related topics and articles. WayneRay is very busy creating stubs of the numerous communities in the province. My suggestion is to complete that task with all of our help. HJKeats 19:48, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

While WayneRay has been creating a large number of articles, he's working with wildly out of date information. Having the populations of communities 50 years ago isn't that useful. If we could work on the communities listed in the last census, that might be better. I'd really like to choose a collaboration article, though, one single article we can all work on, and therefore really be working together. Maybe one of the other cities in NL: Corner Brook, or Mount Pearl, or perhaps a community in Labrador, since I assume they're very sparsely documented on Wikipedia. OzLawyer 00:55, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

Yes it is old but I thought it would be a start to the really large number of dead red links = no articles. I have only done two letters so far and added new ones. Shall I stop? If we are only going to have existing villages and hamlets and cities, then the whole list should be cleaned right up? I only put the populations because after I left NFLD in 1966, the outposts and small communities were moved into the larger cities and I felt it was nice, historically, to know early and diminishing populations. Please advise. WayneRay 01:09, 11 June 2006 (UTC)WayneRay

Well, I'm not the "boss" here--you can do as you wish. And I wouldn't say that these smaller communities should not be included--it would be great if we put them all in eventually. NL geography would be the best documented on Wikipedia, for sure, if that was done. I would, however, say that the current communities--those defined by the province and Statscan, and included as census subdivisions--should be done first. In fact, if we can figure out what existing communities those on your list are now a part of, that would be very useful for inclusion in the articles. The 2001 census numbers for each town are available here, and a map showing which census division each town is located in, which can be used for reference for noting geographic location, can be found here. I realize that this is a very large project, and unless we get hundreds of participants (not likely), it's going to take a long time to get it all up. But if we organize it well, we should be able to start making an impact. OzLawyer 02:32, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

Ok go look at the A section and see if this detracts from the article. I initialed the Census Towns in that section so it shows those you think should be worked on, or maybe they could be at the head of the alpha list?? Let me know WayneRay 03:30, 11 June 2006 (UTC)WayneRay

Making a note of which are census-designated places is good. I would go with bolding census places and italicising non-census places, though. Then it will be very easy to pick them out from the list. OzLawyer 13:51, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

All Census towns are now bolded WayneRay 16:31, 24 June 2006 (UTC)WayneRay

Shall we put it to a vote then for this occasion. Rather than ask for suggestions on what area/community to vote on (there are so very many) let's choose from one of the three cities and a Labrador town, Corner Brook, Mount Pearl, St. John's or Happy Valley-Goose Bay! HJKeats 16:52, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

Happy Valley-Goose Bay gets my vote. Labrador places are in need of contributors. I'm unfortunately not going to be able to contribute a whole lot these next couple weeks--I really have to focus on getting an articling job. But here's an image to start off the HV-GB cleanup (if others choose to go with that effort):

And don't forget to put the {{nlfocus}} template on the talk page of whatever article you decide to work on. OzLawyer 14:02, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

My vote goes to Happy Valley-Goose Bay too. Labrador articles in general need a nice bit of work. Jeremiad 15:31, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

HVG gets my vote also. Let's shoot for 'Feature Article' status HJKeats 15:45, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

I'll take this as the decision, then, and put the improvement focus tag up. OzLawyer 23:49, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Open letter to Town of Happy Valley-Goose Bay

Hi fellow NL Wikipedians, I shall be sending an email letter to the Town of Happy Valley-Goose Bay apprising them of our current collaborative project to write about the town. I shall include it here for you all to review and suggest changes to ensure it says what we wish to get from the town. That would be a critical look at the article, suggestion for topics, some input to the topics and pictures if they wish to have them included in the article. Please read it and make suggestions to its content. FYI - The click here statements will have hypertext links embedded in the document

Mrs. Sheppard;

My name is Hayward Keats and I live in St. John’s. For the past year or so I have been writing articles in Wikipedia pertaining to Newfoundland and Labrador and its history, including events, places and its people.

Wikipedia, as may or may not know, is an online free encyclopedia that has grown exponentially to include over 1 million articles in the English language over the past few years. My interest is to create articles of interest to the province and those who wish to know of the province and its historic and colourful history. I would welcome anyone to participate in the creation of new articles and to edit existing articles as necessary.

Lately, a group of us who have an interest in creating articles about Newfoundland and Labrador have formed what is termed a Wikiproject. You may have a look at the current status of this project by clicking here. The group has agreed to write quality articles and as a start we have chosen Happy Valley-Goose Bay to collaborate on.

An article has been started for Happy Valley-Goose Bay and you may view it by clicking here. Please have a look at the article and give me your feedback and opinion. The article will require a great amount of work yet to bring it up to Wikipedia standard for feature article status, a goal we have set to get us working together.

Please help us in creating a very informative article about Happy Valley-Goose Bay and its history. If you so desire you may forward any pictures you feel would lend to the article content. I would also recommend that you or any of the residents of the town to become interested in Wikipedia and lend a hand to this article or any others that is of interest.

Yours Sincerely;

All of the existing communities etc

I found this website and there is a ton of information including all the now, existing communities. NFLD-Grand Banks Perhaps we could divide the article list into two sections, the one you want to work on of existing cities and then communities and a second of de-fucnt and dead (for use of a better word) communities. The lists on this website are quite extensive. WayneRay 21:28, 11 June 2006 (UTC)WayneRay

Newfoundland & Labrador Music

Has anybody checked out the Music of Newfoundland and Labrador page? I've been meaning to focus my attention on this article for a long time, but haven't gotten around to it. As of now, it is absolutely atrocious. I've added it to the "Pages that need the hand of an expert" section. Crabbyass 15:06, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Census Division 8

I noticed in the Census Division 8 that many of the names are not linked and they are linked incorrectly. Someone can go and make the proper links on all the names not in blue they will then be Bolded on the main article page. Thanks for the work on the other 2 Census pages. WayneRay 20:45, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Fixed the census division page, but not the links on the List page. OzLawyer 23:44, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Bolded the Census Towns from the Divisions list, on the main article page and added three community photos WayneRay 16:14, 21 June 2006 (UTC)WayneRay

Educational institutions

I just saw the notice about this WikiProject on the Canadian wikipedians' notice board. If you need any help with school, college or university articles, give us a shout over at Wikipedia:WikiProject Education in Canada. And of course, we're always looking for more members. :-) -- Usgnus 21:39, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

stubs

Empty articles are misleading - they conceal the fact (shown by red links) that an article is required. Do not create Green's Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador until you are ready to give it some useful content. -- RHaworth 07:47, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks but again you and others fail to see the big picture, there is a Wiki Project that about 9 of us are working on. I agree with you however about incomplete articles but this is different,

Wikipedia:WikiProject Newfoundland and Labrador & the one you found my photo on: List of communities in Newfoundland and Labrador are being worked on piece by piece, some are supplying articles , some are supplying and working on links, I am working on photos, and others are doing what they can with support etc. I have completed the A, T, U and most of the B Lists with , for right now, small amounts of information OR A PHOTO, to get things going. I know you are trying to help but there is a bigger picture, Thanks for your input, I will post this conversation on the Talk pages and see what others think. WayneRay 16:31, 24 June 2006 (UTC)WayneRay

You won't prevent other admins deleting empty stubs, so if you want to advise other memebers of the project of image uploads, keep a small <gallery> here. -- RHaworth 20:26, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

nfld history

I used to deliver and subscribe to The Downhomer Magazine, here in London Ontariol, it was always full of histories and peoples and things, perhaps others here should be looking in there as well, I no longer have my past copies but the office has moved to St. John's if anyone is there doing this project. WayneRay 01:09, 6 July 2006 (UTC)WayneRay

Newfoundland & Labrador stub and category

• Provincial Stub Proposals - Should templates and stub categories be created for Alberta, Saskatchewan and Newfoundland & Labrador? (See related SFD discussion regarding N.B., PEI, and Manitoba (plus the territories)). Agent 86 02:35, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

• Yes It would make life a bit easier to identify articles pertinent to NL that need work. IMHO, lets do it. HJKeats 02:47, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

Q and R Sections

I have just about finished the Q and R lists of communities. This time I left out about 50 small settlements and places and only focussed on villages and towns. There are for instance 5 Round Harbour's so I may add all 5. I am still collecting photos of places. WayneRay 21:50, 9 July 2006 (UTC)WayneRay

The Humber Region

Hello All,

I have access to "mounds" of information on many of the towns in the Humber Region. I have been working with the Great Humber Joint Council, and I am working on Community Profiling of all of the member towns. So when this report is completed I will be updating all of those towns with the information I have acquired, this will include satellite images, lists of council members and things like that, maybe also contact information (but I am not sure). I have been exclusively working on the Pasadena, Newfoundland and Labrador page. So if you have any suggestions I am MORE then willing to accept them. Also if you need information just leave it on my talk page. If there is anything that needs to be completed from the area just leave it below and I will gather things.

Thanks, Terryrandell

P.S.: I forgot to log in...sorry about that.

Great work, Terry! OzLawyer

Things to Do

Suggested Project collaboration for July 2006

Cabot rock monument The mystery of Grates Cove rock bearing the name of John Cabot and his son. Refer to the following sites for reference material.

• Article reference from Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador
• The Grates Cove Tradition by Heritage Newfoundland and Labrador
• Cabot Rock

Any takers? HJKeats 21:26, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Category:St. John's

While not totally communities related, I just cleaned up this above Category and added the missing subcategories and put the appropriate "articles" which shouldn't have been there, into their appropriate categories and left the section with only the Categories showing. I still have to go to the individual subcategories and make sure they have all of their appropriate Category links as well. I also added missing information related to St. John's, in the article on St. John's. WayneRay 21:34, 23 July 2006 (UTC)WayneRay

Quidi Vidi Brewing Company

FYI, Quidi Vidi Brewing Company has been listed for deletion. BoojiBoy 00:58, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Noting for posterity; result was keep on 4 August 2006.Vulcan's Forge 01:40, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

Commons cleanup and links to here

I have cleaned up the Cat: Newfoundland and Labrador in the Commons and am starting on the Cat: Newfoundland in the Commons. I have created an article called List of communities in Newfoundland and Labrador to match our WikiProject name and am placing photos in there. Some of the articles and categories needed tidying up and I hope they are now better WayneRay 14:11, 12 August 2006 (UTC)WayneRay

I deleted the Commons Category = Cities of Nefoundland and Labrador because of the major Typo WayneRay 11:19, 22 August 2006 (UTC)WayneRay

Electorial Districts

I think it is essential that we try to get some sort of thing up on each of the Electorial Districts. The information is out there it just needs to be put together. Here are a few Websites that I found useful.

Useful Links

• Boundaries Information
• CBC Coverage on 2003 Election
• Elections Newfoundland and Labrador

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Terryrandell (talk • contribs)

Project directory

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Canadian WikiProjects

I was looking over your WikiProject and noticed you don't give any reference to other Canadian WikiProjects. I thought it would be a nice addition if you added a list since all of the other Canadian WikiProjects have created directories. Mkdw^talk 04:27, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

Provincial templates update

Should the provincial templates be updated with the standard {{Navbox generic}} layout? Please comment at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Canada#Province templates. --Qyd 23:09, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia Day Awards

Hello, all. It was initially my hope to try to have this done as part of Esperanza's proposal for an appreciation week to end on Wikipedia Day, January 15. However, several people have once again proposed the entirety of Esperanza for deletion, so that might not work. It was the intention of the Appreciation Week proposal to set aside a given time when the various individuals who have made significant, valuable contributions to the encyclopedia would be recognized and honored. I believe that, with some effort, this could still be done. My proposal is to, with luck, try to organize the various WikiProjects and other entities of wikipedia to take part in a larger celebrartion of its contributors to take place in January, probably beginning January 15, 2007. I have created yet another new subpage for myself (a weakness of mine, I'm afraid) at User talk:Badbilltucker/Appreciation Week where I would greatly appreciate any indications from the members of this project as to whether and how they might be willing and/or able to assist in recognizing the contributions of our editors. Thank you for your attention. Badbilltucker 21:50, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Newfoundland and Labrador First Party

The Newfoundland and Labrador First Party article could do with some improvement and expansion, especially since it has been nominated for deletion here. Ground Zero | t 04:10, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Result was keep on 17 March 2007.Vulcan's Forge 01:57, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Newfoundland and Labrador/List of Newfoundland and Labrador-related topics

Hello. I'm writing to inform the members of this project that I have moved the article List of Newfoundland and Labrador-related topics to Wikipedia:WikiProject Newfoundland and Labrador/List of Newfoundland and Labrador-related topics per discussion here. -- Black Falcon ^(Talk) 21:15, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Resettlement

Correct me if I missed something, but I've read all the articles about Newfoundland, Dominion of Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, and History of Newfoundland and Labrador, and I didn't see any mention of the controversial resettlement of the 1950's, 60's and 70's. This is such an important part of our history...does it merit it's own page? What do you guys think? Or should we just mention it in the other articles? A good reference would be here -- Crabbyass 02:17, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

I believe there should b an article about the subject. I know there are some wonderful pictures around that could do the article justice. Also the List of communities in Newfoundland and Labrador could be better laid out such that it would list which communities that were re-settled and those that were abandoned or otherwise just died out.--HJKeats 11:36, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

Newfoundland Pine Marten

I just checked and there is no current article about the Newfoundland Pine Marten; Pine Marten links to the European Pine Marten and there is a link from there to the American Marten, of which ours is a subspecies. Given that it's on the endangered list I think this would be a good candidate for an article. Also - anyone know the status of the breeding project at Salmonier? The Nature Park web page is way out of date and lists the last update as December 2001.Vulcan's Forge 01:48, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

I have added an initial Newfoundland Pine Marten article; will continue to edit this and expand it over the next few days.Vulcan's Forge 01:11, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

Opinions wanted on "Newfoundland": Redirect to the island or to the province?

Please see Talk:Newfoundland (island)#Newfoundland redirect: Island vs Province and contribute to the discussion on what Newfoundland should redirect to. Lexicon (talk) 18:30, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

Provincial Parks list

The list of Provincial Parks is way out of date, in both the List of Newfoundland and Labrador parks and the List of Canadian provincial parks. I'd be interested in updating this and creating pages for the various parks.Vulcan's Forge 02:29, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Commons Photos

I have just spend one weeks vacation on the west coast of Newfoundland and photographed quite a bit of the small coastal towns, post offices, lakes and Long Range Mountains. I have started adding the photos to the article List of communities in Newfoundland and Labrador, you can link there from our Wiki article by the same name. I will be adding more later and feel free to use them while expanding the communities articles WayneRay 14:16, 14 August 2007 (UTC)WayneRay

Articles for smaller communities

I've added stubs for several smaller communities in central; they need some work. Most of them were put in the communities in NL category and have almost no information, but it's a start. We really need to focus on providing information on smaller towns just as much as the larger ones like St. John's. ~NeonFire372~ 17:13, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Template merge with WikiProject Canada

Like the other provinces, this project's template has been merged with the {{WikiProject Canada}} template. You can now tag articles' talk pages with {{WikiProject Canada | nl=yes}}. This will allow you to assess articles using class= and importance=. Once you have tagged a few and waited a few days for the bot to notice the changes, you will have a WP:1.0 assessment table here.

Commons Photos

More Commons photos have been updated and linked in Commons in the list of communities in Newfoundland and Labrador WayneRay (talk) 19:02, 23 November 2007 (UTC)WayneRay

Available auto location map

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Location of Mount Pearl in Newfoundland

{{Location map Newfoundland}} will add a map of Newfoundland with a dot placed automatically using geo coordinates.

It can also be used with {{Infobox Settlement|pushpin_map=Newfoundland}}, such as in Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador.

{{Location map
|Newfoundland
|lat=47.51866
|long=-52.80579
|caption=Location of Mount Pearl in Newfoundland
|width=220}}

The preceding code will produce the map at right. --Qyd (talk) 22:13, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Request to modify the template {{Infobox Settlement}} to accommodate the uniqueness of the Province

Currently there are 282 incorporated municipalities within the province as can be seen from the Department of Municipal Affairs official list, as found here. Then there are many communities that once existed but came under the Resettlement Act of 1965 and eventually de-populated. Many of these communities can be found here. Then there were communities that existed only as fishing stations for many years and finally became abandoned and while still others were permanent settlements but they too were abandoned for various reasons. A 1965 compiled list can be found here. Certainly every one of these communities will, at some point in time, have an article created for and about them.

Hence my suggestion to make some subtle changes to the infobox {{Infobox Settlement}} to account for the uniqueness of these communities.

Wikipedian Neelix has kindly agreed to run a script to incorporate the infbox into all of the existing community articles. But before this is done we would like to get a consensus from everyone concerned to make changes to the infobox.

Initially I would like to suggest the addition of field name to include “status“ of the community which can be populated with terms like abandoned, resettled, amalgamated, etc.

Please express your opinion and offer suggestions. --HJKeats (talk) 00:58, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

I have had a go developing a standard template and applied it on the Town of Bay de Verde. If everyone is in agreement, this could be the standard template for all communities in the province. --HJKeats (talk) 13:13, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

{{Infobox Settlement}} has quite a few customizable blank fields that can accommodate these specific needs, there's no need to alter the template, just use its features. Here are a few usable fields:

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|area_blank1_title        =
|area_blank1_km2          =
|population_blank1_title        =
|population_blank1              =
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|blank_info             =
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Many more parameters can be customized, depending on where you want the field placed. --Qyd (talk) 02:30, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Opposition leaders

Can someone help me with Leader of the Opposition (Newfoundland and Labrador)? I got stuck at 1972 as I can't find who was the Leader of the Opposition from 1969 to 1971 when Frank Moores was Tory Party leader but didn't have a seat in the House of Assembly. Also, does anyone know who was Opposition leader between October and December 1977 when Bill Rowe didn't have a seat? Reggie Perrin (talk) 21:39, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

St. John's Article needs work

I think that the St. John's article should be a major focus for improvement on this project. It was just rejected for featured article status this week based on some very rational reasons. As the primate capital of NL theres no reason we shouldn't be able to work together to improve the article.

I just expanded the lead-in paragraph (may need proofing) and tried to give a well sourced into to the (1) geography and importance, (2) population, (3) history, and (4) modern status. As one of the reasons it was rejected.

While I realize there are a lot of other cities that deserve just as much attention, I really think that the St. John's article should be one of the most important tasks/achievements for this project... Its the capital of pretty much all forms for the province, likely one of the most viewed pages, and its only B status.

There is a lot of good and acurate information in the article, but there is NO citations. The only citations in it are the ones I just added to the lead-in. Maybe we can work on the paragraphs one at a time and get this page to the quality it deserves...

Mdavidbaird (talk) 14:44, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

List of communities in Newfoundland and Labrador

I have been working on several alphabetical listings to fill in even small amounts of information in the article page and placing a template in the Talk pages. You will notice the Red links are disappearing and the Blue's are finally taking over. WayneRay (talk) 19:59, 30 March 2008 (UTC)WayneRay

Reassessment for Twillingate, Newfoundland and Labrador?

Since the article was rated (start-class) by the project, it has changed a lot. Maybe it's time for a reassessment? NeonFire (talk) 12:29, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

I have upgraded it to B Class WayneRay (talk) 12:54, 24 April 2008 (UTC)WayneRay

Harold Northcliffe, man of mystery or government spy?

I was workin on the Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland and Labrador article and came across the gent. After looking about I found that the only mentions of the man were Wikipedia, mirrors and the town's web site, and they can't even spell the name of their major employer. Turns out Harold Northcliffe was in the area on the behalf of Alfred Harmsworth who had a younger brother Harold. Now about the time Harold Northcliffe was checking out the place Alfred got a promotion, to Baron Northcliffe. So does anyone know if the two Harolds are the same person? CambridgeBayWeather Have a gorilla 03:06, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Never mind. I just found this and they were the same person. CambridgeBayWeather Have a gorilla 03:35, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Twillingate - 3rd Newfoundland and Labrador-related good article :)

Now to work on improving other Newfoundland city/town articles. NeonFire (talk) 10:38, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland and Labrador reassement?

Again, various contributors have changed the article a lot since it's last assessment (start-class). NeonFire (talk) 10:42, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

I give up already!

I started created reasonably-started stubs for many of the red-linked articles on Music of Newfoundland and Labrador. Every single freaking one of them has been marked for speedy deletion. Last week, I did dozens of articles in a similar manner for Trinidad and Tobago, and NONE of them were marked for speedy deletion.

I am a big fan of NL music, and hate seeing red-links, but the speedy deletion BS has p'd me off, and I'm done trying. Bwilkins (talk) 13:25, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

Hang on -- I removed those speedy delete tags. However, you need to get some referencing in place ASAP, as per WP:RS. In future, please have all of your sources in the article before you post it. Thanks! Ecoleetage (talk) 13:43, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

Changes to the WP:1.0 assessment scheme

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List of communities in Newfoundland and Labrador

I just looked through a 1968 copy of the Gazetteer of Canada: Newfoundland and Labrador and realized that our list of communities in Newfoundland and Labrador doesn't list anywhere near the number communities listed there. I started adding some, but I quickly realized how long that would take, so I decided to check here to make sure I'm thinking about this properly. List of communities in Newfoundland and Labrador states, "Newfoundland and Labrador at Confederation in 1949 had nearly 1450 communities." Obviously, not all 1450 are listed. Is that what we're striving for? Is the idea to create an article for every one of those 1450 communities and to list them all on this list?

Also, it seemed to me that more than 1450 communities were listed in the Gazetteer, though I could be wrong. Is anyone familiar with that publication who might know whether or not all the listings are actually communities as opposed to... land formations or something? Neelix (talk) 19:54, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

I have a unpublished manuscript concerning all the postal stations in NFLD and Labrador, I am slowly filling in all the listings and there are tons more in my manuscript than is on this list. You are right there. Some were just 1 or 2 houses while others were only on the CNR Line and later vanished. WayneRay (talk) 20:26, 24 July 2008 (UTC)WayneRay

New articles feed

I have setup the new article page for this project. Please use Alex Bakharev (talk) 23:36, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

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Thomas Skinner, Jr.

hello, i like to know what is the relationship between Thomas Skinner and Thomas Skinner, Jr.. can't be major Skinner's father since he lived well beyond 1818. so i think Thomas Skinner may be major Skinner's uncle whom he mentioned in his autobiography as a military officer, but not his name. thanks,--chanakal (talk) 03:08, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

Image needs replacement - Clarenville, Newfoundland and Labrador

Hello all...

An image used in the article, specifically Image:Hillsfromfar.jpg, has a little bit of a licensing issue. The image was uploaded back when the rules around image uploading were less restrictive. It is presumed that the uploader was willing to license the picture under the GFDL license but was not clear in that regard. As such, the image, while not at risk of deletion, is likely not clearly licensed to allow for free use in any future use of this article. If anyone has an image that can replace this, or can go take one and upload it, it would be best.

You have your mission, take your camera and start clicking.--Jordan 1972 (talk) 21:29, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

List of waterfalls of Canada

Please help to fulfill the dynamics of this list, List of waterfalls of Canada, and fill in any red link missing waterfall articles and their respective images. Kind Regards SriMesh | talk 01:10, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Fjords of Canada

Can someone add any images to Fjords of Canada. Some may be relevant from List of waterfalls in Canada if the waterfall cascades down into the valley of the fjord. Check out the talk page of more items to help out with to fill out the article Fjords of Canada if you are familiar with the fjords of BC, Nunavut, Newfoundland and Labrador or Quebec. SriMesh | talk 03:29, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Newfoundland

Hi. Will anyone clear on the geography of the area please see my question on Talk:Cape Bauld? Thank you. - Hordaland (talk) 19:06, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

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Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial

I am looking for useful tips on getting Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial up to GAN. I have completely re-written the article and it is nearly to an acceptable state. As a memorial, it is unique because it is a preserved battlefield park dedicated the the Newfoundland Regiment but contained numerous sub-elements. I need help;

1. developing the significance of the memorial, more so its influence on Newfoundland.
2. Someone with a copy of Smallwood's Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador please and see if additional details can be added anywhere. I Could use something about him offering space for the 51st highland memorial on the site
3. obtaining an aerial image or map that would give people some perspective.

Any help would be appreciated.--Labattblueboy (talk) 12:44, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

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Cougar Helicopters Flight 91

I have tagged Cougar Helicopters Flight 91 with the Wikiproject tag, but I don't know enough about the assessment guidelines to set the assessment tags. Anyone with assessment experience, please take a look and set the tags accordingly.Vulcan's Forge (talk) 03:38, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

Wikimedia Commons

On Commons I have reorganized and added files and new Categories to Newfoundland and Labrador. I have moved all files to appropriate sub-Categories and Gallery pages and put a Redirect on Category:Newfoundland redirected to Category:Newfoundland and Labrador. I have also added the entire original introduction to my book (article) at Ernest Harmon Air Force Base in the Talk section FYI. I also added a Commons link at Newfoundland and Labrador Route 463 and Route 340 and created a gallery page on Commons. WayneRay (talk) 21:53, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

Addition

Just a heads-up to everyone here that in the process of cleaning up the fact that Wikipedia:WikiProject France/Saint Pierre and Miquelon work group had rather laughably been added to Wikipedia:WikiProject Caribbean, I've chosen to add it to this Wikiproject's category — while I know that as part of France rather than Canada it's not strictly a Newfoundland topic, it does have a closely interrelated history that WikiProject Newfoundlanders are almost infinitely more likely to be familiar with than WikiProject Caribbeaners. And given that it's a workgroup rather than a full Wikiproject of its own, putting it in a North American context means adding it to related WikiProjects — of which Newfoundland certainly makes far more sense than the Caribbean.

So just to clarify, I'm not suggesting that it is, strictly speaking, a Newfoundland topic — WikiProject France is the primary owner. But there is enough of an overlap of interest that WikiProject NL should at least maintain a connection to it somehow. Bearcat (talk) 16:30, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

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Portal ..pls fill me!!!

Hello .... for you guys!! -->Moxy (talk) 04:18, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

Coaker and FPU

• I've added the anthem of the FPU to the FPU page, and since it references Coaker I have added a link to Coakers page pointing to that section of the FPU article. Rwoodford (talk) 19:25, 3 August 2010 (UTC)
• Added that the former high school for students on New World Island was named after Coaker.