User talk:Johnny Au/Archive2


Canada's Wonderland GA review

Yes, I do agree with you. More importantly...this review isn't even complete. The message he mentioned on my talk page was that he stopped because of the issues he found. The review summary has 4 question marks which means that he either needed a second opinion or didn't finish the review. A review shouldn't be stopped halfway through just because of the issues he found... it should be completed no matter what. Please send back to me if you support this.--Dom497 (talk) 18:43, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

Agreed. Johnny Au (contributions) 19:21, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

WP Toronto in the Signpost

The WikiProject Report would like to focus on WikiProject Toronto for a Signpost article. This is an excellent opportunity to draw attention to your efforts and attract new members to the project. Would you be willing to participate in an interview? If so, here are the questions for the interview. Just add your response below each question and feel free to skip any questions that you don't feel comfortable answering. Multiple editors will have an opportunity to respond to the interview questions. If you know anyone else who would like to participate in the interview, please share this with them. Have a great day. -Mabeenot (talk) 01:56, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

The Interview for the Signpost

What motivated you to join WikiProject Toronto? Are you a Maple Leafs fan? Do you contribute to any other WikiProjects related to Ontario or Canada?

I am always interested in improving Toronto-related articles and I am from Toronto. Yes, I am a Leafs fan. Bring the Cup to Toronto! It is unfortunate that the Toronto Maple Leafs article had to be semi-protected often, just because there are too many Leafs detractors who have nothing good to say. We had been waiting for almost half a century for the Cup! Yea, I contribute to the Golden Horseshoe portion of Canada Roads WikiProject as well.

In general, projects covering Canadian cities, provinces, and infrastructure do not appear to be as active as those in Britain and the United States. Why have WikiProjects had such difficulty thriving in Canada? Do you feel Canadian Wikipedians focus more on other topics?

Canadian WikiProjects do not thrive as well in my opinion, simply because there are simply fewer people, which translates to less interest in these WikiProjects. We can reverse this trend if there is greater interest in them. I believe that Canadian Wikipedians should focus on Canadian WikiProjects, as well as the Countering Systemic Bias WikiProject, which also needs attention from Canadian Wikipedians to provide a Canadian perspective on many general topics that have regional differences.

WikiProject Toronto is home to 12 Featured Articles, 8 Featured Lists, and 39 Good Articles. Have you contributed to any of these articles? What are some challenges facing editors as they try to improve articles about Toronto?

I have contributed to some of these articles, especially Toronto Raptors, as well as to some extent, Don Valley Parkway and Toronto Magnetic and Meteorological Observatory. Some of the challenges include the need to have verifiable and reliable yet updated information.

With Toronto serving as Canada's business and financial hub, does the project deal with many articles about Canadian businesses based in Toronto? Are there any challenges to maintaining and keeping promotional language out of these business articles?

I have been adding some Toronto-based business articles into the WikiProject. However, most of them still have promotional language and removing them would lead to speedy deletion. This means that Wikipedians should scour mainstream news media for information as well.

Toronto is represented in seven major league sports, including the only Major League Baseball and National Basketball Association teams in Canada. How well are Toronto's sports teams covered on Wikipedia?

They are covered very well, especially with Toronto Raptors being a featured article.

With a variety of educational institutions located in Toronto, including the University of Toronto and the Royal Conservatory of Music, have there been any efforts to recruit college and university students to improve Wikipedia's articles on Toronto? Could the GLAM project do more to attract contributions from Toronto galleries, libraries, archives, and museums?

I believe that there have been efforts to recruit post-secondary students to improve Wikipedia's articles on Toronto, but much more are needed however. The GLAM Project should advertise to post-secondary students more effectively, such as placing posters throughout the campuses of post-secondary institutions, as well as through social media. I myself graduated from the University of Toronto with an HBA with high distinction and took music from the Royal Conservatory of Music.

What are WikiProject Toronto's most urgent needs? How can a new contributor help today?

WikiProject Toronto's most urgent need is to recruit more potential post-secondary students into becoming productive Wikipedians. A new contributor can create an account and add more information, as long as it is verifiable, reliable, and up-to-date.

Anything else you'd like to add?

It seems that I am one of the most active Wikipedians for this WikiProject. My main focus is on Toronto Transit Commission-related articles, since they are my main interest. Recruiting more people will definitely help to improve Toronto-related articles, as well as Wikipedia as a whole. Finally, there should be a spinoff WikiProject for the Regional Municipality of York as well. Thank you.

Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 02:52, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

My views on SOPA

I may be Canadian, but I am in full opposition to SOPA. I will temporarily cease editing on the day of action, which is January 18, 2012. I make an average of 10 edits per day and I did not stop editing for so many consecutive days. Fellow Wikipedians made the right decision. I shall black out my page to oppose SOPA. Thank you. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 03:56, 18 January 2012 (UTC)

Though the blackout is over, I am not done opposing SOPA or similar legislations. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 01:30, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

Eglinton Crosstown LRT

Johnny, I appreciate your contributions to Wikipedia, and your eagerness to provide updates, but I cannot find any support for this edit, i.e., that Council had voted on the matter. As you did not provide a reliable source for your edit per Wikipedia's policy on verifiability, it appears to be something that you just made up. Adding unsourced and apparently false information undermines Wikipedia's credibility. Please be sure to provide references for your future edits. Thank you. Ground Zero | t 17:37, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

I am sorry about that. I thought that they voted, but in fact they are still in negotiations. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 19:13, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

MOTD Needs You!

Hi there, Johnny Au! Thought you might be interested in Motto of the Day, a collaborative (and totally voluntary) effort by a group of Wikipedians to create original, inspirational mottoes. Have a good motto idea? Share it here, comment on some of the mottoes there or just pass this message onto your friends.

MOTD Needs Your Help!

Delivered By Ankit MaityTalkContribs 06:50, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

via AWB
I read the project and there are many interesting mottoes that have been chosen. Unfortunately, I cannot come up with good mottoes at the moment. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 17:26, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

Suggestion for an edit to the list of Toronto Subway Stations

Hi Johnny,

I was checking out this page: List of Toronto subway stations that lists all of the subway stations as a chart. It was just to satiate my curiosity about the chronological development of Toronto's subway stations. I saw that there was such a wonderful wealth of information and thought it would be interesting to rank the stations by daily ridership.

Much to my dismay, I quickly realized that sorting them by daily ridership doesn't work correctly. I assume it's because there is text in the fields for stations that intersect two subway lines. Currently it sorts as if it were alphabetical, because they are numbers, its by the lowest, leftmost digit, regardless of how long the number is. I was thinking of editing this to make it work, but I realized that I can currently think of multiple solutions. So I wanted to check in with the most prolific editor of this page for your opinion, and thoughts about what would be the best way to go about this, or if you think it's best to be left as is.

Basically I see three options, but realize there may be others that I'm missing (I have them ranked in a way that I believe is best to worst): 1. Have three stations for each of these double-stations, i.e. St. George B-D, St George YUS, and St. George Combined, and then repeat for Bloor-Yonge, Bloor Sheppard, Kennedy and Spadina. 2. Have the two stations for each double-station, and then add a footnote to the bottom of the chart that shows the combined daily ridership. 3. Have each double station-appear only once with the combined daily ridership. (I think this option might be worse than the status quo)

Well, please let me know what you think,

I can't wait to regale my friends with interesting trivia like, "Did you know that although Finch and Downsview are the two terminal stations of the Yonge-University-Spadina line, Finch has three times as many riders, which gives it the 6th highest daily ridership?"

Cheers, Blair Nargnohurt (talk • contribs) 16:57, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

You should discuss this topic in the appropriate talk page, since I am not the only contributor to the article. In fact, I mainly focused on the minor details. Please remember to sign your comments with ~~~~. Thank you for bringing this to my attention. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 18:46, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

 Done Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 02:45, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

Toronto Maple Leafs GA Possibility?

I'm a beloved Leafs fan (even though I wasn't even born when they last won the Stanley Cup) and I was just comparing the Calgary Flames article with the Toronto Maple Leafs article. With the Flames article at FA status, I think the Leafs article could stand a chance at becoming a GA. I just wanted to ask you what you think knowing that you are a common editor with the article. Also, I can nominate the article if you want.--Dom497 (talk) 22:24, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

Before we nominate, we should go over any flaws first. This way, it can become featured article much more successfully. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 22:51, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
Ok, I'll start going over it if I get some time tonight.--Dom497 (talk) 22:53, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
That will be good then. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 22:55, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
I read over the article and first, boy did I learn a lot about the leafs! Second, I just want to be sure that I din't miss anything so I requested a copy edit for the article. Third, I think the article would become a Good Article easy but FA might need a tiny bit of work (possibly). --Dom497 (talk) 02:02, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
Agreed. It would be best to nominate it as GA first before nominating it as FA. It would be less likely to be rejected if done in increments. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 02:04, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
Sorry, I missed something....there are quite a few statements that don't have references...so that's going to need some work. :( --Dom497 (talk) 02:07, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
Let us continue the discussion in the appropriate page. There, we can create a checklist as well. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 02:08, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
Good idea. Got to go....I'll make the "checklist" tomorrow or over the weekend if you don't before me.--Dom497 (talk) 02:09, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
Thank you. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 02:11, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
Does the "Home rinks and practice facilities" in the leafs article need a reference or two even though there are articles linking to it or are the articles good enough?--Dom497 (talk) 16:50, 21 April 2012 (UTC)
I recommend that you view what other NHL team articles deal with this first, since it is considered a grey area. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 16:59, 21 April 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Special Barnstar
Thanks for your contributions, Johnny Au. SwisterTwister talk 02:12, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
Thank you. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 02:13, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

Behemoth (roller coaster) GA reassessment

I just want to let you know that I have reassessed the Behemoth (roller coaster) article for if it still meets the GA criteria and I left some comments on what needs to be fixed (see the article talk page for more details). By no means am I telling you that you have to fix this problems, I'm just posting this message on users' talk pages that edit Wonderland articles.--Dom497 (talk) 23:28, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

Bloor–Danforth line map

Do you know of anyone who can make a map of Line 2 Bloor–Danforth that will help satisfy the article's FAC commenters? Tarret talk 03:59, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

Please contact Useddenim and Secondarywaltz. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 04:18, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

List of Toronto Bus Routes

Hi,

I'm sorry about my edit. I was unaware although I don't see what's wrong with a bit of extra information. I don't think it is right to jump to the last warning before looking at my contributions to the article


Ashkljma (talk) 04:06, 3 September 2012 (UTC)

I accept your apology. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 15:51, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
C'mon now Johnny Au! You should know better than this. You should be offering assistance rather than biting the newcomers. Think about it - you are the one that owes an apology. Secondarywaltz (talk) 15:54, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
Sorry about that. I should have known better. Next time, being a veteran Wikipedian, I should not have bitten newcomers. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 16:11, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
Still seems to want turn the List of TTC routes into a more detailed trivial instuctional guide. I think that was the point of your warning, and perhaps it has not hit home. :) Secondarywaltz (talk) 16:18, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
I should have used a different warning. I was a little too harsh, but I showed Ashkljma what what Wikipedia is not and a travel guide is not what Wikipedia is. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 16:21, 3 September 2012 (UTC)

Zellers

Linked video was direct from ZellersCanada's own YouTube account and not in violation of any Copyrights, and is in full agreement with Wikipedia policies 173.237.122.41 (talk) 03:07, 18 September 2012 (UTC)

Please post the link to the video in the Zellers talk page to gain consensus first, since this would be considered "grey zone." Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 04:04, 18 September 2012 (UTC)

Fête

Do you pronounce "fight" for the word fête ? Fête (talk) 21:22, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

No. I pronounce it as /fɛːt/ See and listen here: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fête Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 02:52, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

But Quebecers pronounce it as "fight". Fête (talk) 16:18, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

That is the informal pronunciation. I use the formal pronunciation. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 16:40, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

Have you ever heard Quebeckers pronounce "fight". Fête (talk) 10:59, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

Not much unfortunately, but enough to tell you that some of them do. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 16:41, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

You can listen a Quebecer pronounces "fight" for the word fête in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=te69JK28DDo. Fête (talk) 21:02, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for the clip. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 22:27, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

Quebecers pronounce "saw" for the word ça. Fête (talk) 22:50, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

That needs to be added for Wiktionary: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ça Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 02:06, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

Quebecers pronounce "tight" for the word tête. Fête (talk) 11:28, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

They do: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tête Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 14:03, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

seize

Do you pronounce "size" for the word seize in French ? Fête (talk) 21:48, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

No, but I have heard of many Quebeckers pronouncing it as "size". Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 02:08, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

demain

You pronounce demain as "duh man" or "duh main" ? Fête (talk) 10:58, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

I pronounce it as /də.mɛ̃/ with "n" silent and the second syllable pronounced "meh" but nasalized. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 14:32, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

peut-être

Do you know how Quebeckers pronounce the word peut-être ? Fête (talk) 16:08, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

They pronounce it as /pœ.t‿aɛ̯tʀ/ See here: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/peut-être Listen here: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/File:Qc-peut-être.ogg Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 19:24, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

patte and pâte

Do you pronounce patte and pâte differently ? Fête (talk) 22:42, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

Usually, no, but I know that in Quebec, pâte is pronounced "paut". Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 23:29, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

mettre and maître

Do you pronounce mettre and maître differently ? Fête (talk) 00:26, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

Yes, but very slightly. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 00:45, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

pas

Do you know how Quebeckers pronounce the word pas ? Fête (talk) 00:47, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

They pronounce it close to "poh". Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 00:51, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

neige

Do you know how Quebeckers pronounce the word neige ? Fête (talk) 11:29, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

They pronounce the "ei" as if it were German like "ei" in "nein". Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 16:41, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

Quebeckers

Are there Quebeckers in Toronto ? Fête (talk) 16:44, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

Yes, but they are quite a minority (1.4-1.5% of Toronto's population has French as a mother tongue!). See here: Demographics of Toronto. I am not a Quebecker. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 17:05, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

père

Do you know to Quebeckers pronounce the word père ? Fête (talk) 17:25, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

It sounds close to "pear". Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 22:25, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

not and naught

Do you pronounce not and naught as the same way ? Fête (talk) 22:52, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

Yes. I am caught in the cot-caught merger, as with most Anglophone Canadians. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 23:02, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

pêche

Do you know how Quebeckers pronounce the word pêche ? Fête (talk) 00:17, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

They pronounce it as "paiche", with "ai" pronounced like "eye". Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 01:49, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
"pesh". Useddenim (talk) 10:43, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

fort

Do you know how Quebeckers pronounce the word fort ? Fête (talk) 20:03, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

They pronounce it as "faor", with "ao" pronounced like "ow" in "owl". Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 20:28, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

garage

How to pronounce garage in Canadian English ? Fête (talk) 22:06, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

They are generally pronounced the same as in the United States (and I pronounce it as /ɡəˈɹɒʒ/, which is the common pronunciation and the second "g" has a soft "j" sound) Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 22:33, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

kung-fu

Do you know how Quebeckers pronounce the word kung-fu ? Fête (talk) 23:10, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

They pronounce it like "gong fu". Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 23:30, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

un

Do you know how Quebeckers pronounce the word un ? Fête (talk) 23:34, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

They pronounce the "u" like "ah", but nasalized. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 01:46, 7 October 2012 (UTC)

hamburger

Do you know how Quebeckers pronounce the word hamburger ? Fête (talk) 13:15, 7 October 2012 (UTC)

They pronounce it almost the same way as in English, except that the "h" is silent. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 16:20, 7 October 2012 (UTC)

cinq

Do you know how Quebeckers pronounce the word cinq ? Fête (talk) 17:33, 7 October 2012 (UTC)

It sounds very similar to "sunk". Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 23:29, 7 October 2012 (UTC)

Canada

Do you know how Quebeckers pronounce the word Canada ? Fête (talk) 01:13, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

They pronounce it as "Canade", with the last syllable sounding like the French preposition "de". Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 01:33, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

baleine

Do you know how Quebeckers pronounce the word baleine ? Fête (talk) 11:50, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

They pronounce it like "ba-line", with "line" pronounced as in English. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 16:30, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

cœur

Do you know how Quebeckers pronounce the word cœur ? Fête (talk) 19:11, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

They pronounce it like "car". Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 22:06, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

secondaire

Do you know how Quebeckers pronounce the word secondaire ? Fête (talk) 22:11, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

They pronounce the "ai" in "secondaire" as "eye". Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 22:38, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

jaune

You pronounce /ʒoːn/ or /ʒou̯n/ for the word jaune ? Fête (talk) 11:08, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

I pronounce it as /ʒou̯n/ as how Quebeckers pronounce it. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 16:24, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

six

You pronounce as /sis/ or /sɪs/ for the word six in French ? Fête (talk) 18:21, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

I pronounce it as the latter like how Quebeckers pronounce it. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 18:58, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

French teacher

Your French teacher is not Québécoise ? Fête (talk) 19:21, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

No unfortunately. They are quite rare in Toronto, so they have to use teachers who happen to know French (even if their first language is neither English nor French) teach French. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 20:00, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

dix

You pronounce /dɪs/ or /d͡zɪs/ for the word dix ? Fête (talk) 20:09, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

I pronounce it as the former (as in France), though I hear the latter in Quebec. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 20:12, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

pâte

You pronounce /pat/ or /pɑːt/ for the word pâte ? Fête (talk) 20:25, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

I pronounce it like the former. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 20:33, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

centimètre

Do you know how Québécois pronounce the word centimètre ? Fête (talk) 21:40, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

They pronounce it like "centimaitre", with "ai" sounding like "eye". Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 21:57, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

there

You pronounce as /ðɛr/ or /dɛr/ for the word there ? Fête (talk) 22:22, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

I usually pronounce it as the latter (though I sometimes pronounce it as the former). Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 22:38, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

fight

You pronounce fight as /faɪt/ or /fʌɪt/ ? Fête (talk) 22:40, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

I pronounce it as both ways, as I sometimes do not distinguish them as I speak. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 22:50, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

schedule

You pronounce "skejool" or "shejool" for the word schedule ? Fête (talk) 22:52, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

I always pronounce it as the former, since the word is from Greek, not German. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 00:14, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

Quebec accent

Do you think that Quebec accent is strange ? Fête (talk) 00:19, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

To me, it is, especially given how much the pronunciations of words change as compared with their Metropolitan French counterparts and how they no longer are pronounced the way they are spelled in many cases. See here: Quebec French phonology. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 00:36, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

Québécois pronounce fight for fête, bite for bête, shine for chaîne, out for hâte etc. Fête (talk) 00:51, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

I understand, due to the diphthongization of certain vowel sounds, especially in informal Quebec speech. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 00:55, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

Québécois pronounce paw for pas, law for là, saw for ça etc. Fête (talk) 00:50, 11 October 2012 (UTC)

That too, with the lengthening of vowels. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 02:00, 11 October 2012 (UTC)

organization

You pronounce as /ˌɔrɡənaɪˈzeɪʃən/ or /ˌɔrɡənəˈzeɪʃən/ for the word organization ? Fête (talk) 10:59, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

I definitely pronounce it as the former. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 16:34, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

direct

You pronounce /daɪˈrɛkt/ or /dəˈrɛkt/ for the word direct ? Fête (talk) 16:47, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

I definitely pronounce it as the latter. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 18:34, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

again

You pronounce as /əˈɡɛn/ or /əˈɡeɪn/ for the word again ? Fête (talk) 19:02, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

I pronounce it as the former. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 22:52, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

adult

You pronounce as /ˈædʌlt/ or /əˈdʌlt/ for the word adult ? Fête (talk) 23:51, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

I pronounce it as the former. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 23:57, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

neither

You pronounce /ˈnaɪðər/ or /ˈniːðər/ for the word neither ? Fête (talk) 00:34, 11 October 2012 (UTC)

I pronounce it as the former. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 00:46, 11 October 2012 (UTC)

kilometre

You pronounce as /ˈkiːləˌmiːtər/ or /kəˈlɒmətər/ for the word kilometre ? Fête (talk) 16:12, 11 October 2012 (UTC)

I pronounce it as the latter. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 02:55, 12 October 2012 (UTC)

office

You pronounce as /ˈɒfɪs/ or /ˈɒfəs/ for the word office ? Fête (talk) 11:44, 12 October 2012 (UTC)

I pronounce it as the former. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 02:18, 13 October 2012 (UTC)

muffin

You pronounce as /ˈmʌfɪn/ or /ˈmʌfən/ for the word muffin ? Fête (talk) 12:25, 13 October 2012 (UTC)

I pronounce it as the former. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 02:27, 14 October 2012 (UTC)

lézard

Do you know how Quebeckers pronounce the word lézard ? Fête (talk) 21:05, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

They pronounce it as "lay-zar" with "lay" pronounced as in English and "zar" rhymes with "jar". I also pronounce lézard that way. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 02:03, 17 October 2012 (UTC)

tempête

Do you know how Quebeckers pronounce the word tempête ? Fête (talk) 16:11, 17 October 2012 (UTC)

They pronounce it like "tempaite", with "ai" sounding like "eye". Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 02:46, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

You hear "tang pet" or "tang pight" in the file Media:FR-Tempête (Gaspésie).ogg ? Fête (talk) 23:30, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

I hear the latter. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 02:06, 27 October 2012 (UTC)

tasse

Do you know how Quebeckers pronounce the word tasse ? Fête (talk) 18:41, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

They pronounce it as "taus", which rhymes with "house." Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 02:12, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

Eternal September

I'd like to work on countering the US bias; do you know of any particular other places that specifically warrant inclusion? (Or do you have other ideas for improving the page?) Thanks, groupuscule (talk) 08:14, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

Being a Canadian, Canada would be a good start on countering US bias, due to cultural similarities (and some differences), as this phenomenon should not be US-exclusive. Europe and Oceania are also another good places to discuss Eternal September. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 12:39, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

chicken

You pronounce /ˈtʃɪkɪn/ or /ˈtʃɪkən/ for the word chicken ? Fête (talk) 17:51, 23 October 2012 (UTC)

I pronounce it as the latter. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 01:13, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

balm and bomb

Do you pronounce balm and bomb as the same way ? Fête (talk) 10:25, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

Yes I do. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 01:50, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

tête

You hear "tet" or "tight" in the file Media:FR-CA-tête.oga ? Fête (talk) 11:47, 27 October 2012 (UTC)

I hear the latter. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 01:50, 28 October 2012 (UTC)

tard

Do you know how Quebeckers pronounce the word tard ? Fête (talk) 21:00, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

They pronounce it as /tɑɔ̯ʀ/ (which rhymes with the Quebec pronunciation of fort). Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 21:41, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

You hear "tor" or "taor" in the file Media:FR-Tard (Gaspésie).ogg ? Fête (talk) 22:55, 29 October 2012 (UTC)

I hear it as the former. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 02:04, 31 October 2012 (UTC)

hiver

Do you know how Quebecers pronounce the word hiver ? Fête (talk) 23:13, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

They pronounce it as "iver", rhyming with "shiver". Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 02:26, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

You hear [ivɛːʁ] or [ivaɛ̯ʁ] in the file Media:Fr-hiver-fr CA.ogg ? Fête (talk) 21:36, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

I hear it as the former (I do not hear any "ah" in it much). Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 02:48, 2 November 2012 (UTC)

même

Do you know how Quebecers pronounce the word même ? Fête (talk) 17:45, 28 October 2012 (UTC)

They pronounce it as "maim." Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 02:18, 29 October 2012 (UTC)

brun

Do you know how Quebecers pronounce the word brun ? Fête (talk) 13:54, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

They pronounce it with a trilled "r" (alveolar trill) and "un" sounding like "un" in French. Yes, I can make trilled "r"s (both uvular and alveolar). Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 02:46, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

ticket

Does the word ticket can pronounce /ˈtɪkɛt/ ? Fête (talk) 13:03, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

Yes. However, it is not the only pronunciation. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 01:15, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

You pronounce ticket as /ˈtɪkɪt/, /ˈtɪkət/ or /ˈtɪkɛt/ ? Fête (talk) 07:06, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

I pronounce it as /ˈtɪkɛt/. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 03:12, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

message

Does the word message can pronounce /ˈmɛseɪdʒ/ ? Fête (talk) 11:57, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

Yes. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 03:04, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

chocolate

Does the word chocolate can pronounce /ˈtʃɒkoʊleɪt/ ? Fête (talk) 23:00, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

Yes, when pronouncing slowly. Otherwise, it is common to pronounce chocolate as /ˈtʃɒkleɪt/. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 03:39, 8 November 2012 (UTC)

You pronounce the word chocolate as /ˈtʃɒklət/ or /ˈtʃɒkleɪt/ ? Fête (talk) 01:14, 9 November 2012 (UTC)

I pronounce it as the latter. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 03:16, 9 November 2012 (UTC)

Generally, chocolate is pronounced /ˈtʃɒklət/, not /ˈtʃɒkleɪt/. Fête (talk) 22:49, 9 November 2012 (UTC)

I understand (although I unconsciously do pronounce it as the former, but rarely). Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 03:02, 10 November 2012 (UTC)

Chinese

Are you Chinese ? Fête (talk) 11:56, 9 November 2012 (UTC)

Yes, I am a Canadian-born Chinese. However, I do not speak any of the Chinese languages (though retain my strong accent). This meant that I assimilated completely. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 17:42, 9 November 2012 (UTC)

purpose

You pronounce purpose as /ˈpɜrpəs/ ou /ˈpɜrpoʊs/ ? Fête (talk) 23:05, 10 November 2012 (UTC)

I pronounce the noun as the former and the verb as the latter. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 03:28, 11 November 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Original Barnstar
Simply for your patience in explaining pronunciations. Lectonar (talk) 13:13, 14 November 2012 (UTC)
Thank you so much! I added it to my barnstar collection. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 14:00, 14 November 2012 (UTC)

glasses

You pronounce glasses as /ˈɡlæsɪz/ or /ˈɡlæsɛz/ ? Fête (talk) 00:26, 16 November 2012 (UTC)

I often switch the two around, though more often the former refers to a transparent container to hold beverages and the latter refers to eyeglasses. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 02:40, 16 November 2012 (UTC)

mountain

You pronounce the word mountain as /ˈmaʊntən/ or /ˈmaʊnteɪn/ ? Fête (talk) 13:26, 17 November 2012 (UTC)

I pronounce it as the latter. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 03:03, 18 November 2012 (UTC)

certain

You pronounce the word certain as /ˈsɜrtən/ or /ˈsɜrteɪn/ ? Fête (talk) 21:02, 18 November 2012 (UTC)

I pronounce it as the latter. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 03:13, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

foreign

You pronounce /ˈfɒrən/ or /ˈfɒreɪn/ for the word foreign ? Fête (talk) 18:43, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

I pronounce it as the latter. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 03:25, 22 November 2012 (UTC)

orange

You pronounce /ˈɒrəndʒ/ or /ˈɒreɪndʒ/ for the word orange ? Fête (talk) 12:09, 22 November 2012 (UTC)

I pronounce orange to rhyme with "door hinge." Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 03:06, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

college

You pronounce /ˈkɒlɪdʒ/ or /ˈkɒlɛdʒ/ for the word college ? Fête (talk) 12:46, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

I pronounce it as the latter. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 01:59, 24 November 2012 (UTC)

camping

How French people pronounce the word camping ? Fête (talk) 01:55, 25 November 2012 (UTC)

They pronounce it as /kɑ̃.piŋ/ with "a" nasalized and "m" silent. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 03:14, 25 November 2012 (UTC)

ping-pong

Do you know how French people pronounce the word ping-pong ? Fête (talk) 15:20, 25 November 2012 (UTC)

They pronounce it, such that the "i" is nasalized, the first "ng" is silent, and the "o" is nasalized. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 16:21, 25 November 2012 (UTC)

purchase

You pronounce /ˈpɜrtʃəs/ or /ˈpɜrtʃeɪs/ for the word purchase ? Fête (talk) 22:28, 26 November 2012 (UTC)

I pronounce it as the latter. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 17:20, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

hundred

You pronounce /ˈhʌndrɪd/ or /ˈhʌndrɛd/ for the word hundred ? Fête (talk) 17:28, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

I pronounce it as the latter. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 23:46, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

control

You pronounce /kənˈtroʊl/ or /kɒnˈtroʊl/ for the word control ? Fête (talk) 19:05, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

I pronounce it as the latter. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 01:03, 29 November 2012 (UTC)

pleasure

You pronounce /ˈplɛʒər/ or /ˈplɛʒʊər/ for the word pleasure ? Fête (talk) 01:37, 29 November 2012 (UTC)

I pronounce it as the former. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 17:25, 29 November 2012 (UTC)

scène

Do you know how Quebeckers pronounce the word scène ? Fête (talk) 23:30, 29 November 2012 (UTC)

They pronounce it as "sign." Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 01:35, 1 December 2012 (UTC)

person

You pronounce /ˈpɜrsən/ or /ˈpɜrsɒn/ for the word person ? Fête (talk) 00:49, 3 December 2012 (UTC)

I pronounce it as the former. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 02:51, 3 December 2012 (UTC)

welcome

You pronounce /ˈwɛlkəm/ or /ˈwɛlkʌm/ for the word welcome ? Fête (talk) 22:25, 3 December 2012 (UTC)

I pronounce it as the latter. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 00:05, 4 December 2012 (UTC)

Cantonese

Do you know how to say thanks in Cantonese ? Fête (talk) 00:27, 4 December 2012 (UTC)

I do not speak any of the Chinese languages, but thanks in Cantonese is 多謝 (do1 ze6). Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 02:59, 4 December 2012 (UTC)

problem

You pronounce /ˈprɒbləm/ or /ˈprɒblɛm/ for the word problem ? Fête (talk) 12:41, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

I pronounce it as the former (and sometimes as /ˈprɒblʌm/). Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 01:31, 9 December 2012 (UTC)

album

You pronounce /ˈælbəm/ or /ˈælbʌm/ for the word album ? Fête (talk) 19:07, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

I pronounce it as the latter. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 01:31, 9 December 2012 (UTC)

computer

You pronounce /kəmˈpjuːtər/, /kɒmˈpjuːtər/ or /kʌmˈpjuːtər/ for the word computer ? Fête (talk) 02:15, 9 December 2012 (UTC)

I pronounce it as the lattermost. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 02:49, 9 December 2012 (UTC)

Europe

You pronounce /ˈjʊrəp/ or /ˈjʊroʊp/ for the word Europe ? Fête (talk) 23:11, 10 December 2012 (UTC)

I pronounce it as /ˈjʊrop/ (you rope). Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 03:18, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

demain

You pronounce demain as or  ? Fête (talk) 19:15, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

I pronounce it as the latter (the Quebec one). Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 19:17, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

Wilson Phung

You hear /ˈwɪlsən ˌfʌŋ/ or /ˈwɪlsən ˌfɔŋ/ in the file Media:Wilson Phung.ogg ? Fête (talk) 14:19, 2 November 2012 (UTC)

I hear it as the latter. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 01:58, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

Quebec accent

What do you hear ? Fête (talk) 03:12, 18 November 2012 (UTC)

I hear it as tempight (rhymes with fight) de naige ("ai" sounds like "eye"). Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 16:19, 18 November 2012 (UTC)

sofa

You pronounce /ˈsoʊfə/ or /ˈsoʊfɑː/ for the word sofa ? Fête (talk) 04:59, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

I pronounce it as the latter. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 13:49, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

marriage

You prononce /ˈmɛrɪdʒ/, /ˈmɛreɪdʒ/ or /ˈmɛrieɪdʒ/ for the word marriage ? Fête (talk) 23:56, 14 December 2012 (UTC)

I pronounce it as the middle one. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 03:00, 15 December 2012 (UTC)

failure

You pronounce /ˈfeɪljər/, /ˈfeɪljʊər/ or /ˈfeɪlʊər/ for the word failure ? Fête (talk) 14:08, 16 December 2012 (UTC)

I pronounce it as the formermost. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 17:02, 16 December 2012 (UTC)

rouge

You hear "roozh" or "hoozh" in the file Media:Fr-rouge.ogg ? Fête (talk) 19:38, 16 December 2012 (UTC)

I hear it as "hroozh" funnily enough. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 02:59, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

pencil

You pronounce /ˈpɛnsəl/ or /ˈpɛnsɪl/ for the word pencil ? Fête (talk) 17:19, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

I pronounce it as the former. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 20:03, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

cupboard

You pronounce /ˈkʌbərd/ or /ˈkʌbɔrd/ ? Fête (talk) 22:24, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

I pronounce it as both the former and the latter. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 05:16, 18 December 2012 (UTC)

tradition

You pronounce /trəˈdɪʃən/ or /treɪˈdɪʃən/ ? Fête (talk) 11:50, 18 December 2012 (UTC)

I pronounce it as /traˈdɪʃən/. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 16:46, 18 December 2012 (UTC)

sayonara

Your hear "sayonara" or "sayonala" in the file Media:Ja-sayonara.ogg ? Fête (talk) 17:16, 18 December 2012 (UTC)

I hear "sayonara." Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 02:29, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

stomach

You pronounce /ˈstʌmək/, /ˈstʌmɪk/, /ˈstʌmæk/ or /ˈstʌmeɪk/ ? Fête (talk) 13:37, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

I pronounce it as the third one. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 04:07, 20 December 2012 (UTC)

attention

You pronounce /əˈtɛnʃən/ or /æˈtɛnʃən/ ? Fête (talk) 12:19, 20 December 2012 (UTC)

I pronounce it as /aˈtɛnʃən/. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 17:20, 20 December 2012 (UTC)

limited

You pronounce /ˈlɪmɪtɪd/, /ˈlɪmɪtəd/ or /ˈlɪmɪtɛd/ ? Fête (talk) 17:56, 20 December 2012 (UTC)

I pronounce it as /ˈlɪmɪted/. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 03:02, 21 December 2012 (UTC)

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effect

You pronounce as /ɪˈfɛkt/, /əˈfɛkt/ or /ɛˈfɛkt/ ? Fête (talk) 13:00, 21 December 2012 (UTC)

I pronounce it as the formermost. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 17:35, 21 December 2012 (UTC)

French R

How do you pronounce the French R ? Fête (talk) 19:39, 21 December 2012 (UTC)

I pronounce it by having the left side of my tongue touch the left half of the roof of my mouth, and it articulating on the right side of my mouth. My throat vibrates as well. In fact, before I perfected the trilled "r", I used this method. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 21:03, 21 December 2012 (UTC)

interpreter

You pronounce /ɪnˈtɜrprɪtər/ or /ɪnˈtɜrprɛtər/ ? Fête (talk) 22:51, 21 December 2012 (UTC)

I pronounce it as /ɪnˈtərprɛtər/. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 23:28, 21 December 2012 (UTC)

photographer

You pronounce as /foʊˈtɒɡrəfər/ or /ˈfoʊtoʊˌɡræfər/ ? Fête (talk) 23:56, 21 December 2012 (UTC)

I pronounce it as /foʊˈtɒɡrafər/. Likewise, I pronounce cartographer as /kɒˈtɒɡrafər/. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 03:09, 22 December 2012 (UTC)

audio

Can you record the pronunciation of the word chocolate in Wikimedia Commons please ? Fête (talk) 13:39, 22 December 2012 (UTC)

Unfortunately, I do not have the equipment or the software for it. I also have a very strong accent that would be difficult for others to hear. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 17:42, 22 December 2012 (UTC)

List of Toronto parks

If you are still expanding the "A" list, it's going to take us a long time to complete this list. I think that's rate of one about a week. Thanks for your slow but methodical additions :-) Secondarywaltz (talk) 05:16, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

No problem. There is no deadline, but at least the article is updated on a regular basis. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 16:37, 20 November 2012 (UTC)
Just letting you know that Toronto Parks are something I work on too, but I've tended to add new articles or partial information rather than working alphabetically. I'd like to add more little vignettes like Ed & Anne Mirvish Parkette to existing articles, so that we have something on record. We'll get there. Secondarywaltz (talk) 16:57, 20 November 2012 (UTC)
I read some of these and they are interesting. I add an alphabetical listing slowly to ensure that they stay on the watchlist as long as possible (since watchlist entries are usually bumped off (unless set to all) every week without any edits and if I add to many at once, then there would not be anything to keep the article in the "edited in the past week"). This way, the article will always be visible on the watchlist for a very long time, which in other words, I making very slow progress, but progress nonetheless (and it is better than nobody making edits for months). It would be easier to add vignettes if you can see the list of Toronto parks article immediately on the watchlist. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 18:08, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

voice

You think it's a male voice or female voice in the file Media:Fr-Je ne comprends pas.oga ? Fête (talk) 21:35, 22 December 2012 (UTC)

It is a female voice. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 22:05, 22 December 2012 (UTC)

Maybe it's a female voice, I'm not sure. Fête (talk) 13:02, 23 December 2012 (UTC)

You think it's a male or female voice in the file Media:Qc-temps des fêtes.ogg ? Fête (talk) 22:19, 22 December 2012 (UTC)

It is a male voice (and very similar to mine even). Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 23:00, 22 December 2012 (UTC)

Yes, it's a voice of adolescent. Fête (talk) 23:19, 22 December 2012 (UTC)

Got it. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 17:53, 23 December 2012 (UTC)

It's my voice. Fête (talk) 18:55, 23 December 2012 (UTC)

voice

You think it's a male or female voice in the file Media:Fr-Bonne fête.oga ? Fête (talk) 00:13, 23 December 2012 (UTC)

I think that it is a male voice. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 02:59, 23 December 2012 (UTC)

fête

Does the word fête is pronounced "fet" in Gaspésie and "fight" in Montreal ? Fête (talk) 22:49, 23 December 2012 (UTC)

No. Fête is pronounced "fet" in both Gaspésie and Montreal, while it is pronounced "fight" in Abitibi. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 01:48, 24 December 2012 (UTC)

I live in Montreal. Fête is pronounced "fight" in Montreal. Fête is pronounced "fet" or "fight" in Quebec City ? Fête (talk) 02:10, 24 December 2012 (UTC)

Oh yeah. It is pronounced "fight" in Montreal. I believe that in Quebec City, it is a mixed bag. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 03:01, 24 December 2012 (UTC)
The above comment made by me was my 3000th user talk edit. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 03:13, 24 December 2012 (UTC)

correspond

You pronounce /ˌkɒrɪˈspɒnd/ or /ˌkɒrɛˈspɒnd/ ? Fête (talk) 17:31, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

I pronounce it as both the latter, as well as /ˌkɒrəˈspɒnd/. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 02:59, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

lettuce

You pronounce /ˈlɛtɪs/ or /ˈlɛtjuːs/ for the word lettuce ? Fête (talk) 21:27, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

I pronounce it as the former. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 03:14, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Toronto Pearson International Airport

I cannot see your problem with linking international airport on this page. It is an international airport, the link to that page explains what it is, and other airport pages have this link. It seems fairly normal to me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.86.37.131 (talk) 15:57, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

I understand. Next time, please sign each comment. Another thing, HkCaGu reverted your edit, not me. I am just the messenger. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 17:27, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Re: Target Canada

I'm very sorry for adding the incorrect info, I knew 3 Zellers stores will remain, but Target forced Zellers to vacate the last aqcuired stores by Target. --BouncyGlow (talk) 21:21, 27 January 2013 (UTC)Bouncy Glow

Thank you, but it was Ground Zero who reverted your edit, not me. I am just the messenger. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 23:09, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

jonas valanciunas Height weight dispute

Hello,

Perhaps you may be able to help in this situation? but there is currently an edit conflict on the Jonas Valančiūnas page regarding what his height and weight should be listed at? I and others have concluded that it is best to list his weight and height as is officially listed by his NBA player profile and by the official Raptors roster, however another editor is insistent on listing it as another height and weight contrary to those. Perhaps you can comment on the matter as I've noticed you have contributed to past raptor related edits. Thanks. Duhon (talk) 00:24, 31 January 2013 (UTC)

All I can do is to request that article full protection. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 03:37, 31 January 2013 (UTC)

Toronto Population

Hello, the page you referred me to (Wikipedia:WikiProject Canadian communities) is only a suggestion page. Also, there is nothing in the Manual of Style about only using census information. I cited my edit. As far as I am concerned it's a valid edit. You can't point to a "suggestion" page and use it as if it's an official Wikipedia rule that must be followed. CanadaRed (talk) 09:13, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

It is not a suggestion. Please speak with UrbanNerd about this, who is actually more experienced than I am. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 13:37, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

Edit requests on Talk:Toronto

Hi. I understand what you are trying to do. I agree that it's pretty common to consolidate discussions when there are separate discussions on the same topic on a talk page (heck, when there are separate discussions on two different talk pages, it isn't even uncommon to move one of them), and it usually makes sense. But this edit request isn't a susbtantive discussion that would provide any great benefit by moving it so it forms part of the larger discussion. I am not sure that it is helpful for the novices that leave such requests for us to be deleting or moving their requests out of chronological order, esp. in cases like this where it doesn't add anything to the main discussion. We should simply be responding in friendly and helpful terms (as you did with your comment about the hatnote). I'm not trying to be difficult, but I do believe that considering what best helps novices (and hopefully encourages them to become more involved) is as important a consideration as trying to keep the discussion in one plave. The editor that initially left the edit request clearly didn't notice the larger discussion immediately above, and I am not sure that we are helping the guy by moving his request up there. Cheers. --Skeezix1000 (talk) 18:55, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

And I apologize. Upon rereading it just now, the tone of my edit summary was a bit more abrupt than I had intended.--Skeezix1000 (talk) 18:57, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
I accept your apology and I will apologize as well. I have a habit of refactoring similar topics into one, as I assume that the newcomer (who is actually not a newcomer) did not read the comments. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 22:44, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

caisse

You hear [kɛːs] or [kaɛ̯s] in the file Media:FQ-caisse.ogg ? 198.105.111.50 (talk) 18:53, 7 April 2013 (UTC)

Fête, you are back. It is pronounced as the latter. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 21:18, 7 April 2013 (UTC)

送

You hear /sʊŋ/ or /sɔŋ/ in Media:Yue-送.oga ? 198.105.111.50 (talk) 23:14, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

I hear it as the latter. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 02:02, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

軟

You hear [jwan], [ʒwan] or [ɹwan] in the file Media:Zh-ruan3.oga ? 198.105.116.225 (talk) 19:57, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

I hear it as the lattermost. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 01:19, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

Vũng Tàu

You hear /vʊŋ taʊ/ or /vɔŋ taʊ/ in the file Media:Vũng Tàu.oga ? 198.105.116.225 (talk) 22:17, 13 April 2013 (UTC)

I hear it as the former, though the sound file has so much background noise. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 02:02, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

人

You hear /ʒən/ or /ɹən/ in the file Media:Zh-rén.ogg ? 198.105.116.225 (talk) 21:22, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

I hear it as the former. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 02:21, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

cousin

You pronounced /ˈkʌzən/ or /ˈkʌzɪn/ for the word cousin ? 198.105.110.78 (talk) 15:22, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

I pronounce it as the former. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 02:04, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

medicine

You pronounced /ˈmɛdɪsɪn/ or /ˈmɛdɪsən/ for the word medicine ? 198.105.110.78 (talk) 11:19, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

I pronounce it as the latter. For me, medicine and Madison are homophones. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 16:18, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

back

You pronounce /bæk/ or /bɛk/ for the word back ? 198.105.126.201 (talk) 00:46, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

I pronounce it both ways. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 02:00, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

melody

You pronounce /ˈmɛlədi/ or /ˈmɛloʊdi/ for the word melody ? 198.105.102.115 (talk) 21:18, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

I pronounce it as the latter. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 02:53, 19 April 2013 (UTC)

You hear /muntrial/ or /muntriɛl/ in Media:مونتريال.oga ? 198.105.101.73 (talk) 11:07, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

I hear it as the latter. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 02:19, 22 April 2013 (UTC)