User talk:Timc/2004

This is an archive of discussions from 2004. New discussion topics should go on my current talk page.

Thanks for the article about Queen's Park. I'm very fond of the place myself and would appreciate any comments you might have about this article of mine. I have a picture of the legislature which I will upload and insert tomorrow. Trontonian 03:49, 9 Jan 2004 (UTC)

• Thanks a lot. I don't live in Toronto so I don't get to experience the park much, but I found it a nice haven in the heart of the city. The picture looks good. Timc 21:16, 14 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Timc: I just put the commas back in the SI base unit article, in accordance with the Wikipedia Manual of Style. I too would prefer spaces since they are less ambiguous than commas are, but consistency is better. —Bkell 18:12, 25 Mar 2004 (UTC)

• Oh, I wasn't aware that this was the case in the manual. Timc 20:58, 25 Mar 2004 (UTC)

The NASCAR mediawiki is nice, but is it needed when we have List of NASCAR race tracks? I suppose I could see a use, but it's quite ... large. :) --Golbez 21:48, 27 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]

I was thinking along the same lines, particularly since the two articles I saw it added to -- Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Watkins Glen International -- do host a NASCAR race, but are hardly known primarily for those events. Is someone going to add a similar block of the IRL, Formula One, Sports Car, etc. races to those pages? I think some perspective may be in order. Rdikeman 13:44, May 28, 2004 (UTC)

You're probably right. We can undo that. I guess I got carried away. --Timc 16:03, 28 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]

I have removed that section from all of the pages that it was on. I also added List of NASCAR race tracks to any that did not have it. Is that okay? --Timc 16:16, 28 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]

Excellent solution and totally appropriate! Your diplomacy is greatly appreciated. :-) Rdikeman 18:04, May 28, 2004 (UTC)

Oh yes, quite okay, I meant to add that to them too. As we add more racing leagues (IRL, ARCA, etc) those should have track list links added as well. In fact, I think I know what I might work on tonight... List of IRL race tracks :) While we're at it, do you have any suggestions for more information to put in the tables I put on some of the track pages? --Golbez 18:08, 28 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]

How about the year they opened? --Timc 00:17, 30 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]

I note that you changed the table on Indianapolis Motor Speedway from HTML to Wikitable. I thought of doing this once, but figured not much space was saved, though it is nice to not have to deal with countless td/trs. Just wondering, what caused you to make that decision? Uniformity by using the wiki markup? --Golbez 20:19, 2 Jun 2004 (UTC)

I did it as an experiment, and since it is nice not to have the td/trs, and it looked pretty much the same, I left it. I'm trying to use the wiki markup as much as possible. I don't think it saves very much space. --Timc 20:22, 2 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Excellent Waterloo Region maps, sir! I was planning something like that myself, but I haven't the software or knowledge to really tackle it.

Well done, they add that proper 'cachet' to the articles. ;-) Radagast 18:26, Jun 23, 2004 (UTC)