User talk:UrbanNerd

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Montréal

Hello. I saw your edit summary "this is english wikipedia". It actually isn't the English Wikipedia, and en-wp policies like "WP:USE ENGLISH" do not apply here. This is the Commons, a multilingual media repository that operates in dozens of languages. The reason it may look like an English-language project to you is because that is the interface selected in your preferences. Although category names on the Commons must for the time being be in English, gallery pages (such as the one you edited) need not be in English. In fact, the primary local language of the subject tends to take precedence on gallery pages. While you can add translations, "this is english wikipedia" is not a valid reason to delete French words in favour of English ones. Hope that helps. --Skeezix1000 (talk) 21:47, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

The local languages of Canada are french and english. Using french only isn't reflective of the local languages. I admit english only isn't reflective either. I have added both languages and assume you will find this compromise acceptable. --UrbanNerd (talk) 20:31, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

It's not a compromise - you can add whatever languages you want. Add Chinese if that makes you happy. Just don't delete languages based on mistaken assumptions, or change the page to give English priority, that's all. This is not an English-language project.--Skeezix1000 (talk) 20:55, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

Actually it is an english language project, as well as a french language project, and many other languages. You say "Just don't delete languages based on mistaken assumptions, or change the page to give English priority" yet you just deleted english and made french not only the priority but the sole language in the headings. So I changed it to include both languages. This isn't the lace to spread a political/language message. I have reverted you deletion of english and changed french to first to appease this political message of yours. If you wish every heading to also be french first please change them. But just deleting content while scolding others for it is both counter productive and after more than once becomes vandalism. --UrbanNerd (talk) 22:21, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

No one has a political message, and no one has an issue with you adding languages. But it's no one's job to clean up after your edits. If you want to add English, go ahead and do so, but don't expect others to go after you fixing things. I'm not going to run around reversing the order of your edits. --Skeezix1000 (talk) 22:27, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

There is no need to reverse the order of the edits in the first place. Bilingual means english-french and french-english. You just want french first for your little political message. I am readding english SECOND to appease your little statement. Grow up man ! Anymore nonsense and you'll be blocked from editing. --UrbanNerd (talk) 22:31, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

You might want to calm down. First, stop making silly threats and stop the name-calling. I am not sure what ax you have to grind, but no one is making "political statements and undertones". You are being asked to follow the Commons gallery guideline and the project's language policy, which state that the local language takes precedence. French is the city's official and majority language. While it's great you added English (you can add whatever language you want), as Canada overall is bilingual, French should be the primary language. I would say the same thing to someone who wanted to delete the English descriptions on, say, a Winnipeg gallery, or make French predominant on such a gallery page. And please don't make edits, and then expect others to spend time fixing them, and then complain when they don't. You can also use tools like LangSwitch, if you feel ambitious.--Skeezix1000 (talk) 22:44, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

By the way, it's particularly silly of you to be accusing me of having some political agenda, because on en-wp, which has completely different language rules and guidelines, I have removed countless references to Montréal and Québec in articles in favour of Montreal and Quebec, which is the en-wiki standard. But that's not the way things work here, and you are asked to respect that (for the same reason you expect editors at en-wp to abide by naming conventions and practices there). --Skeezix1000 (talk) 22:50, 8 March 2011 (UTC)