User talk:Ben Babcock

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Thanks for the welcome, although I am not a new Wikipedian, as I am actually just the user Arthur Dent with a new username. I do appreciate the quick welcome and useful list of links. Ben Babcock 05:09, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

CBC News: The Hour

Just one little quibble: there's no such word as "receival". The word you wanted, believe it or not, is "reception". Bearcat 06:02, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)

You're absolutely correct. Thanks for catching that. Ben Babcock 12:45, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)

SOAP

I stopped watching SOAP because there seemed to be a too-many-cooks situation. Anyway, I basically like your proposed revision. I would suggest that you say more about why SOAP used to be a protocal and is no more than that. ---Isaac R 18:14, 5 May 2005 (UTC)

Operation Yellow Ribbon

I really wanted a rewrite/restructuring. Please note that it was 255 flights diverted to 15 airports, not 224 to 17. -- SNIyer12^(talk) 23:43, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Concerning how many flights were diverted and to how many airports, I'm going by what Prime Minister Jean Chretien said in the days after the attacks, the news media, and the airports involved in the operation, not by Transport Canada. I agree with Chretien that there were 255 flights diverted to 15 airports. -- SNIyer12^(talk) 23:57, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Please note that there were conflicting reports as to how many flights were diverted. Transport Canada said 224, NavCanada said 239. Chretien said the number was anywhere between 225 and 250. The exact total was 255. I've contacted each of the airports involved in the operation and got the numbers of flights diverted to their airports. -- SNIyer12^(talk) 00:13, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

As you requested, I'm providing some of the sources: News broadcasts of September 11, 2001 by both CBC and Global, the September 12, 2001 edition of The National Post, annual reports by airports involved in the operation, and NavCanada. -- SNIyer12^(talk) 19:01, 29 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Dorval International Airport was Montréal-Dorval International Airport on September 11, 2001. -- SNIyer12^(talk) 13:30, 30 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I also added the fact that pilots were also asked to avoid Macdonald-Cartier International Airport in Ottawa, because it's one of the busiest airports in Central Canada. -- SNIyer12^(talk) 22:33, 2 Jul 2005 (UTC)

I did some restructuring, especially with the operation part. Transport Canada activating its SitCen is part of deployment of emergency measures, as is NavCanada's role. -- SNIyer12^(talk), 16:21, 5 Jul 2005 (UTC)

How come you haven't finished up the rest of the Cleanup, particularly in the Pacific Flights section? I may have to do that. SNIyer12^(talk), 17:40, 15 Jul 2005 (UTC)

I'm going to do the cleanup for the Pacific flights section. SNIyer12^(talk), 20:51, 17 Jul 2005 (UTC)

I think that this article is about to become a closed issue for the Cleanup Taskforce. Do you agree? SNIyer12^(talk), 02:56, 26 Jul 2005 (UTC)

I think that this article is going to become a closed issue. I straightened out the references, took out information that was repeated more than once, as well as added information about the scenes at airports about the diverted aircraft and the security: the RCMP performing security sweeps. SNIyer12^(talk), 16:46, 26 Jul 2005 (UTC)

I just made the article a closed issue. SNIyer12^(talk), 17:30, 26 Jul 2005 (UTC)

Book club started up

Hi,

You requested I message you after setuping up the book club.

You an now find the project home at WBC

Regards, lots of issues | leave me a message 13:32, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Cleanup Taskforce reminder

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User Categorisation

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Omnipotence paradox

First of all, I'd like to offer my belated thanks for cleaning up omnipotence paradox. Using the sources added during cleanup and some suggested in peer review, I've expanded some sections, particularly those dealing with twentieth-century philosophy. I also found a couple useful pictures, even though the topic isn't particularly pictorial. It would be great to hear your comments on the article's current state, with a view towards WP:FAC sometime in the future. (I won't be nominating anything new until my current one is closed, one way or the other.)

Thanks in advance, and best wishes. Anville 10:59, 17 November 2005 (UTC)

Wikimedia Canada

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Canadian Mennonite University

It would be appreciated if you would give your input at Talk:Canadian_Mennonite_University so we can get the ugly dispute box removed (whatever the final outcome is). OsgoodeLawyer 17:01, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

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Research survey invitation

Greetings Ben Babcock-

My name is Randall Livingstone, and I am a doctoral student at the University of Oregon, studying digital media and online community. I am posting to invite you to participate in my research study exploring the work of Wikipedia editors who are members of WikiProject: Countering Systemic Bias. The online survey should take 20 to 25 minutes to complete and can be found here:

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Thank you very much.

Sincerely,

Randall Livingstone School of Journalism & Communication University of Oregon UOJComm (talk) 03:41, 22 June 2011 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!

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