User talk:Sarnya

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- Mailer Diablo 13:45, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Dog poop girl etc

Hi, I just wanted to say, the existence of other ridiculous articles that should absolutely also be deleted does not justify keeping the Saugeen Stripper. It would be more useful to get them all deleted rather than be overwhelmed by crap. (I, however, am only one man and it was beyond my abilities even to get the Stripper article deleted.) Adam Bishop 21:01, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

This is what I was referring to. Have you heard about it? It actually made the front page of several major newspapers, and really shook things up here. It's one reason why we can't have unverified information, especially anything naming people, and especailly if it's negative. -R. fiend 23:40, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

Meatpuppet vs. Sockpuppet

I did not accuse you of sockpuppetry; I was merely pointing out that we were getting a few new users commenting on the AfD for the article and wanted others reading the discussion to be on the lookout for meatpuppetry (that being a number of different people creating accounts for the purpose of trying to curry favour one way or the other in discussion)

Image copyright problem with Image:Beanies1949.jpeg

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Zanta

Note that Zanta has been restored, and place on AfD for a proper deletion debate. -- Zanimum 14:40, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Untagged image

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Sarnya in the news

I thought that you might be interested to know that your "I believe in a city like Toronto, a character like Zanta is very notable to the local citizens,' one Wikipidean wrote. 'If he was in Venice Beach, California, perhaps nobody would care. Given that he is one of a kind for Toronto, he remains in the spotlight." statement in the Zanta AfD was cited in: Cheney, Peter. (December 23, 2006) Globe and Mail An online debate: What's the meaning of Zanta? He may be local, but fans say he belongs in Wikipedia. Section: Globe Toronto; Page M3. -- Jreferee 23:12, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

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December 2007

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References on Sarnia

It is not sufficient on Wikipedia to assert that the person challenging a statement could have found references themselves by doing a Google search. If you're adding the material, then the onus is on you to provide the source. Bearcat (talk) 20:43, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Kissing Capital

If the Sarnia claims on its welcome sign that it is (or was) the kissing capital of the world, a picture of that sign would be a great addition to this article. It would solve the citation problem, to boot. I do wonder if it is of sufficient importance to appear so high up in the article, however. Maybe moving it to the culture (or athletics?) section would be more suitable. Roregan (talk) 14:59, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

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