User:Earl Andrew
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US president Bush visits Canada[edit]
I Happened to attend the protest, and got some pictures of it. I uploaded one for this page. You can see more pictures I took here. [1] Earl Andrew 19:37, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Place name stamps[edit]
I have tried to conform pages with stamps showing the date and place of the news event. Here is an example:
Sunday, December 5, 2004
OTTAWA — - for major cities or major world capitals Sunday, December 5, 2004
RESTOULE, Ontario — - for smaller cities or towns, villages etc or if a lot of other cities in the world have the same name. Use xxx, state/province for Canada, Australia, UK and USA, use xxx, country for all others.
How to cite World Cities:
- Afghanistan: KABUL
- Algeria: ALGEIRS
- Angola: LUANDA
- Argentina: BUENOS AIRES
- Australia: BRISBANE; CANBERRA; MELBOURNE; SYDNEY
- Austria: VIENNA
- Azerbaijan: BAKU
- Bangladesh: DHAKA
- Belarus: MINSK
- Belgium: ANTWERP, BRUSSELS
- Bolivia: LA PAZ, SUCRE
- Bosnia and Herzegovina: SARAJEVO
- Brazil: BRASILIA; RIO DE JANEIRO; SAO PAULO
- Bulgaria: SOFIA
- Burkina Faso: OUAGADOUGOU
- Cambodia: PHNOM PENH
- Cameroon: DOUALA; YAOUNDE
- Canada: MONTREAL; OTTAWA; TORONTO; VANCOUVER
- Chile: SANTIAGO
- China: BEIJING; HONG KONG; SHANGHAI
- Colombia: BOGOTA
- Congo: KINSHASA
- Cote d'Ivoire: ABIDJAN, YAMOUSSOURKO
- Croatia: ZAGREB
- Cuba: HAVANA
- Czech Republic: PRAGUE
- Denmark: COPENHAGEN
- Dominican Republic: SANTO DOMINGO
- Ecuador: GUAYAQUIL, QUITO
- Egypt: CAIRO
- Ethiopia: ADDIS ABABA
- Finland: HELSINKI
- France: LYON, MARSEILLE; PARIS
- Germany: BERLIN; COLOGNE; DUSSELDORF; FRANKFURT; HAMBURG; MUNICH; STUTTGART
- Ghana: ACCRA
- Greece: ATHENS
- Guatemala: GUATEMALA CITY
- Guinea: CONARKY
- Haiti: PORT AU PRINCE
- Hungary: BUDAPEST
- India: BOMBAY; CALCUTTA; DELHI; MADRAS; NEW DELHI
- Indonesia: JAKARTA
- Iran: TEHRAN
- Iraq: BAGHDAD
- Ireland: DUBLIN
- Israel: JERUSALEM; TEL AVIV
- Italy: MILAN; NAPLES; ROME; VENICE
- Japan: OSAKA; TOKYO
- Jordan: AMMAN
- Kazakhstan: ALMATY; ASTANA
- Kenya: NAIROBI
- Lebanon: BEIRUT
- Libya: TRIPOLI
- Luxembourg: LUXEMBOURG
- Malaysia: KUALA LUMPUR
- Mexico: MEXICO CITY
- Morocco: CASABLANCA; RABAT
- Mozambique: MAPUTO
- Myanmar: YANGON
- Nepal: KATHMANDU
- Netherlands: AMSTERDAM; ROTTERDAM; THE HAGUE
- New Zealand: AUCKLAND; WELLINGTON
- Nigeria: ABUJA; LAGOS
- North Korea: PYONGYANG
- Norway: OSLO
- Pakistan: ISLAMABAD; KARACHI
- Palestine: RAMALLAH
- Peru: LIMA
- Philippines: MANILA
- Poland: WARSAW
- Portugal: LISBON
- Romania: BUCHAREST
- Russia: MOSCOW; ST. PETERSBURG
- Saudi Arabia: MECCA; RIYADH
- Serbia and Montenegro: BELGRADE
- Singapore: SINGAPORE
- Slovakia: BRATISLAVA
- Somalia: MOGADISHU
- South Africa: CAPE TOWN; JOHANNESBURG; PRETORIA
- South Korea: SEOUL
- Spain: BARCELONA; MADRID
- Sri Lanka: COLOMBO
- Sudan: KHARTOUM
- Sweden: STOCKHOLM
- Switzerland: BERN; GENEVA; ZURICH
- Syria: DAMASCUS
- Taiwan: TAIPEI
- Tanzania: DAR ES SALAAM
- Thailand: BANGKOK
- Tunisia: TUNIS
- Turkey: ANKARA; ISTANBUL
- Uganda: KAMPALA
- Ukraine: KIEV
- United Arab Emirate: ABU DHABI; DUBAI
- United Kingdom: BELFAST; BIRMINGHAM; CARDIFF; EDINBURGH; LONDON; MANCHESTER
- United States: ATLANTA; BOSTON; CHICAGO; CLEVELAND; DALLAS; DETROIT; HOUSTON; LOS ANGELES; MIAMI; MINNEAPOLIS; NEW YORK CITY; PHILADELPHIA; SAN FRANCISCO; SEATTLE; WASHINGTON, DC
- Uruguay: MONTEVIDEO
- Uzbekistan: TASHKENT
- Venezuela: CARACAS
- Vietnam: HANOI; HO CHI MINH CITY
- Yemen: SANAA
- Zambia: LUSAKA
- Zimbabwe: HARARE
Archives[edit]
Added archive section to the main page with some signifigant historical events below it. Note: articles do not exist yet, but I would like to see some made :) Earl Andrew 00:25, 8 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Update- seems they didn't like the idea, so they took it down. Oh well. Earl Andrew 04:54, 8 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Weather[edit]
I updated the weather on the main page, and listed a load of communities on the weather page Earl Andrew 04:54, 8 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Sports[edit]
Added "Scoreboard" - still in its preliminary stages. Earl Andrew 08:40, 8 Dec 2004 (UTC)