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Euros

Right. But none of the countries issue Euros. Only the European Central Bank does. Andorra has been using Euros since inception as they have never had an official currency. Currently, they have been using them officially since July 2013 and therefore are in line with all of the other micro states. They also have a right to issue Euro COINS but have not yet minted or issued them as there was a delay in getting them minted. They are still Euro users and the answer is YES! on the chart. I sincerely hope this clears up the issue at hand. ~Julien~ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Julien Houle (talk • contribs) 19:58, 8 January 2014 P.S. There is no such thing as "partially using the Euro", the country either has rights or uses unilaterally. As a matter of fact then, Andorra cannot issue Euros, only the ECB. Briefzehn 00:24, 10 January 2014 (UTC)(UTC) Briefzehn

Your claim that "none of the countries issue Euros" is incorrect, and is contradicted by Andorra's monetary agreement which explicitly grants Andorra: "The right to issue euro coins".

Yes, Andorra was previously using the euro unofficially, but they were officially granted usage rights as of April 2012 (when the MA came into force), not July 2013. All that happened in July 2013 was that they were granted the right to issue euros, subject to certain conditions. There have been delays in trying to meet these conditions. Once they meet the conditions and actually issue euros, then they will be in line with the rest of the microstates and it would make sense to colour them green. But as of now, they aren't quite there. Prior to them getting usage rights, they were coloured blue (like Kosovo and Montenegro). Now that they have usage rights but can't yet issue euros, they are coloured yellow. Once they issue euros like the rest of the green states, they should be coloured green. Every other green state issues their own euros; I don't see why we should make an exemption for Andorra.

As I mentioned in my edit summary, lots of places are official euro users. For instance, the UK's Akrotiri and Dhekelia are official euro users. Should we colour the UK green because they officially have the right to use the euro in their territory? I don't believe so. Green should be reserved for states which actually issue their own euros.

Also, I never said they were "partially using the Euro". What I actually said was that they were "they're only partially participating in the eurozone" because they don't issue their own euros. Their situation now is analogous to Akrotiri and Dhekelia/Mayotte/Saint Pierre and Miquelon/French Southern and Antarctic Lands/Saint-Barthélemy (users but not issuers) not the microstates, which are BOTH users and issuers. Hopefully Andorra issues their euros soon so this issue will be resolved. TDL (talk) 04:16, 12 January 2014 (UTC)

EU and Europe

Not arguing against your revert on European Union, as EU is clearer than Europe, but I'm surprised you imply that you haven't heard anyone refer to the EU as "Europe". In my experience, it's quite a common occurrence. It's tends not to be confusing either, as the meaning is always clear from context. I reckon it's exactly what must've happened to the United States, where "America" came into common usage as a shortform name, displacing the other candidates. CMD (talk) 22:15, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

Well, I've definitely seen it used colloquially to allude to the EU, but I've always just taken it as a figure of speech and not a literal name for the EU. For example, in the sentence "Downing Street and William Hague have experienced a rare moment of unity with Nick Clegg on Europe" the author is clearly referring specifically to the EU, but if the sentence read "Downing Street and William Hague have experienced a rare moment of unity with Nick Clegg on the Continent/Brussels" (both [equally?] common figures of speech), to me it would have the exact same meaning, it just utilizes different features to identify the EU. I'm not sure that makes "the Continent" or "Brussels" a synonym for the EU, rather than just a metonymy. (I admit had too look up that word!) I suppose the counterargument is that if the figure of speech is used frequently enough, it aquires a new meaning which transcends its original definition and becomes a name. This suggests that that is what has happened in British usage, so it probably comes down to an engvar issue. (As for America, your pseudoetymology sounds plausible, but after this discussion I've had quite enough of that subject!) TDL (talk) 01:20, 15 January 2014 (UTC)

I'm choking up!

Thanks for the barnstar Dan! It's nice to have a non-bot show up on my talk page and I'm glad the effort on the Argonauts article was appreciated.

Speaking of books, I just got The Argo Bounce in the mail last night. In fact, when you wrote, I was about to dig back into the article with new factoids. (Did you know that Harry Sonshine fired all thirteen imports on the Argos at once in 1954?!) I stopped myself, however, because too much detail can overburden and over-lengthen an article. I'll probably just add little bits and pieces going forward. The main task will be a History of the Toronto Argonauts. I'd like to have this companion article in shape before an FA nom to provide a target for any concerns over too much or too little coverage. When I have it in my sandbox, I'll give you the link.

"I've got digital access to numerous newspaper archives..." Do you really have the Globe back to 1844? Off the top of my head, I'm thinking it would be super-cool to quote the Globe and/or Daily Mail in the days after the first game of October 18, 1973 if you can find it. Both the papers apparently covered the game. Dontreadalone (talk) 01:39, 15 January 2014 (UTC)

Oh, and do you actually prefer to be addressed as Dan or TDL? Dontreadalone (talk) 02:01, 15 January 2014 (UTC)

Dan works for me, though I'm not particularly fussy either way. And you earned that barnstar for all your hard work on the article!

I can't say I've actually tested it all the way back to 1844 (and some of the reproductions of older papers are quite poor), but the articles are fully indexed and searchable, so I should be able to find something from 1873. (I'm currently in the midst of a "sever weather event" that's knocked out my power at home, limiting my access to the internet, so it might take me a few days to get around to it depending on when that gets resolved.) TDL (talk) 19:54, 15 January 2014 (UTC)

Just did a quick search and found an article from October 21 in the Globe describing the game. The entire article (except for the team rosters) is reproduced in this interesting article. TDL (talk) 20:19, 15 January 2014 (UTC)

Woot. That Coffin Corner piece is a find. In fact, my Double Blue book is actually relying on that article for info on the first game but I hadn't encountered it directly.

The Daily Mail summary is short and sweet. I think it would look good as a block quote at the beginning of the first history section. Thanks! Dontreadalone (talk) 01:09, 16 January 2014 (UTC)

A bit of a change of heart. I mocked up a preliminary ToC for a "History of..." article here. Staring it occurred to me that that project alone could take a couple of months. While it would be nice to have that done prior to nominating the main article for FA I don't think it essential.

Long story short, I think we should just polish this sucker up and send it off. There's date formats and that kind of thing to be done and I still want to finish The Argo Bounce. It would also be really nice if a totally independent editor could look over the copy. But all in all, it's pretty close. Dontreadalone (talk) 02:31, 17 January 2014 (UTC)

Agreed that a "History of ..." article would be a big job: 140 years is a lot of history! (At least by Canadian standards...)

I'll try to give it a good copyedit/review on the weekend. Maybe the best thing to do is start an itemized list of open issues that should be addressed with relation to WP:WIAGA/WP:WIAFA on the talk page. Once we're happy with it, it would probably be worth soliciting outside opinions at Wikipedia:WikiProject Canadian football. TDL (talk) 03:45, 17 January 2014 (UTC)

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List of neutral site Canadian Football League games

Did you write and ref this whole list yourself? That's exceptional! How great to stumble across something properly referenced. I'm stealing the American games to add to the newly moved Canadian Football League in the United States. Dontreadalone (talk) 01:12, 23 January 2014 (UTC)

I see you don't actually want to fork anything out. I really think it would be acceptable use within the FORK guideline: "Articles on distinct but related topics may well contain a significant amount of information in common with one another. This does not make either of the two articles a content fork."

What do you say about just copying the American info from your list? Dontreadalone (talk) 01:23, 23 January 2014 (UTC)

Ha, well technically I think I stole the table from 2013 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season, so that was a start! But the referencing and the rest of the games was me. It took a while, but as you've probably noticed I prefer working on tables/maps/citations/etc. over writing real content...

Actually, I just took a look at User:Dontreadalone/sandbox and there weren't nearly as many games in the USA as I had recalled. Not that many more than Touchdown Atlantic, which I already split out. So yeah I suppose you have a point that it's reasonable to repeat them on CFL in the United States. And as an added bonus, if you're planning to write some content to go along with the table we could back-fork it to the full list. With a bit more prose (and a little beautifying), I don't think it would be too hard to get it up to WP:FL (which doesn't have nearly as bad a backlog). The list itself is effectively complete, and other FL such as this have very little prose. TDL (talk) 01:58, 23 January 2014 (UTC)

I totally thought of FL when I realized how well referenced it was—and that was before I knew you'd written it. It just needs a few paragraphs of contextualization. Definitely something to get done. I can go through the referencing and write an intro based on what's already there, if you want.

User:Knoper has posted a concern that the CFL in the United States would still be better off focused only on the expansion years. I can see his point and am ambivalent. Please weigh in when you can. Dontreadalone (talk) 05:02, 23 January 2014 (UTC)

Hello

Hello, would you care to help Danish Expert, if he wants, to update the euro convergence criteria and the fiscal compact's fiscal compliance tables with newer data from official reports? Heracletus (talk) 03:53, 24 January 2014 (UTC)

Are there new convergence reports available? I don't expect a new ECB report until May. (Last year's report dealt exclusively with Latvia to assess its readiness to adopt the euro.) The Fiscal Compact compliance definitely needs to be updated with the autumn forcast. I'm certainly willing to help out with the update effort.

PS: Thanks for fixing all the WP:BAREURLs on Unified Patent Court and European Fiscal Compact. I know it's tedious work, but it looks much better now! TDL (talk) 07:38, 24 January 2014 (UTC)