I have a deadline, do you?
I am the Devil's advocate, the thorn in your side. But rejoice, for I am not here to destroy your fantasy, but rather to enlighten it with the viewpoint seldom seen.
My name is Justin O'Neill, though I prefer to go by Jesse. I am a long standing contributor, having been here since August 2003. However, I made very few edits between 2004 and 2008. My contributions before 2004 were, suffice to say, crap. They would be deleted in an instant by today's encyclopedic standards. That aside, I am the original creator/contributor of many articles, which have since blossomed into beautiful flowers through the contributions of other editors after me. These include many of the song pages for Pink Floyd, a few famous musicians/groups, as well as several of the freeway pages for Southern Ontario (Check to the bottom for a complete list, including my recent article creations).
Today my editing crosses an odd range of topics. From southern Ontario geography articles such as Fenelon Falls and Coboconk, to bands such as Pink Floyd and Rush, to road articles such as a rewrite of Highway 401, to my petty attempt at reconciliation in maintaining the Canadian Indian residential school gravesites article. I've also got a knack for debugging templates. My experimentation led to the integration of KML files into Wikipedia, along with the work of User:Scott5114 in developing {{Attached KML}}.
I am a Civil Engineer currently working towards future employment with the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. I am an expert historian regarding matters in Southern Ontario and Toronto, so feel free to contact me if you need some info. I have access to the historical collections of the Toronto Star and Globe and Mail dating back to the 19th century as well, and am happy to provide screenshots of articles (by email) on request.
If you are interested in reading or contributing to my draft articles, you can find them in my sandbox. Please do not copy content into mainspace articles, as I am preparing many of them for the 5x expansion required by Did You Know...? or looking for a clean insertion (if ya know whad I mean...)
Please note: As a Utility Coordination Engineer in Ontario, I have access to knowledge on various infrastructure construction projects that hasn't been publicly released. Although I have nothing to gain through the dissemination of this information, I feel it is important to note. I will announce in edit summaries when my additions are based on inside knowledge.
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On 2 May 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Sussex Drive, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Sussex Drive (pictured) forms part of a ceremonial route used by foreign dignitaries and royal visitors to Canada? |
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![Ambox current red Asia Australia.svg](//webcf.waybackmachine.org/web/20220507042625im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg/50px-Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg.png) | On November 22, 2021, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article David Longdon, which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Stephen 23:15, 22 November 2021 (UTC) |
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The Minor Barnstar
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For consistently keeping the genre consensus and false/speculated information out of the System of a Down article. Here's too one day getting it featured. SKATER Speak. 01:58, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
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The Teamwork Barnstar
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In working on the DVP article, I feel you went the extra mile to make it a successful team effort. And a successful one leading to an FA. Cheers! ʘ alaney2k ʘ (talk) 16:48, 11 November 2010 (UTC)
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The Pink Floyd Barnstar
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This award was just added, and it's 's very well-deserved on your part. You should be the first to get it. Friginator (talk) 23:27, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
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The Original Barnstar
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I think this is overdue, but you deserve it. All the best. Haljackey (talk) 17:57, 7 July 2011 (UTC)
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The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
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Congratulations on getting Ontario Highway 401, one of the most important roads in the world, featured, and for sticking through the process that took a few years. Rschen7754 21:46, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
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The Silver Maple Leaf Award
This award is VERY well deserved on your part for upgrading a hughe number of Canadian and Torontonian articles to Good Articles and Did You Know? articles. Ossih (Talk)
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The Barnstar of Diligence
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For your extraordinary hard work, care and precision in your contributions, I award you this accolade. It's been a pleasure and a privilege to be working with you. Your articles are phenomenally meticulous. So thank you very much for your service to Wikipedia. Seabuckthorn ♥ 10:42, 9 January 2014 (UTC)
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The Civility Barnstar
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I'm very happy to know that humility and knowledge are coexisting in you. You truely have a beautiful mind with a beautiful heart. Thanks for being the way you are. Seabuckthorn ♥ 15:47, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
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articles which have blossomed
Thank you, long standing contributor, historian and composer, for your contributions to quality articles on Canadian highways such as Ontario Highway 416, on music, such as Pink Floyd, and many more topics, for patienceand for seeing "many articles, which have since blossomed into beautiful flowers through the contributions of other editors", - you are an awesome Wikipedian!
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:18, 23 March 2014 (UTC)
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picture... one case of where Wikipedia is censored
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Started Articles[edit]
The following are articles started by me. None of these were redirects when created, and were all the original content on those topics.
- Ontario Highway 407 (on August 17, 2003) (On the Ontario tollway)
- Pickering Nuclear Generating Station (on August 17, 2003)
- Coboconk (on August 22, 2003)
- List of highways numbered 401 (on September 1, 2003)
- Relics (album) (on November 19, 2003) (Pink Floyd album)
- April Wine (on November 21, 2003) (Canadian rock group)
- Delicate Sound of Thunder (on December 4, 2003) (Pink Floyd album)
- Echoes (Pink Floyd song) (on December 12, 2003)
- Mod (video games) (on December 18, 2003)
- Bendale (on December 20, 2003) (Toronto neighborhood)
- Yellow tang (on January 10, 2004)
- Ronnie Van Zant (on January 15, 2004) (Original vocalist of Lynyrd Skynyrd)
- Masters of Rock (Pink Floyd album) (on February 15, 2004)
- A Nice Pair (on February 15, 2004) (Pink Floyd album)
- The Australian Pink Floyd Show (on February 19, 2004) (Pink Floyd tribute band)
- EMS VCS 3 (on March 10, 2004) (Synthesizer)
- Money (Pink Floyd song) (on April 29, 2004)
- The Ripley (on September 1, 2004) (Alien from Dreamcatcher, by Stephen King)
- Karmakanic (on June 13, 2009) (Progressive rock group)
- Mitchell Lake (Ontario) (on July 13, 2009)
- George Laidlaw (on July 16, 2009) (Canadian businessman, started several railways)
- List of numbered roads in Kawartha Lakes (on July 23, 2009) (Ok, I didn't 'create' this one, but I added virtually all of its content)
- Ontario Highway 46 (on July 26, 2009) (Former provincial highway of Ontario)
- Transcendental homelessness (on July 28, 2009) (Picked a random requested article)
- MapArt (on July 30, 2009) (Map publisher, big in Canada)
- St. Mary's, Kawartha Lakes, Ontario (On August 12, 2009) (Community in Kawartha Lakes that was never built)
- Victoria Road, Ontario (on August 16, 2009) (Community in Kawartha Lakes that was built)
- Ontario Highway 121 (on November 18, 2009) (Former Ontario King's Highway)
- Ontario Highway 503 (on November 21, 2009) (Former Ontario secondary highway)
- Ontario Highway 649 (on November 21, 2009) (Former Ontario secondary highway)
- Gordie Howe International Bridge (on February 25, 2010) (A new US–Canada border crossing over the Detroit River to be built; created as Detroit River International Crossing)
- List of numbered roads in Durham Region (on March 22, 2010) (List of county roads in Durham Region)
- The Middle Road (on March 22, 2010) (Historic highway, now known as the Queen Elizabeth Way)
- Ontario Highway 36 (on October 9, 2011) (Former provincial highway of Ontario)
- Robert Melville Smith (on January 26, 2016) (Designed the Middle Road)
- Ontario Highway 29 (on May 15, 2021)
- Ontario Highway 78 (as a redirect in 2014, and as an article January 18, 2022)
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Contributions[edit]
See Special:Contributions/Floydian for a current list.
Did You Know..?[edit]
- that the shortest numbered route in the city of Kawartha Lakes, Hartley Road, is entirely a causeway crossing the man-made Mitchell Lake?
- that the Gull River system of reservoirs in Ontario controls the water levels of the Trent-Severn Canal, although they were not originally created for this purpose?
- that St. Mary's, the first village planned in the Township of Bexley, was never built because the site lay above a bed of limestone?
- that Coboconk, Ontario (station pictured), was renamed Shedden after the president of the Toronto and Nipissing Railway in 1873, but was changed back to Coboconk seven years later?
- that Canada's first interchange was a cloverleaf opened in 1937 at the intersection of Highway 10 and The Middle Road?
- that the Comber Historical Society Museum on Ontario Highway 77 was established in the former Maple Grove schoolhouse, built in 1894?
- that the old bridge on Highway 61 at the Ontario–Minnesota border, known as The Outlaw, was built by local citizens without approval from the Canadian or American governments?
- that the Vale of Avoca bridge in Toronto was opened in 1924, replacing an iron bridge from 1888 (both pictured)?
- that the Mount Pleasant Road extension (pictured under construction in 1948) is considered Toronto's first expressway?
- that the Hanlon Expressway is named after Felix Hanlon, who helped cut the first tree to inaugurate Guelph, Ontario?
Major Article Contributions[edit]
Project Contributions[edit]
- Did about half of the Wikiproject-Albums on Pink Floyd
- Introduced the WikiProject-Songs (Which along with WikiProject albums, has since been incorporated into the various genre's WikiProjects)
- Currently coordinating WP:WikiProject Ontario Roads
- Currently coordinating WP:WikiProject Progressive Rock
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