Template talk:Canadian Conservative Leaders

message: What's the purpose of this template? It has only one person! DHN 22:52, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I must agree, these are not to be used so Liberally.  (they got a template, so conservatives probabaly wanted one too)--Colle 00:41, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I created it, there were two, but interm leaders should not be added. SFrank85 01:06, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: what do you think of this  as an alternative?--Colle||Talk-- 02:58, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: That's cool, but I made it into a seperate template SFrank85 22:03, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks.  I edited this one to conform with the wikipedia standard for general catagories.  Looks like Harper has quite the team behind him!--Colle||Talk-- 22:34, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

text: I think it is a good idea, as it saves space on the already big party pages.--Colle||Talk-- 22:44, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: How is it a good idea? That template has the exact same information as the other template! Only it doesn't have party leader information. It is utterly stupid. Jareand 21:25, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  change? 

message: According to Wikipedia:Fair use#Policy "[Fair use images] should never be used on templates". So is the logo on this template allowed here? Philip Stevens 06:06, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
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message: Shouldn't we add the Social Credit Party to the list?  CJCurrie 17:52, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: They aren't an antecedent of Reform. The Socreds may have been a right-wing populist party, but they're main issue was social credit policies. That sure doesn't sound like the Reform Party. And besides, they didn't disolve into Reform (like how Reform disolved into the Alliance), and (in my opinion) only the parties that merged to form the CPC (the CA and PCs), and parties that evolved into them (Lib-Cons, Historical Cons, Reform) should be on this template. I'm open to ideas. Maybe links to non-releated conservative parties (not the leaders) could be in small print in a "see also" section, but I don't see the point in doing that.
Now, Carolynparrishfan, stop presenting opinions as facts! 
OFFICIALLY (this is official, not opinion!):  
*The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada and the Canadian Alliance merged to form the Conservative Party of Canada.
*The Progressive Canadian Party is a minor third party form by a group of Red Tories nostalgic for the Prog-Cons.
*Whether or not the CPC is "Reform in disguise" or if the Prog Canadians have are more related to the Prog Cons than the CPC is open to debate.
So don't give me bullcrap about me debating your POV is POV. Jareand 02:54, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

text: This template is for direct descendants of the current Conservative Party of Canada. The Social Credit party is not related to the Reform Party, only by that Preston Manning's father was a long time Social Credit leader in Alberta for many years, and the Progressive Canadian Party is not related to this Conservative Party. SFrank85 18:10, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

text: That's what we're debating. Jareand 19:47, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Says I, the creator of this template! ;) SFrank85 02:17, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Good enough, I have modified the title to reflect this focus. Carolynparrishfan 17:45, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Social Credit 

message: Harper was origially a Reform Party leader, and his italicized name has a (C) next to it. Technically, shouldn't that be an (R)? Or just because he is now a CPC PM, that means the (C) has to be there? --Zblewski (talk) 18:32, 17 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: If you look over two names from the italicized "Harper (C)", you'll see a non-italicized "Harper" next to a "(CA)". He was elected as leader of the Conservative Party, after he had originally resigned as the Canadian Alliance leader before the party dissolved. nat.utoronto 18:48, 17 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Harper and the Reform Party