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August 31[edit]

What questions are on the 2021 Canadian census questionnaire?[edit]

I do not reside in Canada and have no intention of attempting to answer the Canadian census of 2021. But I would like to know what questions are asked. It seems surprisingly hard to find out via the web. Where is this information? Michael Hardy (talk) 06:36, 31 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Is this it?[1] ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 06:53, 31 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Or this one for the 2021 short-form census: [2] (I think I remember hearing in a previous year that about 4/5 of people got the short form, but even if that was correct, I don't know if it still is in 2021.) --184.144.99.72 (talk) 23:07, 31 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The rule still applies: 4/5 households receive the short form to complete, and the other one gets the long form. Who gets which form is assigned randomly, but the proportion is maintained at all levels (city blocks, neighborhoods, cities, regions and provinces). It used to be that census takers would go door-to-door to distribute the appropriate form to each household, but in 2021 it was all done on-line: you received a card through the mail asking you to complete the form on-line, and the unique code you were assigned and which you entered upon logging in determined which form you got to fill out. Xuxl (talk) 12:33, 1 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

How does Canada count people without internet access? --Jayron 32 16:52, 1 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

See question 3 on this FAQ page [3]. The objective was to have the overwhelming majority of respondents complete the census on-line. For those who did not or could not, they proceeded as in the olden days: enumerators contacted them directly to obtain the required information. From what I read, the response rate was very high, given that almost all Canadians have home internet access [4]. Xuxl (talk) 18:38, 1 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Lack of internet access would not be the only reason for failing to answer. Simple neglect of the matter or distraction by other concerns in life could also be the reason. So would conscientious objection, which (if I'm not mistaken) is not condoned by law but of which those who run the census have long been aware, and they try to convince such persons by telling them the information will not be used for evil tyrannical purposes such as making them pay even more taxes. Another reason may be unawareness of the census resulting from failure to receive a notice in the mail. Scuh failure happened to someone I know: he was a tenant on the second floor of a house and the post office had never been notified that they should regard that as a newly separate address. Michael Hardy (talk) 19:14, 3 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I was surprised when a census enumerator came to my door 3 months after census day this year. One of my neighbors had died and the enumerator was asking how many people were living in that house on census day. I wonder how long after census day they go on doing followups like this. --184.144.99.72 (talk) 21:20, 2 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Taliban members[edit]

Hello! I am mostly intrigued by something that perhaps some of you may help me. Has any of you seen old videos on YouTube or elsewhere of the visit by Taliban members to the US (Texas) when Bush was Governor? The visit is on one of Michael Moore's documentaries. My question is, are those members of the Taliban who visited Texas here on Wikipedia with their articles? I don't know their names and I was mostly intrigued whether they are alive and if they continue being members of the Taliban. Kindest regards. CoryGlee (talk) 14:09, 31 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

There's a bunch of good references to be found here. --Jayron 32 14:17, 31 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Mohammad Ghous is said to have led the delegation. --Wrongfilter (talk) 14:24, 31 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Philistines article[edit]

Editor has removed material at Special:Diff/1041484366 citing not found in source. As page 202 is not available online, I can not confirm the validity. Hoping someone here has access to the book or can direct me to somewhere that can help.

Killebrew, Ann E. (2005). Biblical Peoples and Ethnicity: An Archaeological Study of Egyptians, Canaanites, Philistines, and Early Israel, 1300-1100 B.C.E. Atlanta, Georgia: Society of Biblical Literature. ISBN 1-58983-097-0.

You may also want to look at asking at WP:REX, which is more suited to these sorts of questions. --Jayron 32 15:10, 31 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The book is available at Z-Library. Page 202 says "Although no early Philistine texts or inscriptions have thus far been discovered or conclusively identified,[21] this group's early history is well known...".-gadfium 19:51, 31 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

But see this blog post. Perhaps the statement in our article should read: "As of 2005, no early Philistine texts or inscriptions had been discovered or conclusively identified" – although I cannot judge without further examination whether the identification reported in the 2006 article "Cypro-Minoan Inscriptions Found in Ashkelon" in Israel Exploration Journal can be considered conclusive. --Lambiam 21:49, 31 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, at a minimum, I'll restore and date the statement while seeing if I can find further information on the topic. And Thanks for the REX reminder. Knew we had a page but couldn't remember where. Slywriter (talk) 14:30, 1 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]