The following 14 Canadian community articles are classified as featured articles (FAs) or good articles (GAs):
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Of these, 10 of them have population history tables. Those that don’t are the Hamilton (high), Scarborough (mid), Chetwynd (low) and Tumbler Ridge (low) articles. Despite not having tables, Hamilton, Chetwynd and Tumbler Ridge do have historic population line charts.
A population history table is a brief and concise encyclopedic summary of a community's size/growth over time. Its content is appropriate to both the "History" and "Demographics" sections of community articles.
Ottawa is currently being prepared for a GA review. I have suggested that a population history table be returned to this article to align with the majority of other FAs and GAs within the Canadian community WikiProject (two tables are available at Demographics of Ottawa). This has met some resistance.
I am looking to this community to see if there is a consensus that population history tables be a minimum requirement for GA and FA candidates within the WikiProject. In the event there is no consensus, I am seeking a consensus that, should someone go through the effort to add such a table to a GA or FA candidate, that there is no justifiable reason it be removed so long as it is properly referenced in accordance with WP:CANPOP.
Please provide your comments below. Cheers, Hwy43 ( talk) 05:41, 11 October 2014 (UTC)
Please see Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_British_Columbia#new_article_Lejac_and_related. Skookum1 ( talk) 05:23, 12 October 2014 (UTC)
Please see Talk:Whonnock#neighbourhood_template_deletion and where it links through to (the template's talkpage where I made some comments about the content. Skookum1 ( talk) 01:57, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
Numerous city articles have content reporting how the cities rank on certain lists in comparison with others at the national and international levels. For example, "Fooville is ranked as the second cleanest city in the world according to a study by Magazine/Newspaper X" or "Footown is ranked as the fifth safest city in Fooland by the Fooland Academic Society on Crime". Usually the amount of these types of contributions is relatively low in number and limited to Canada’s larger cities. However, some time ago, Calgary was inundated with these types of edits. IIRC, many of them were being added to the lead section. They were added in good faith as far as I could tell, but the more there are, the more the content converts the article into as a vehicle to promote the city. Without finding any past discussions here or on WP:CANTALK about this topic, I haven’t done anything about it, other than consolidate this content into its own section ( Calgary#World city rankings). With this observation from Moxy, I feel raising this issue is the best place to start in both cleaning up that article and others that have similar content.
What does the Canadian community feel about these? Hwy43 ( talk) 02:23, 29 March 2015 (UTC)
You are invited to comment at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Canada-related articles#Redundancy model. Hwy43 ( talk) 07:14, 23 December 2015 (UTC)
Hi everyone, I'm toying with the idea of setting up an automated program that will automatically generate the following demographic section. I know it's fairly generic, but it is aimed at the majority of Canadian communities that do not even have a demographics section. It's currently pulling form the 2011 NHS survey, but small tweaks could have it pull from the 2016 census. What do you think? Is this worthy to continue working on? Here is my example automated demographics section from a random township Adelaide Metcalfe that does not currently have demographic information.
According to the 2011 Canadian Census, [1] the population of Adelaide Metcalfe is 3,028, a
3.4% decrease-3.4% change from 2006, which ismuchlower than the 5.9% growth rate for Canada as a whole. The median age is 39.7 years old which is approximately the same as the national average at 40.6 years old. [2]According to the 2011 National Household Survey, 85.8% of Adelaide Metcalfe residents are Canadian citizens by birth, and about 2.5% of residents are recent immigrants (from 2001 to 2011). Residents of Adelaide Metcalfe are primarily White (96.6%), with a small community of Koreans (3.3%). Specifically, residents of Adelaide Metcalfe identify their ethnic origin as: Canadian (36.2%), English (32.1%), Dutch (27.2%), Scottish (26%), and Irish (18.2%). According to the 2011 Census, English is the mother tongue of 87.2% of the population, with a small population of Dutch (4.7%) and Portuguese (2.3%) speakers. [2] [1] Adelaide Metcalfe has 63.7% Christian adherents whereas 35.7% does not affiliate with any religion. [1]
The highest levels of education obtained by residents aged 25 to 64 years old, are as followed: 43.1% of people have a post-secondary schooling degree (including 9.2% with a University degree or higher), 32.6% have a high school degree (or equivalent) and 24.2% have no certificate, diploma or degree; these represent somewhat higher education rates than Canadian averages at 64.1%, 23.2%, & 12.7% respectively. [1]
The median household income before taxes is $28,644, and after taxes is $26,846;
muchlower than the provincial or national figures at $66,358 and $61,072 pre-tax ($58,717 and $54,089 after tax) respectively. The median commute time to work for those 15 years and over was 20.3 minutes with almost all commutes (94.3%) done by personal vehicle as a driver. The median value of a dwelling in Adelaide Metcalfe is $250,399 which is less than the Canadian median value of $280,552 and the Ontario median value of $300,862. [1]
Mattximus ( talk) 22:32, 27 March 2016 (UTC)
In the 2011 Census, the Town of Whitecourt had a population of 9,605 living in 3,629 of its 3,893 total dwellings, a 7.1% change from its 2006 population of 8,971. With a land area of 26.14 km2 (10.09 sq mi), it had a population density of 367.4/km2 (951.7/sq mi) in 2011. [3]
For the balance, ideally I suggest a short paragraph for each census release topic. Further, I suggest implementation as the 2016 census data is released. It is a huge undertaking to do what you are suggesting. If 2011 is done now, editing fatigue may set in resulting in less motivation when the 2016 census data is released (cases in point: I've yet to swing back to List of neighbourhoods in Edmonton#List after release of Edmonton's 2014 municipal census results, and same with List of neighbourhoods in Calgary#List where three sets of annual municipal census results have been released since 2012).
Also, see my minor markups to your quote box above. Avoid using subjective words such as "much". Also a lesson learned from 2012 was to use "X change", where the minus sign is included with the "X", instead of customizing the automation to output "X increase" for positive growth changes and "X decrease" for negative growth changes, which involves manual removal of the minus sign. Cheers, Hwy43 ( talk) 06:13, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
In the domain of city metrics, Indicator and Indexes are commonly used by civil servants, politicians, academics and science professions to describe cities. They are significant because they describe cities and townships in common used terms. They are commonly mistaken for statistics. Example: Population Density is an Indicator.
Tannery, Ontario Please add few words and a reference. Xx236 ( talk) 12:34, 12 May 2016 (UTC)
I have changed it to redirect as discussed above. PK T(alk) 11:08, 1 September 2016 (UTC)
Many participants here create a lot of content, have to evaluate whether or not a subject is notable, decide if content complies with BLP policy, and much more. Well, these are just some of the skills considered at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship.
So, please consider taking a look at and watchlisting this page:
You could be very helpful in evaluating potential candidates, and even finding out if you would be a suitable RfA candidate.
Many thanks and best wishes,
Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 03:43, 1 September 2016 (UTC)
There has been a recent push by at least one user to convert all the pushpin maps to relief maps. I am not sure how I feel about this to be honest but I really do believe we should lean away from the alternative map and stick to the original. The relief map has its place, but in the infoboxes it becomes particularly busy and noisy. Most noticeably in a city infobox which is already filled with montages, seals, flags, etc. I think best to keep it simple but thought I would listen to others here first. Please note I have started the discussion already at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Manitoba#Relief maps though as this appears to be a Canada-wide issue and higher traffic here may facilitate the discussion better. Krazytea( talk) 16:16, 3 November 2016 (UTC)
I have done a lot of work on these articles. They now deserve a revised rating IMHO.
I don't know who does that, but I hope someone will.
Actually Port Elgin, Ontario and Southampton, Ontario do not show WikiProject Canadian communities.
I believe they should. Your thoughts on this? @ Hwy43 Peter K Burian ( talk) 18:17, 28 February 2017 (UTC)
Good morning, @ Hwy43 (or others).
We agreed yesterday that Galt, Ontario needs a separate article like the one we already have for Preston, Ontario, both part of the amalgamated Cambridge, Ontario. I am ready to do so, but cannot because Galt redirects to Cambridge, so it won't let me create an article for Galt.
I'm sure there is a simple solution and hope you can do so for me. As soon as that is done, I am ready to publish at least a short version of Galt, Ontario. (I will condense the Cambridge article which, at the moment, is overloaded with Galt content, because it was also acting as the Galt page.)
I have created several new articles in the past, so am familiar with the rules for doing so. WP:NEW I just cannot remember how to solve the redirect problem.
Cheers, Peter K Burian ( talk) 13:37, 20 March 2017 (UTC)
Good morning, I am working on quite a few Ontario community articles, such as Kingston, Ontario and some do not have a Climate section or chart.
Where do we get those charts that are in many other articles? Can anyone provide instructions/help in this respect?
Thanks, Peter K Burian ( talk) 13:58, 3 May 2017 (UTC)
It is so petty, but would anyone care to wade into the debate taking place on Deloraine, Manitoba. An editor keeps adding a poor quality and out of focus photo to the page. Not sure what the issue is, but I would appreciate a third opinion. Sorry for wasting everyone's time. Krazytea( talk) 03:59, 15 August 2018 (UTC)
FYI, a proposal has emerged at Talk:List of municipalities in Manitoba about merging List of cities in Manitoba, List of towns in Manitoba, List of villages in Manitoba, and List of rural municipalities in Manitoba into List of municipalities in Manitoba. You are invited to provide your comments on that discussion here. Cheers, Hwy43 ( talk) 07:49, 19 October 2018 (UTC)
See the discussion at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2018 October 28#Category:Resort municipalities in Prince Edward Island. Cheers, Hwy43 ( talk) 17:36, 28 October 2018 (UTC)
Hello, we have an IP, and perhaps now a newly registered editor making incorrect assertions at List of towns in British Columbia that North Delta and Ladner are towns, absurdly in accordance with Settlement hierarchy#Example of a settlement hierarchy as opposed to BC's legislated town classification. Related edits have trickled into North Delta, British Columbia, Ladner, British Columbia, Tsawwassen, and Delta, British Columbia accordingly. Based on what I can only guess is original research and/or personal opinion, the three distinct communities within the City of Delta are being described a forest town, an agricultural town, and a beach town respectively. As I am only sporadically active, I am asking others to help watch these pages until the bizarre editing behavior stops. Cheers, Hwy43 ( talk) 04:17, 13 November 2018 (UTC)
Hello! Your WikiProject has been selected to participate in the WP 1.0 Bot rewrite beta. This means that, starting in the next few days or weeks, your assessment tables will be updated using code in the new bot, codenamed Lucky. You can read more about this change on the Wikipedia 1.0 Editorial team page. Thanks! audiodude ( talk) 06:48, 27 February 2019 (UTC)
Your review and input is requested at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Ontario#Proposed amendment to the settlement_type parameter for Ontario municipalities. Cheers, Hwy43 ( talk) 07:00, 17 April 2019 (UTC)
See proposal at Talk:Rural municipality#Requested move 29 June 2019 Hwy43 ( talk) 12:15, 2 July 2019 (UTC)
See discussion at Talk:County of Minburn No. 27#Requested move 30 July 2019, referring to the past discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Alberta/Archive 5#Proposed move of rural and specialized municipality articles. Hwy43 ( talk) 18:08, 30 July 2019 (UTC)
Please review and provide your comments at:
Cheers, Hwy43 ( talk) 23:47, 29 September 2019 (UTC)
Hello and greetings from the maintainers of the WP 1.0 Bot! As you may or may not know, we are currently involved in an overhaul of the bot, in order to make it more modern and maintainable. As part of this process, we will be rewriting the web tool that is part of the project. You might have noticed this tool if you click through the links on the project assessment summary tables.
We'd like to collect information on how the current tool is used by....you! How do you yourself and the other maintainers of your project use the web tool? Which of its features do you need? How frequently do you use these features? And what features is the tool missing that would be useful to you? We have collected all of these questions at this Google form where you can leave your response. Walkerma ( talk) 04:24, 27 October 2019 (UTC)
I've been doing a lot of heavy editing since this pas Spring. The location map provided for the greater Winnipeg area is a satellite map. There is no colour; it is just plain black and white. Looking for someone with artistic mapping skills to create a coloured map of greater Winnipeg, allowing for pushpins. Jimj wpg ( talk) 00:36, 20 November 2019 (UTC)
Hello Canadian Communities people, I, as a reader of wikipedia, looked up North Bay, Ontario (Yes I had been watching the latest series of Cardinal). I chased up Giles Blunt through the Notable People list. I noted that the Notable people list had issues. It did not include dates (were these people contemporary or colonial founders, were they alive, active, or were they dead), it contained sexist terms, redundant terms ("former", Julius Caesar, former general), no info on reason of notability and a duplicated item. So I worked on it. It all got reverted on the basis that the dates were unsourced, must have references, "wikipedia is not a source". Which is strange, the whole list is constructed on the basis that wikipedia has articles on these people, that generall only those people who have a wikipedia page are really eligible for a notable peoples list. I do not disagree with policies on unsourced material or on the NLIST. I do find mindless reverting unhelpful, and I do find arbitrary editing based on an individuals interpretation of polices from one part of wikipedia to another part of wikipedia that falls under a further set of protocols frustrating. Could people please look at the list of Notable People at North Bay, and the edit war that has transpired, and comment please. Brunswicknic ( talk) 08:06, 29 May 2020 (UTC)
I have nominated Chetwynd, British Columbia for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 21:59, 20 March 2021 (UTC)
Hello all, we have an IP-hopping editor that is warring at numerous rural municipality (county-equivalent) articles and lists, particularly at List of municipal districts in Alberta and List of rural municipalities in Saskatchewan, renaming the municipalities contrary to the consensus here for Alberta and the extrapolated approach of that consensus here for Saskatchewan. The IP editor finally reached out to me on my talk page here. Following my response, the editor evidently didn't like it and reverted me yet again with this edit with a strange and unfounded accusation. Would interested members of this WikiProject please watchlist List of municipal districts in Alberta and List of rural municipalities in Saskatchewan? I'm about to revert again and apply a level three warning on the editor's talk page. Cheers, Hwy43 ( talk) 05:27, 22 March 2021 (UTC)
Hello,
I started and have been working on Tinawatawa which was a small village or encampment in 17th century Huronia, somewhere around Hamilton. There are various theories about where the town is located and I've been working on it based upon sources specified on Talk:Tinawatawa. I am a bit confused whether some of the locations are the same place, like whether "Anacasta" between Dundas and Brantford" is the same as "Halfway to Brantford and the Grand River". It just seems strange that if it was halfway - and the halfway point was Anacasta, that it wasn't stated outright in one of the sources.
Any help is helping to clarify this is very much appreciated.– CaroleHenson ( talk) 15:03, 2 June 2021 (UTC)
I made a mistake with a proposed name change linked in the section heading but have reviewed other similar largest city lists so I plan to nominate
to:
Are there any objections?- Catchpoke ( talk) 00:54, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
Is it a WP:EASTEREGG violation to pipelink a community status type (e.g. city) in an infobox settlement_type parameter to the list article applicable to the context in which it is located (e.g. [[List of cities in British Columbia)? Other examples as well.
If you care to comment, see the RfC discussion at Wikipedia talk:Piped link#RFC to clarify WP:EASTEREGG applicability to parameters in settlement infoboxes. Hwy43 ( talk) 23:27, 22 August 2021 (UTC)
In 2016, a discussion about magazine rankings occurred here at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Canadian communities#Are city rankings published by magazines, newspapers, etc. appropriate/encyclopedic?
Your input is welcome at a similar discussion at Talk:Chanhassen, Minnesota#Request for Comment - Should the 'Best Place to Live in the U.S.' rankings be included? - Magnolia677 ( talk) 09:39, 23 September 2021 (UTC)
I have nominated Dawson Creek for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. maclean ( talk) 01:46, 31 October 2021 (UTC)
At Brussels, Ontario, an editor has added details about F0 tornadoes (that never hit Brussels), as well as an unusual demographic history. I cleaned it up, but the editor reverted. The input of others would be appreciated. Thank you. Magnolia677 ( talk) 22:20, 18 January 2022 (UTC)
Demographic information included previous census data in the format of the demographic history for the town. As for information regarding tornadoes, the editor provided near-impact tornadoes within an extremely small radius (10km) in order to enhance the weather section of the article, including the historic weather (I.e tornadoes). I think this information should be allowed as it all relates to the history of the town, it’s economic/demographic growth over time, and the climate hazards (that impact residents or business owners), being that the town is based around its rural community. JustinWx ( talk) 06:11, 19 January 2022 (UTC)
I have (with the help of others) made a small user script to detect and highlight various links to unreliable sources and predatory journals. Some of you may already be familiar with it, given it is currently the 39th most imported script on Wikipedia. The idea is that it takes something like
John Smith "[https://www.deprecated.com/article Article of things]" ''Deprecated.com''. Accessed 2020-02-14.
)and turns it into something like
It will work on a variety of links, including those from {{ cite web}}, {{ cite journal}} and {{ doi}}.
The script is mostly based on WP:RSPSOURCES, WP:NPPSG and WP:CITEWATCH and a good dose of common sense. I'm always expanding coverage and tweaking the script's logic, so general feedback and suggestions to expand coverage to other unreliable sources are always welcomed.
Do note that this is not a script to be mindlessly used, and several caveats apply. Details and instructions are available at User:Headbomb/unreliable. Questions, comments and requests can be made at User talk:Headbomb/unreliable.
This is a one time notice and can't be unsubscribed from. Delivered by: MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 16:01, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador has been nominated for a community good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Steelkamp ( talk) 15:56, 20 January 2023 (UTC)