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Since wendrabot was slow, I moved last month's discussion to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Vancouver/November 2006. However, I need to change this to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Vancouver/Archive/November 2006 as this is the standard. -- Selmo ( talk) 02:22, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
The Vancouver Portal has come a long way and our objective to greatly improve it, and possibly have it become a featured portal is becoming more realistic. The Portal is undergoing a peer view. See Wikipedia:Portal peer_review/Vancouver. Mkdw talk 05:17, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
If we can sort the categories and perhaps add some infoboxes and navigational boxes, the portal would be ready for a Featured Portal review.
Mkdw
talk 11:34, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
The Vancouver Portal is now a featured portal candidate. Please see Wikipedia:Featured portal candidates/Portal:Vancouver and show your support. Mkdw talk 00:00, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
My intention, and what I thought would be the obvious assumption in the context, was for the readers of this Portal to visit the review, comment (whether it be good or bad), and possibly improve upon the recommendations of said review. I don't truly see how I can force people to vote positively in regards to their own opinion and is completely against the foundation of Wikipedia. Thank you to everyone who interpreted what I said in its rightful context and assumed 'good faith'.
Mkdw
talk 18:40, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
I have created an article called List of Vancouver roads, in the spirit of what was done with Ottawa and Toronto. It will hopefully be helpful to those who want to complete articles on the major thoroughfares of the city. I gather something similar was done for Burnaby, but of course I can't find it now. Fishhead64 23:17, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
Hello, all. It was initially my hope to try to have this done as part of Esperanza's proposal for an appreciation week to end on Wikipedia Day, January 15. However, several people have once again proposed the entirety of Esperanza for deletion, so that might not work. It was the intention of the Appreciation Week proposal to set aside a given time when the various individuals who have made significant, valuable contributions to the encyclopedia would be recognized and honored. I believe that, with some effort, this could still be done. My proposal is to, with luck, try to organize the various WikiProjects and other entities of wikipedia to take part in a larger celebrartion of its contributors to take place in January, probably beginning January 15, 2007. I have created yet another new subpage for myself (a weakness of mine, I'm afraid) at User talk:Badbilltucker/Appreciation Week where I would greatly appreciate any indications from the members of this project as to whether and how they might be willing and/or able to assist in recognizing the contributions of our editors. Thank you for your attention. Badbilltucker 21:49, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
I think it's better to have all of the SkyTrain station articles merged into one list. None of them are notable enough to stand on there own. Many other station articles have in the past, been nominated for deletion. -- Selmo ( talk) 01:33, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
I think this article deserves a B or an A — what do you think? Vranak
Queen Elizabeth Elementary School (New Westminster) has been "prod"-ed. In case there's anything that can redeem it, at the moment I would say it's possibley best placed as a line in a table in School District 40 New Westminster Rich Farmbrough, 22:40 7 January 2007 (GMT).
I left this comment at the talk page for the Vancouver COTM, but I suspect that as no one's looking at the COTM page, no one is looking at the talk page either. Is this collaboration on its last legs? There are few participants and nothing has really happened in a month and a half. Agent 86 00:36, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
I would like to take this time to thank everyone who worked on the Portal:Vancouver. We finally made it a featured portal. This featured review is comparable to the one Vancouver underwent and we passed with a 10-1 support/oppose vote. That one oppose vote was especially difficult and I am comforted in the fact that our portal was not the only one having problems with that individual. Thank you all again and we're now closing the gap on being one of the most accomplished city wikiprojects! Mkdw talk 06:24, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
The Portal:Vancouver is Wikipedia's 29th most viewed portal according to WikiCharts. The portal is one rank above the Portal:War, 17 ranks above the Portal:Ukraine, 25 ranks above the Portal:United States, and 67 ranks above the Portal:Christianity. Way to go! Mkdw talk 07:08, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
Vancouver has been nominated for a featured article review. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to featured quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, articles are moved onto the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article from featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Reviewers' concerns are here. Jeffpw 11:04, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
Your list is out-of-date. To keep it more up-to-date, you can transclude the following page: Wikipedia:WikiProject Cities/List of city WikiProjects. Blank Verse 13:18, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
Sigh, Marsden-Donnelly harassment case is at Deletion Review again. Please see Wikipedia:Deletion_review#Marsden-Donnelly_harassment_case. Kla'quot 01:45, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kensington Avenue has been posted up, with several streets in Burnaby as well as Hastings Street (Vancouver) bundled together. I'm too tired to comment just now, but thought I'd point it out for anyone interested. Tony Fox (arf!) 08:38, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
On Febuary 8, 2007, Vancouver appeared on the Main Page. -- Selmo ( talk) 02:23, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
These last few months have been busy for all of us. I feel like that after the article Vancouver and the Portal:Vancouver we have not had a chance to all collaborate together since. I've noticed a large increase in the number of Vancouver-related articles, which is great, and it seems like now is good time to discuss the future of this WikiProject and were we'd all like to go with it. Perhaps a new plan of to do list? Your thoughts? Mkdw talk 07:30, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
I nominate a series of personality articles, i.e. biographies of personages not yet fully written or even started. A while back I proposed Chief Dan George as a COTM, and not just because he's an interesting subject but because he deserves far better than what's on Wikipedia. Prominent names in the cit's history also don't mean politicians and businessmen, although some of those need bios too; Count Hugo von Alvensleben for instance has mostl German nobility information, but pre-Great War he and fellow investors were - allegedly - fronts for the Kaiser's own investments in Vancouver's hot realty and stock markets; hmm needs a redirect but I know I saw a page on him, probably via a Von Alvensleben disambig page?). Arthur Sullivan (not of "Gilbert and"), Hugh Pickett, Dal Richards and others in the city's showbiz industry (Pickett was, among other things, GM of the Orpheum for years, and a major impresario - is there an article on David Y.H. Lui? or for that matter the grocery firm H.Y. Louie - appropriate if there's an article on Malkin's, which I'm not sure of). I'm not meaning to focus on entertainment here; civic and community leaders and just personalities - Sam Greer, who stood off the CPR's plans for industrial docks at what is now Kits Beach, I hope has an article already (he was quite the character, also). Famous quotes on Vancouver is perhaps another subject for a subpage; "A city founded by a bartender can't be all bad" - Jack Leshgold, one of the original Gastown revival entrepreneurs, and Joni Mitchell's "they paved paradise, put up a parking lot", which somewhere it came out (citable perhaps) that it was specifically Vancouver she was talking about; somewhere in Kits, specifically, I think. "Vancouver - it rains there, right?" by some innocent US politician once upon a time, who was of course ridiculed and castigated by the local press Duchovny-style, and so on. So there's some thoughts; I'm history-oriented but obviously there's a lot more modern civic infrastructure and culture and business articles that could use work. How's Seaspan International doing, and Cates Towing - both worthy COTM candidates if not already FAs. Skookum1 03:51, 16 February 2007 (UTC) Postscript that " Vancouver rain lore" is a whole subject-topic, but more like o.r. maybe than anthing else, despite lots being citable (Yvonne de Carlo's hatred of the Vancouver rain, for instance); maybe more applicable to Uncylopedia though ;-). Skookum1 03:54, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
Skytrain is once again a featured article candidate. Show your Support or Oppose and any comments on it, and how to improve the article at this page. Canadianshoper 01:34, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
Hey guys, I wrote kind of a fun essay called You know you're a Vancouverite.... It's a fun read if you're interested. Mkdw talk 09:42, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
Talk:List of Vancouver SkyTrain stations.Thx.-- Keefer4 07:11, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
Per request here is the link for the You know you're a Vancouverite when... essay I wrote. Mkdw talk 09:22, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
It has been proposed to change ' Category:Vancouver streets' to ' Category:Vancouver streets and squares'. If anyone's interested in weighing in on the matter, the discussion will probably be closed soon, and can be found here. Bobanny 00:24, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
I came across this orphaned article. I'm generally more of an inclusionist than deletionist, but besides being a very stubby orphan, I don't buy the premise of the article, that these two places are beginning to form a larger metropolitan area. Anyone else have thoughts? My instinct is to nominate it for deletion. Bobanny 01:42, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
Qxz created this animated ad banner for wikiproject Vancouver.
-- Canadianshoper 01:16, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
The userpage is the purpose! -- Canadianshoper 04:53, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
Or Kitsilano Boys Band, I'm not sure of the official spelling.
Although I am not a member of WikiProject Vancouver (and have no affliliation with Vancouver), I would like to state a problem universial to all Skytrain station articles.
The section regarding neighbouring stations in all those articles are called "The next station is...". This is very strange. According to WP:HEAD, "heading titles should be nouns or noun phrases". See:
I think it would be better for that section to be renamed something else. --: Raphaelmak: [ talk] [ contribs] 14:47, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
Are there any meet ups for WikiProject Vancouver? AQu01rius ( User • Talk) 03:36, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
Just a note that this article has been subject to POV-warring and concerns over biography of living persons issues have come-up. Currently it's protected and being addressed at biography of living persons noticeboard. Perhaps if more people add it to their watchlist, the subject's concerns over libelous content could be alleviated and it could be unprotected. bobanny 18:21, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
I spent part of today shooting a few pictures out at Deas Island, which is one of the areas that are on the requested photos list to flesh out the Commons gallery. So, once I've downloaded and processed them, does anyone know where the best place to put them would be? Are there some up on Commons already I could add these ones to? I just started an account over there, so I'm good on that end, just need some ideas on where to put things. Thanks! Tony Fox (arf!) 01:06, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
Hey, I proposed the merger there and want you guys to know so that I won't damage someone's work. Thanks. -- Futurano 20:35, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
You may be interested to know that the AfD gang is going after Richmond elementary schools, and others in BC. People voting for deletion naturally have no connection with Canada. There is currently a process on at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Henry Anderson Elementary School, and several others have been deleted without warning. One of them managed to amend Template:RichmondBCSchools to remove all elementary schools, thus concealing his efforts. Hope you can help. Eclecticology 22:45, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
Well the WikiProject Vancouver made the front page of the Vancouver Courier on Wednesday, May 30, 2007 in an article named, The Wiki Way. Thought I'd post it for you all. Mkdw talk 21:53, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
The Portal:Vancouver is undergoing a featured portal review. Unless someone decides to update the portal, this month and next month, it will lose its featured status. Mkdw talk 22:26, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
Hello! The article for the Sam Kee Building both makes a claim which is dubious (that it is the narrowest commercial building in the world) and provides a statistic which is clearly contradicted by the photo associated with the article. It appears that someone is claiming that at its narrowest the Sam Kee Building is only 4' 11" wide while it appears to be appx. 20' wide in the photo.
Is there anybody on the ground in VC who can (a) clarify the building's claim to fame and (b) clarify the actual stats associated with it and (c) possibly contribute photos that are more informative? Thanks much! -- AStanhope 23:13, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
Hey guys, we need some new content for the Portal Vancouver. Ideas for upcoming Showcase articles, pictures, and biographies. Some new Did You Knows... would also help. Any suggestions? Mkdw talk 20:46, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
I propose that WikiProject Vancouver rename itself as WikiProject Metro Vancouver. Why? The use of the name and the flag promote the idea that we're focused just on the city limits. However, the project scope is actually the surrounding region. Switching would also align us with the GVRD which is changing its name to Metro Vancouver. The change would make work-in-Vancouver, live-in-suburb Wikipedians feel more at home and encourage more collaboration on topics in the surrounding area. What do you think? Canuckle 23:37, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
This Sun article might be of interest for those concerned with COI issues, and it's kind of amusing. bobanny 22:19, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
The Imperial Hotel Management College in Vancouver, BC has been nominated for deletion. Any interested editors should contribute to the discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Imperial Hotel Management College Luke! 23:28, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
Another template for deletion by the same user arguing that templates inside templates are not good. See: the discussion-- JForget 19:02, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
Selkirk Annex (via WP:PROD on 7 December 2007) Deleted
I thought that Statistics Canada updated in 2006. Are the demographics old or am I wrong? – thedemonhog talk • edits 20:08, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
Genetrack Biolabs (via WP:PROD on 3 January 2008)
{{ Location map Vancouver}} will add a map of Metro Vancouver with a dot placed automatically using geo coordinates. The following code will produce the map at right. -- Qyd ( talk) 19:32, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
{{Location map |Vancouver |lon_dir = W |lat_dir = N |lat_deg = 49 |lat_min = 11 |lat_sec = 38 |lon_deg = 122 |lon_min = 42 |lon_sec = 11 |caption = Location of Barnston Island in [[Metro Vancouver]] |width = 220 }}
Articles for Vancouver neighbourhoods all have a neighbourhood map with the neighbourhood in red, for instance Kitsilano uses the image Image:Vancouver_Kitsilano.jpg.
I have developed a very crude template which puts clickable "X"s onto this map. The user can hover over the "X" to see the link to other neighbourhood articles (works especially nicely with popups) and click the "X" to go to the associated article.
I have placed the template at User:Franamax/Test2 and an example of its use at User:Franamax/Test3 (with just four badly placed "X"s).
I propose we use this template for all Vancouver neighbourhood articles. I'd like comments here before fully developing the template, if others feel it won't be useful, I won't go any further. Franamax ( talk) 20:21, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
Well, I think I'll go ahead and see what happens. Maclean, thanks for the examples, given the size of the map I'm working with, I think I'll be stuck just using an "X", but at least it will allow for spatial navigation.
Skookum, the point of the X's is not for intra-neighbourhood navigation, it's more of a "what's around here?" thing, so the user can go to the article of the n-hood next door. You're right that a map of the neighbourhood itself would be nice. However, in order to be legible, it would probably need to be fairly large, thus best off near the bottom. I wouldn't mind having a shot at creating such a map for Kits, if you want, make a section in Talk:Kitsilano with some of the notable streets and features you think should be shown and linked. Franamax ( talk) 20:47, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
See WT:TWP#Vancouver SkyTrain - mass move. Simply south ( talk) 13:41, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
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It looks like this was deleted. Does anyone want to start a new group? It's about time we had a meetup, especially to celebrate the accomplishments of our colleagues at UBC. Clayoquot ( talk | contribs) 04:18, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
Hey everyone. It's been awhile since our last major WikiProject collaboration and reorganization. Perhaps now is a good time to do some house cleaning and see if people are up for another challenge.
Your thoughts? Mkdw talk 07:25, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
The 2010 Olympics are going to be Vancouver's next major event. I'm positive its Wikipedia article will soon be gaining some international attention. I think it would be a great long term collaboration piece. The article could already be quite substantial. We will face a few challenges:
Mkdw talk 07:25, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
I was just tidying up senakw a bit and disco vered Vanier Park doesn't yet have an article. Not even a stub....I'd guess or hope that the Planetarium/Museum, VancConservatory of Music, Van Archives, Coast Guard station and Maritime Museum would have their own entries; just surprised me but I see there's not that many articles at all in Category:Parks in Vancouver so I guess Vanier's just one among many unwritten; it's just kinda high-profile, given its location and all, and the features in it....(and waht it was, i.e. senakw) Skookum1 ( talk) 14:19, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
I think these could do with a bit of clarification. I was looking at Vancouver International Airport#South terminal and noticed that several of the operators are float planes but it's not stated in the article and probabably should be. Then at the water airport it says planes can be transferred to the land airport. So can float planes land at both airports and/or does the south terminal serve both airports? CambridgeBayWeather Have a gorilla 04:00, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
Willingdon Secondary School is a weird article. As far as I know, it's not a public school; it's some kind of youth custody centre across from BCIT. SD41 has one broken link for it on their website; otherwise it pretends it doesn't exist. As it stands right now, the article is misleading. Carson 21:05, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
I don't know if their is much work being done of the current elections race, but this article could use some help. It's written with a pro-allan POV and could use some help. I just ran across it and thought I would bring it to the attention of the group for anyone interested. I fixed up a few things for now, but I'm really not familar with writing politicians biography's. Thanks! OldManRivers ( talk) 07:12, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
This Ministry of Tourism region showed up in Category:Regions of Canada and is inappropriate as a title, except as a redirect to existing geographic articles; see reasons on the �AFd template/talkpage.. Skookum1 ( talk) 16:18, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
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I just happened to find this article in the "West End" section of the {{ VancouverNeighbourhoods}} template and was shocked by its contents; this is a fictional, promotional neighbourhood, a usage not used by anyone but Korean promoters/ethnic loyalists, as part of hte quest to create a Koreatown. See Talk:Koreatown, Vancouver as to why this needs a speedy delete; a retitling to Koreatown, Coquitlam I could almost deal with but it's not a usage that non-Korean residents or busiensses in that area see themselves as. I say delete it, or at least trim its promotional/fictional contents. It's bunk. Skookum1 ( talk) 13:58, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
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Not that hard to compile, would give motivation for article-creation; there's surprisingly few in Category:Parks in Vancouver, given the scale of the parks system. Just an idea.....also List of regional parks in Metro Vancouver (or X Regional District) maybe, although that still doesnt' take in the watersheds (or does it?) and BC Hydro facilities like Buntzen....(or is that Regional Park now?) Skookum1 ( talk) 07:18, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
The AFD has begun on this, posting a notice here so we have actual Vancouverites taking part in the AFD. I haven't my responses to the "keep" votes yet but will do so later today; essentially the cites provided by one comment are "circular" - sites which have copied Wiki-based content mentioning this non-existent place, or the site about the two (and two only) businesses which are pushing the branding of Haro & Denman as "Koreatown" (which explains the African, French, Montreal Fried Chicken place; the article actually says the lower part of Robson, which has as many (if not more) Japanese eateries. If there is a Koreatown in Greater Vancouver, it's North Road, not anywhere near the West End.....delete, delete, delete, but it's going to take one of those "proof that something doesn't exist" rationales, because of the gullibility and/or lack of local knowledge of various admins/editors. The creation of neologistic geography in Wiki articles has produced a somewhat large problem - that the other sites like nationmaster and answers.com which mirror Wiki content propagate material/names that aren't actually real, to the point where they're so prevalent on-line that other people think they're valid cites. "Making original research true" by Goebbel's method - "make a lie big enough and loud enough and repeat it often enough, and people will come to believe it." The same method has been used - and I do mean used - by the propagators of terms like Salish Sea..... Skookum1 ( talk) 15:00, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
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This article has been "in need" for a while, mostly on historical contexts as it relates to a nubmer of things - the Great Fire especially, also the development of uptown as a way for the CPR to monopolize/redirect development from the old downtown (Gastown), and also because lke the West End and Granville, BI (Gastown townsite) it was one of the main land divisions of the early city; it corresponds rougly to the combination of Granville Mall, Downtown South and Yaletown today; boundaries are Hamilton and Hastings to Burrard, and everything between Hamilton and Burrard to the False Creek waterfront...shows on all old maps of the early city. Skookum1 ( talk) 15:51, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
This very notable hotel is conspicuous by its absence, especially considering hotels that aren't even finished yet have articles.....I don't ahve the resources and am not in Vancouver to photograph it; it was part of the CP chain when it was built, or rather became part of it while it was being built as I think teher were some "problems" with the initial investors and their ties to the Tom Campbell-era City Hall....for many years one of the handful of five-star hotels in the city, ranked with the Georgia and Hotel Van long before any of the new roster of hotels were built, and historically significant as the setting for the all-night party hosted for the Vander Zalms by Tan Yu and reported by Faye Leung, and also for being where Howard Hughes holed up for two years..... Skookum1 ( talk) 15:57, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
I was wondering if someone who lives in the area of Vancouver could assist us editors over on the Smallville pages. The show is filmed in the Vancouver and surrouding areas (primarily), and I was curious if someone would be able to take some photos of the episode production. It would be really nice to have some free images for the articles. If that's at all possible, then it will be greatly appreciated. BIGNOLE (Contact me) 19:31, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
I just made Chehalis Lake and it brought to mind the number of other significant lakes in the Lower Mainland in need of doing; not just in the GVRD, and as a by-the-way I wanted to suggest that Lower Mainland/Fraser Valley-related debates might as well be here, given the interconnectivity and common geography. That aside, here's a list of all lakes I can think of some will overlap with regional or generally provincial park articles, i.e .there may not be a need for separate articles; in cases like Cults Lake I t hink the cmomunity/park shoudl be bfoken off from the physical lake "but" that's not the point here. I'm not sure whether this shoudl be a list, or should be acategory as well - Category:Lakes of British Columbia is going to be huge; in my view it shoudl be broken up by the "traditional countries" - Cariboo, Shusawp, Kootenays etc rather tahn ever using RDs; "if you insist" Category:Lakes in Metro Vancouver could exist as a subcat of Category:Lakes of the Lower mainland, but I think the latter one makes more sense, and will make more sense to readers of the various apges; if they're fgrom BC at least, and if not then they'll learn how BC is "arranged". Here's a list off the top of my headr:
I think that's it, unless we count Lost Lagoon (fresh or saltwater?). Did I miss any>? Skookum1 ( talk) 05:06, 28 November 2008 (UTC)
Does anyone think that "The next station is..." in pages such as Metrotown Station should be deleted? If you look at London Underground station's articles, e.g. Lambeth North tube station, they don't have such headings. I think we can request bots from Wikipedia:Bot requests to clean it up.
I'm conducting a new survey since the last was done 3 years ago (an editors lifetime on Wikipedia) at 2009 Vancouver Vs. Vancouver, Washington Survey. Your input would be most appreciated. Mkdw talk 21:26, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
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Kind Regards SriMesh | talk 00:36, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
Please see Talk:George_Fowler_Hastings. And to note I tried to BCGNIS-up Hastings, B.I. (now New Brighton Park) but it's not properly listed (I let them know); an article on New Brighton Park could maybe suffice....(see also Talk:New Brighton, British Columbia) Skookum1 ( talk) 13:24, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
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Made this as had mentioned it in Central Park (Burnaby) and added it to the Collingwood disambiguation page. Details missing - is that a Safeway or a Super Valu, e.g.? - and unsure of other services, or precise civic boundaries. Skookum1 ( talk) 23:20, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
Just putting an idea out there. I noticed there's a category called Category:Bridges by river and we have Category:Bridges in Vancouver as well as List of crossings of the Fraser River, and also Template:Bridges of Metro Vancouver.
Any interest in incorporating material from the category, list, and template into a new category called Category:Bridges over the Fraser River? Or perhaps the list is enough? I know that Skookum will have issues over the specifics of the various arms and tributaries of the Fraser river and such but we I'm sure we can work things out. ;) -- OlEnglish ( Talk) 21:58, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
While some members of this project (myself included) weren't paying attention, Vancouver was listed for a FA Review (June 18, 2009) [1]. The article has since been listed as a featured article removal candidate. If we wish to keep FA status, we will need to put some effort into improving the article right away. Sunray ( talk) 07:49, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
Requesting help expanding new stub Pantages Theatre (Vancouver). -- œ ™ 03:43, 17 July 2009 (UTC)
I have nominated List of Vancouver Canucks captains for featured list removal here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured list criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks; editors may declare to "Keep" or "Remove" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Dabomb87 ( talk) 19:46, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
I have conducted a reassessment of the above article as part of the GA Sweeps process. I have found a number of concerns which you can see at Talk:Pauline Johnson/GA1. I have placed the article on hold whilst these are fixed. Thanks. Jezhotwells ( talk) 10:55, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
I just found a cite for "The Cave" but now can't find its article; it's not on either The Cave or Cave (disambibguation). I suppose it may have been deleted because of a notability tag, or an unref tag, but:
Which is from the cite provided, which is the 1981 page at Chuck Davis' Vancouver History website. The club article isn't in Category:Vancouver nightclubs, I'm wondering if it sstill exists or needs re-creating.... Skookum1 ( talk) 15:44, 8 August 2009 (UTC)
Notability tag added, and real estate promo material an associated link removed, also dead canada.com/vancouvercourier link removed. I've lived in this area and never hard the name; maybe those with school-age chidleren have started referring to it that way; to met it's Grandview (I've lived at 15th & Prince Albert and on 13th between Clark and Glen......while I think there are some bona fide neighbourhoods with common names that need articles or sections in other articles (e.g. Kits Point, Spanish Banks, Point Grey Road, Alma, West 10th etc), this ain't one of them; "school neighbourhoods", i.e. those defined by school "territory"/reach" like this one I'm not so sure are notable in any way..... Skookum1 ( talk) 14:41, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
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whats the population growth in vancouver in 2010? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.235.249.51 ( talk) 14:53, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
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I came across this memoir of the Literary Storefront while looking up an old friend, poet/publisher Wayne Holder, who briefly ran the place in the early '80s, though it was founded by Mona Fertig. It's highly notable within the context of Canadian literature and BC's cultural history, as a read through the linked article will show and also the comments attached to it, and further googles also; there's little enough on Canadian/BC literary culture as it is in Wikipedia...just dropping note of this here, maybe will do the same on Talk:CanLit. Skookum1 ( talk) 19:34, 1 February 2010 (UTC)
Formerly 60 Powell Street....see Talk:Canadian_literature#William_Hoffer.2C_Bookseller. Other notable booksellers worthy of articles Stephen Lunsford (bookseller), Bond's Books (now gone), MacLeod's Books, Antiquarius, Colophon Books, Albion Books....given some thought there's others, can't remember the name of the one at 10th & Alma but there's Arcanum Books near the Kootenay Loop; now specializing in mysteries, at one time the focus of occult bookselling in Vancouver... Skookum1 ( talk) 20:20, 1 February 2010 (UTC)
I've been chipping away at an article about everyone's (or at least my own) favourite derelict barge, the "McBarge", in my userspace: User:M.nelson/McBarge. I'd appreciate some help from knowledgeable Vancouverites; this would probably make a good Vancouver-related DYK during the Olympics. Cheers, - M.Nelson ( talk) 22:31, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
Things are likely to get busy(er) around here quite soon as everyone in the world vies to tell everyone else that "my firend Alison is teh coolest!". Has anyone thought about setting up a sub-page of related article names that we could all monitor through the "Related changes" function for the next month or two? This would obviously start with Vancouver and 2010 Winter Olympics and presumably articles about various venues and people. The talk page would also be a convenient place to coordinate priority watches. Or is this already happening somewhere and I didn't get the memo? Franamax ( talk) 23:09, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
I've found the Special:RecentChangesLinked/2010 Winter Olympics page to cover most if not all related articles. Keeping an eye on that page should be able to catch all Olympics vandalism. - M.Nelson ( talk) 23:59, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
We seem to be missing some Olympic location articles...
70.29.210.242 ( talk) 05:41, 13 February 2010 (UTC)
User:Marylanderz nominated this article for GA about a month ago. I reviewed the article, and placed it on hold. Marylanderz has not edited Wikipedia in three weeks, so I don't know if he or she will be around to make revisions. I'm fully willing to go beyond the seven day mark with the hold, but as it stands right this moment, the article needs further work to satisfy GA. Notifying all WikiProjects which have banners placed on the article's talk page. Nosleep ( Talk · Contribs) 23:41, 26 March 2010 (UTC)
I have made it possible to add an article to the Canada and Vancouver articles at once using {{ WikiProject Canada |vancouver=yes}}. It can be used along with other Canada projects, for example {{{{ WikiProject Canada |vancouver=yes |music=yes |nl=yes | class=start |importance=low}} for a band that moved from Newfoundland to Vancouver. You can still use the existing {{ Vancouverproject}} template if you want to use a unique importance rating or use the map= or photo= parameters, but in general it's useful to share the work between projects. -- Arctic Gnome ( talk • contribs) 03:10, 31 March 2010 (UTC)
Hi, WikiProject Vancouver. I'd like to do a straw poll to see if and how you would like to allow tagging of your articles using a merged template. The Canada template is kind of a top-level catchall template that allows all Canadian WikiProjects to be added to talk pages at once with a standardized setup.
If the option is allowed, it would let users add articles to both this project and WikiProject Canada using {{ WikiProject Canada |Vancouver=yes}}. This is also how articles from projects like Canada Sports and Canada Roads are done, so you would be able to add articles to multiple projects using something like {{WikiProject Canada |vancouver=yes |music=yes}}.
The projects would share a class rating, but WPVancouver would have it's own importance rating using |vancouver-importance=. Optionally, it could be set to default to WPCanada's importance if there is no Vancouver importance and put the article into the additional category Category:Vancouver articles with inherited importance. It would also show the Vancouver portal on the template, though we're still looking into exactly how that would look.
My questions to you are:
Thanks for your input! -- Arctic Gnome ( talk • contribs) 16:08, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
1) I would like to know why the neutrality of the "Burrard Bridge" article is now contested. I, not a Vancouverite, am principal editor of it, who reshaped what was there, clarifying the engineering, historical, and site information (inserting illustrative photogaphs). I also separated and put in chronological order reports on ongoing developments regarding the bicycle lane issue. I'm happy to see that subsequent contributions to that history have followed the format. I visit it from time to time to make sure that notes added are all *documented* with links to independent press, civic and other public sources. Contents of these will disagree among themselves and vary in accuracy, neutrality, relevance. Such is the nature of public discussion. That way the article serves as an updated history of a public planning situation of a kind that occurs in many countries, also as a good Wiki source for those who want information about current developments there. Query: therefore, what in the *editing of this article* is considered non-neutral?
(I also deleted vanitas photos, leaving those in text that are illustrative of the text. Thus the old complaint about that on the Discussion page is out of date.)
2) Why does it have a "Low Importance" ranking? What would the Project require of an article on this Bridge, demonstrably important to Vancouver in many ways, to give it a better ranking? Alethe ( talk)
We don't seem to have an articles for the 2015 Winter Deaflympics ( Vancouver Deaflympics/ 2015 Deaflympics) ...
There does exist an article for a specific Deaflympics, 2009 Deaflympics, so perhaps with the Canadian Olympics of Whistler going on now, we should also articlize this event? (The Deaflympics are sanctioned by the IOC)
70.29.210.242 ( talk) 06:27, 15 February 2010 (UTC)
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This is currently a redirect to West Point Grey and it shouldn't be; its source-use is the physical point, where Wreck Beach is, but to my surprise BCGNIS has only Point Grey Beach, which has me wondering exactly where that is. But "Point Grey" is also in common use for at least on electoral riding, and also for a well-known school, and isn't just West Point Grey, i.e. insofar as within the City of Vancouver goes; the physical Point Grey of course isn't, although that usage was also generally applied to hte whole headland approaching Point Grey - which indeed why West 10th and the area north of it are caleld Point Grey; the "West" was added because the Alma-Jericho area was also part of Point Grey....and then there was Point Grey (municipality) wasn't there? Also NB South Vancouver (city) needs making.....cites from local atlases and book on teh point and other uses are needed to make that redirect into a proper article and if it's not a disambig then Point Grey (disambiguation) seems called for. Skookum1 ( talk) 09:29, 27 November 2010 (UTC)
Missing from the mention of the Spanish and George Vancouver is the rendezvous off Point Grey, and how Spanish Banks got its name; this is iconic in Vancouver history - and isn't it one of the murals in the Ledge? Or the Courthouse? I'll see what I can find to cite it, should just be in teh Vancouver Expedition article already. Skookum1 ( talk) 09:31, 27 November 2010 (UTC)
FYI, with this edit, your wikiproject banner was eliminated from your instructions by a member of WPCANADA who is not on your membership rolls. Do you assent to the change, or should that be reverted? {{ vancouverproject}} still exists, and will continue to function, but it was completely removed from your instructions (instead of the two coexisting). 76.66.202.72 ( talk) 07:32, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
Metro Vancouver articles have been nominated to be renamed Greater Vancouver, see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2010 December 19
65.95.14.34 ( talk) 06:22, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
Hello my fellow Vancouver Wikipedians. I think it would be great if we all could get together to celebrate Wikipedia's 10th anniversary on Jan. 15. I am trying to work out a meeting location in Vancouver; other Lower Mainland locations are possible depending on responses. We can discuss the meetup at this page at the official organizing area: [2] Please RSVP if you are interested! I am told that swag such as t-shirts and buttons will be involved. Hope to see you there! The Interior (Talk) 02:59, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
I would like to know why this article is classified as "low importance". In reality, this is a program that has changes many youth's lives in Vancouver. Also, I would like to know how this article can be improved to meet the standards of Wikipedia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.36.49.125 ( talk) 04:02, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
Is the Vancouver Canucks (WHL) the predecessor of the Vancouver Canucks (NHL) ? the WHL team stopped playing in 1970, when the NHL team was formed. There are comments at the WHL team talk page that indicates that it switched over/rebuilt, with some people remaining in place as transition. 65.94.45.209 ( talk) 04:12, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
I've reversed User:arctic.gnomes hyphen->dash changes to the {{ VancouverNeighbourhoods}} template, but can't seem to get to be able to "revert" the titles of the various neighbourhood articles that have been affected by the misapplication of ENDASH, wholesale, across too much of Wikipedia, by non-RM mandated moves, supposedly "uncontroversial" when really they are, very much so. Arctic.gnome's stated rationale was that when a hyphen usage infers "and" or "to" then the endash should be substituted, but these aren't "and/to" situations, and a key section of ENDASH which nobody seemed to carry out or respect, though giving Bible-writ weight to other sections, and committing mass executions of hyphens by the thousands, all unwarranted, is that hyphenated names are to remain hyphenated; that passage has been amended to specify placenames, but it was already the intent of user:Ozob who authored the section that all hyphenated placenames are meant. And these are not usages as in "Grandview and Woodland" or "Hastings and Sunrise" or "Renfrew and Collingwood", not in the slightest; these neighbourhood names are derived from school-names, e.g. Hastings Park and Sunrise Elementaries; "Woodland" is not even a neighbourhood so how can it be "and" to anything?? These are just names concocted by the city for the offically-mandated neighbourhoods, they are not "Renfrew neighbourhood and Collingwood neighbourhood" in origin. As many know, I have a similar bitch about the hyphenization of regional district names, but will post about that separately; all these were moved without RMs and without discussion by this WikiProject or anywhere else in WP:CAnada, and the mis-citing of DASH has become nearly a religion and it's got to stop, and its damage reversed....all "dashed items" in Category:Neighbourhoods in Vancouver should be moved back forthwith; if someone insists they should be "dashed", let them launch an RM instead of me having to fix something taht never should have been broken.... Skookum1 ( talk) 19:55, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
The Interior cordially invites you to the
Vancouver Wikipedia 10th Anniversary Meetup! It is being held at
Benny's Bagels at 2505 W Broadway. Meetup will start at 6:30pm. Drop by for some Wikipedia-style conviviality and
free gear! Feel free to forward this invitation to any Wikipedians who might be able to attend, and visit the
discussion page to suggest activities. Hope to see you there and have a Happy 2011!
to me this term means a local expression, or sentiment/attitude/peculiarity, it doesn't mean an architectural/planning style-label about how great a place the West End is.....There's no book on "Vancouverisms" (i.e. about the culture/verbal context of the place) but kinda makes me wish there were so there'd be a reason to dab this obscure and not-slightly promotional usage (promoting a planning agenda, and certain firms) to Vancouverism (urban planning). Skookum1 ( talk) 09:37, 29 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi, I note that there are 1199 talk pages in the above category. As this represents about two thirds of all the articles in the Project, I'm wondering what utility the category has to the project and what it means. Beeswaxcandle ( talk) 03:48, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
Water Street, Vancouver has been prodded for deletion. Curiously, an American editor has rated it as low importance for Vancouver. 64.229.101.119 ( talk) 06:36, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
Oak Street (Vancouver) was also previously prodded, about two weeks ago, so it looks like someone's going through Canadian streets and prodding them for deletion... 64.229.101.119 ( talk) 18:37, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
Shoudn't this article be at Point Grey instead? Are there any local editors that would like to source this article properly, and then move it to Point Grey is the sources so indicate? DigitalC ( talk) 17:11, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
Canucks–Flames rivalry has been nominated for deletion. 65.95.13.213 ( talk) 06:20, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
See Talk:2011 Stanley Cup riot for discussions about the need for such an article. 65.94.47.63 ( talk) 10:09, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
Can anyone assist in resolving this NPOV dispute? - Roy Boy 01:50, 28 November 2011 (UTC)
Hi everyone. March is Women's History Month and I'm hoping a few folks here at WP:Vancouver will have interest in putting on events (on and off wiki) related to women's roles in Vancouver's history, society and culture. We've created an event page on English Wikipedia (please translate!) and I hope you'll find the inspiration to participate. These events can take place off wiki, like edit-a-thons, or on wiki, such as themes and translations. Please visit the page here: WikiWomen's History Month. Thanks for your consideration and I look forward to seeing events take place! SarahStierch ( talk) 21:25, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
Hello,
There will be an edit-a-thon at the Prophouse Café on Sunday March 25, as part of Women's History Month events. If you are interested, please see Wikipedia:Meetup/Vancouver WikiWomen's Edit-a-Thon and add your signature to the list.
Thank you! InverseHypercube ( talk) 09:47, 10 March 2012 (UTC)