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To my knowledge, Parliament Hill is part of the unceded Algonquin Territory, which has never been ceded to the Crown by means of a treaty or otherwise and with regards to which negotiations between the Algonquin and the governments of Canada and Ontario are currently ongoing ( http://www.aboriginalaffairs.gov.on.ca/english/negotiate/algonquin/algonquin.asp). Thus, it is not "crown land", right? I have made the appropriate edit but if somebody else has sources that confirm that this is indeed considered crown land, feel free to change it back and but leave the Algonquin aspect in there as well since it's important (and shows respect to acknowledge the traditional stewards of the shared territory). krueschan ( talk) 20:20, 29 May 2012 (UTC)
I've added a reference for the title "Dominion Sculptor." It sounds archaic, but the title was never, "Chief Sculptor" as was previously indicated. The reference makes that clear. The reference is an article from Public Works & Government Services Canada's website - the department that officially employs the Dominion Sculptor. Thanks. -- Charlie Inks ( talk) 21:08, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
Which official name designated by the National Historic Site of Canada is right (based on the template explanation on the right side)? Is it
Parliament Buildings National Historic Site of Canada
or
Grounds of the Parliament Buildings National Historic Site of Canada
? Komitsuki ( talk) 11:18, 5 August 2014 (UTC)
Please direct all edits regarding the October 22 shootings to 2014 Canadian Parliament Hill attack. -- Natural RX 15:24, 22 October 2014 (UTC)
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European traders, adventurers, and industrialistsno need to link Europe.
which was answered with 298 submitted drawings. The entries were narrowed down to threeThis is a rather fine point. MOS:NUMNOTES makes an exception to MOS:SPELL09 for comparable values, recommending that they be in the same format. However, I don't feel it's a problem here and I suspect that there would be consensus for SPELL09 in this case.
The entries were narrowed down to three, but the panel of judges could not decide on who came first or second.Since the subject of the first clause is the entries, I feel like the who should either be which or whose design.
The Centre Block, departmental buildings, and a new residence for the governor general were each awarded separately, the team of Thomas Fuller and Chilion Jones, under the pseudonym of Semper Paratus (Always Ready), winning the prize for the first category with their Victorian High Gothic scheme of a formal, symmetrical front facing a quadrangle and a more rustic, picturesque back facing the escarpment overlooking the Ottawa River.Also, is it too much detail to include their pseudonyms for the contest? How about: The Centre Block, departmental buildings, and a new governor general's residence were each awarded separately. The first was awarded to the team of Thomas Fuller and Chilion Jones with their Victorian High Gothic scheme of a formal, symmetrical front facing a quadrangle and a more rustic, picturesque back facing the escarpment overlooking the Ottawa River.
Public Works reported that $1,424,882.55 had been spent on the ventureDo you think that might be too much precision for a summary? Perhaps "over $1.4 million" would be better? It's the scale of the figure (nearly triple the allocated budget) that's important.
Two years later, the unfinished site hosted a celebration of Queen Victoria's birthday, further cementing the area's position as the central place for national celebration.The article doesn't seem to mention any celebration at the site prior to this, unless you count the Prince of Wales laying the cornerstone. Suggest removing further (or perhaps including some mention of notable earlier national celebrations).
in commemoration of the Canadians who had lost their livesunlink Canadians
The British military gave a nine-pound naval cannon to the British army garrison stationed in Ottawa in 1854. It was purchased by the Canadian government in 1869 and fired on Parliament Hill for many years as the “Noonday Gun".This needs more paraphrasing; the underlined portions are the same as the source. Suggest: The British military allocated a nine-pound naval cannon to Ottawa's British army garrison in 1854. The Dominion of Canada purchased it in 1869 and fired it on Parliament Hill as the "Noonday Gun" for many years. (Found this story in Macleans from 1944, there are a couple paragraphs on "Old Chum" about halfway down, though they have a brought-bought typo.)
The Queen's Diamond Jubilee was commemorated by a specially tinted window in the Centre Block on 6 February 2012I feel like this should either be "was commemorated with" or "is commemorated by", possibly changing the structure of what follows in the latter case.
to bring the Parliament buildings to modern safety standards and address the deteriorated state of the current buildingsSuggest "and to address their deteriorated state".
The Senate of Canada Building was renovated in 2019 to prepare for the Senate moving, and the West Block was completed in November 2018 before the House of Commons moved in.Would it be better to switch the order of these so that they are chronological?
View of Parliament Hill and the surrounding area from the airSuggest: Aerial view of Parliament Hill and surroundings
The 88,480-square-metre (952,391 sq ft) areaSince we're talking about the grounds here, rather than, say, floorspace of the buildings, would it be better to state this in hectares/acres?
the statue of George-Étienne Cartier→ the statue of Cartier
Running into some verification problems. I'm sure everything is true, but GA criteria require citations for verifiability and I'm not finding everything in the cited sources. (Note: I have inserted the reference names you added.)
Bosc
The Parliament Buildings and Grounds. Primary source, but not used for anything controversial. Used to cite 7 statements. I could not find the underlined portions in this source:
The south front of the property is demarcated by a Victorian high gothic wrought iron fence. Named the Wellington Wall, its centreIs it a fence or a wall, or a fence called a wall? https://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=17422&pid=0 gives a good description.
like the changing of the guard, or the annual Canada Day celebrations. To the sides of the buildings, the grounds are set in the English garden style, dotted with statues, memorials, and, at the northwest corner, a Carpenter Gothic structure called the Summer Gazebo, a 1995 reconstruction of an earlier gazebo, Summer House, built for the Speaker of the House of Commons in 1877 by Thomas Seaton Scott and demolished in 1956.The ceremonies might be generally verifiable. The architectural and landscape styles need to be sourced. The source calls the reconstruction the Summer Pavilion.
Parliament Hill is a limestone outcrop with a gently sloping top that was originally covered in a primeval forest of beech and hemlock.The underlined part is covered by source
pre
, please add a citation to it after "top".
For hundreds of years, the hill served as a landmark on the Ottawa River for First Nations and, later, European traders, adventurers, and industrialists, to mark their journey to the interior of the continent. After Ottawa, then called Bytown, was founded, the builders of the Rideau Canal used the hill as a location for a military base (and hospital)The third paragraph of source
pre
is good for the first sentence, while the 7th paragraph of source ocitizen
looks good for the last sentence (except for the hospital).
Two years later, the unfinished site hosted a celebration of Queen Victoria's birthday, further cementing the area's position as the central place for national celebration. The site was still incomplete when three of the British North American colonies (now the provinces of Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick) entered Confederation in 1867, with Ottawa remaining the capital of the new country. Within four years Manitoba, British Columbia, Prince Edward Island, and the North-West Territories (now Alberta, Saskatchewan, Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut) were added and, along with the associated bureaucracy, the first three required representation be added in parliament. Thus, the offices of parliament spread to buildings beyond Parliament Hill even at that early date.Didn't find any of this in the source, it is also cited to "Who".
maintained by the National Capital Commission,
The Parliament Buildings are three edifices arranged around three sides of Parliament Hill's central lawn, the use and administration of the spaces within each building overseen by the speakers of each chamber of the legislature.
ocitizen
Ottawa Citizen cites one statement "pre"
(
pre-construction) Primary source, cites one statement:
In 1858, Queen Victoria selected Ottawa as the capital of the Province of Canada. Barrack Hill was chosen as the site for the new parliament buildings, given its prominence over both the town and the river, as well as the fact that it was already owned by the Crown.Could probably get away with Queen Victoria, it being readily verifiable that she was head of state and had final authority, so ultimate authority of the selection was hers. Found government ownership of the hill at the unnamed reference [1] which is archived at [2] Pick an appropriate name for the reference and add a citation, and move the pre citation up to before the underlined part.
Who
(
who would design it) primary source used to cite six statements. The first three are good. Of the remainder:
$300,000 was allocated for the main building and $120,000 for each of the departmental buildings.Found this at https://web.archive.org/web/20110827040517/http://www.collineduparlement-parliamenthill.gc.ca/histoire-history/1859-1916-03-eng.html
Two years later, the unfinished site hosted a celebration of Queen Victoria's birthday, further cementing the area's position as the central place for national celebration.
By 1876, the structures of Parliament Hill were finished, along with the surrounding fence and gates. However, the grounds had yet to be properly designed;The source says "In 1876, the Library was finally completed, as well as the landscaped grounds."
Ground was broken on 20 December 1859, and the first stones were laid on 16 April of the following year. Prince Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII), laid the cornerstone of the Centre Block on 1 September.Not in source. What this does have is that "Queen Victoria chose Ottawa as the capital" (of the province of Canada). Suggest citing to https://web.archive.org/web/20110827040243/http://www.collineduparlement-parliamenthill.gc.ca/histoire-history/1859-1916-eng.html which covers the first two sentences and Edward VII laying the cornerstone in 1860 – but this last date is absent from this source. The date can be found in the following source:
History2021
History of the Hill Primary source. This looks like the current government-website version of some of the other smaller archived pages. If the information is all there, it might be worthwhile to consolidate the references and use this one in place of those others, to shorten the reflist.
The construction of Parliament Hill became the largest project undertaken in North America to that date. However, workers hit bedrock sooner than expected, necessitating blasting to complete the foundations, which the architects had altered to sit 5.2 metres (17 ft) deeper than originally planned. By early 1861, Public Works reported that $1,424,882.55 had been spent on the venture, leading to the site being closed in September and the unfinished structures covered in tarpaulins until 1863, when construction resumed following a commission of inquiry.Underlined passages not verified by source. I found all of it in the unnamed reference http://www.collineduparlement-parliamenthill.gc.ca/histoire-history/1859-1916-eng.html Suggest adding this as a second citation to the end of the paragraph. However, these are both primary sources, and I would prefer a secondary reliable source for "the largest project undertaken in North America" since the government history-keepers might be biased there.
Montgomery
Feb. 03, 1916: When Canada's Parliament burned and added. I think it's based off the government websites, but RCI is removed enough to not be considered a primary source. –
Reidgreg (
talk) 15:00, 7 June 2021 (UTC)rideauhallbook
Rideau Hall. A good source, but I didn't like having to jump through hoops to access and navigate it.
In 1901 they were the site of both mourning for, and celebration of, Queen Victoria, when her death was mourned in official ceremonies in January of that year, and when, in late September, Victoria's grandson, Prince George, Duke of Cornwall (later King George V), dedicated the large statue that stands on the hill in the late Queen's honour.The underlined portions do not seem to be covered by the source, at least not among the pages mentioned in the citation. The statue or monument was in Ottawa, no mention of Parliament Hill that I spotted there, nothing about the January activities.
historytowertour
Peace TowerOn 3 February 1916, a fire destroyed the Centre Block. Despite the ongoing war, Governor General Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught re-laid the original cornerstone on 1 September 1916; exactly fifty-six years after his brother, the future King Edward VII, had first set it. Eleven years later, the rebuilt Centre Block was completed and dedicated as the "Peace Tower", in commemoration of the Canadians who had lost their lives during the First World War.The source only talks about the Peace Tower. The phrasing above sounds like the entire Centre Block was dedicated as the Peace Tower. Suggest inserting "a new freestanding bell tower was" before dedicated. The underlined portion can be cited to reference https://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/citeparlementaire-parliamentaryprecinct/histoire-history/index-eng.html – note that this source says that the governor general was the grandson of Edward VII, so change that or find another source.
noondaygun
dead link archived at
https://web.archive.org/web/20140517151825/http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/nic-inm/sm-rm/mdsr-rdr-eng.asp?PID=3155
baclac
(
bibliotheque/library archives Canada – Constitution Act) used once
Thereafter, the Hill hosted several significant events in Canadian history, including the first visit of the reigning Canadian sovereign—King George VI, with his consort, Queen Elizabeth—to his parliament, on 19 May 1939. A huge celebration on 8 May 1945, marked VE Day; the first raising of the country's new national flag took place on 15 February 1965; the centennial of Confederation was celebrated on 1 July 1967; and the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II was marked on 18 October 1977. The Queen revisited Parliament Hill on 17 April 1982, for the issuing of a royal proclamation of the enactment of the Constitution Act that year.Source only verifies the Constitution Act, the bulk of the paragraph needs to be cited.
worldtourcanenc
Canadian Encyclopedia does not mention the 19 May date.
ocitizenveday
Ottawa Citizen cbcflagarchive
CBC AGF.latimesgreyhound
Los Angeles Times
In April 1989, a Greyhound Lines bus with 11 passengers on board travelling to New York City from Montreal was hijacked by an armed man and driven onto the lawn in front of the Centre Block. A standoff with police ensued and lasted eight hours; though three shots were fired, there were no injuries.The source says six hours.
Crowds marked the beginning of the third millennium with a large ceremony on the quadrangle, and the "largest single vigil" ever seen in the nation's capital took place in 2001, when on 14 September 2001, 100,000 people gathered on the main lawn to honour the victims of the September 11 attacks on the United States that year.The underlined portion isn't in the source. For the rest, I would prefer if there was a reliable secondary source.
ggcawindow
Governor General's Office used once.
The following year, Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee was marked on 13 October. The Queen's Diamond Jubilee was commemorated by a specially tinted window in the Centre Block on 6 February 2012, ( Accession Day).The source says that the dedication ceremony was 7 February. The underlined portion needs a citation.
ctvmounties
CTV News used once:
On 22 October 2014, several shooting incidents occurred around Parliament Hill. After fatally shooting a Canadian Army soldier mounting the ceremonial guard at the National War Memorial, a gunman moved to the Centre Block of the parliament buildings. There, the shooter engaged in a firefight with Kevin Vickers, the Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Commons, and members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, which ended when he was killed by RCMP Constable Curtis Barrett.Source does not mention the war memorial, or specifically state that Barrett killed the gunman. (see following)
The gunman also injured one House of Commons constable, who was shot in the foot.which might not be that notable.
renoinfo
Follow the rehabilitation This is a primary source and the link goes to an index page with only general information; some of the specific information might be on other pages and reports linked from this page (they should themselves be linked). Cited for four passages:
Since 2002, an extensive $1 billion renovation and rehabilitation project has been underway throughout all the precinct's buildings to bring the Parliament buildings to modern safety standards and address the deteriorated state of the current buildings; work is not expected to be complete until after 2028.Not at source. I'm not sure where to find this information. I found some general information at https://web.archive.org/web/20130522203752if_/http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/collineduparlement-parliamenthill/batir-building/rest-colline-hill-eng.html but it's from 2013. It's going to be some work to put in all of these little citations... it'd be easier to have a reliable secondary source that could be used for all of it, but there may not be extensive writing on it until after the renovations are complete. Another way to go would be to make a tighter summary and avoid the details for now.
ocitizenreno
Ottawa Citizen The Wellington Building was completed in 2016, and the Sir John A. Macdonald Building was completed in 2015.Not at link. Found at subpages: https://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/citeparlementaire-parliamentaryprecinct/rehabilitation/wellington-eng.html and https://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/citeparlementaire-parliamentaryprecinct/rehabilitation/macdonald-eng.html
The Centre Block and East Block are undergoing renovations, an architectural competition is being held for designs pertaining to the city block south of Wellington Street, and a new building, the Visitors Welcome Centre, is being built.Need https://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/citeparlementaire-parliamentaryprecinct/rehabilitation/est-east-eng.html to say that the East Block is undergoing renovation rather than planned for renovation. Source says the visitor's centre is a new building that will be expanded; I feel that should be rephrased and possibly use https://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/citeparlementaire-parliamentaryprecinct/rehabilitation/visiteurs-visitors-eng.html for better support.
However, the government dropped this proposal and constructed more office space in Hull, Quebec, like the Terrasses de la Chaudière and Place du Portage instead. In 2021, this idea was revisited, with the Ministry of Public Services announcing a building contest for the block.Doesn't have the part about Hull. Could replace with https://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/citeparlementaire-parliamentaryprecinct/rehabilitation/conception-design-eng.html which has the year and more details of the competition.
senatereno
Senate of Canada Building
The Senate of Canada Building was renovated in 2019 to prepare for the Senate movingPhrasing sounds like the renovations were conducted entirely within 2019. Source says that restoration began in 2014. Suggest: "was renovated by 2019" or similar rephrase.
westblockreno
West Block hillgrounds
https://web.archive.org/web/20130522203826/http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/collineduparlement-parliamenthill/batir-building/terrains-grounds-eng.html – this is another index page, change to
https://web.archive.org/web/20130522231758/http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/collineduparlement-parliamenthill/batir-building/trrns-grnds-eng.html
parliamentofcanadaact
Parliament of Canada Act cites two statements, both checked. (Nice use of cite canlaw!) There's also a third statement to sections 80 (1–2) [instead of 80 (1)], also good.parlhist1859
Construction, 1859-1916 buildingthefuturecommons
Building the Future
The main outdoor area of The Hill is the quadrangle, formed by the arrangement of the parliament and departmental buildings on the site, and laid out in a formal garden fashion. This expanse is the site of major celebrations, demonstrations, and traditional shows,Good for the celebrations and demonstrations, the expanse is mentioned, but I think we should have "quadrangle" and "formal garden" sourced somewhere in the article. (Page 48 calls the quadrangle the "formal forecourt" which is close.)
buildingthefuturecommons
(new name) The next two references seem to make improper use of {{
harvnb|House of Commons|1999}} author–date citation, which expects there to be a citation following the reflist to which their link can be anchored. Without reorganizing the reflist, I think the easiest thing to do for now would be to use a named reference with {{
rp}} for inline page numbers.
Though Parliament Hill remains the heart of the parliamentary precinct, expansion beyond the bounded area described above began in 1884, with the construction of the Langevin Block across Wellington Street.A picture caption says the Langevin Block was built in the 1880s, so can change: in 1884 → in the 1880s from this source, or add another source which specifies the year.
commonsarchitecture
History, Arts and Architecture
The Centre Block has the Senate and Commons chambers, and is fronted by the Peace Tower on the south facade, with the Library of Parliament at the building's rear. The East and West Blocks each contain ministers' and senators' offices, as well as meeting rooms and other administrative spaces. The buildings' unifying architecture style is Gothic Revival.Source does not support underlined portion.
abouteastblock
PWGSC Explore the East Block Good for that sentence. I copied another citation for the sentence preceding it.macleansbackstage
goodstatuegeneralsource
PWGSC Explore the statues, monuments and memorials and statuespwgsc
archivefrom 2013 with map for locations. A few notes follow:
Most of the statues on Parliament Hill are arranged behind the three parliamentary buildings, with one outside of the main fence.Can we expand on this a bit? Suggest: More than 20 bronze statues are on the grounds, commemorating important figures in the country's history. Most are arranged in the gardens behind the three parliamentary buildings, with one outside of the main fence. Cite to statuegeneralsource. Perhaps add a footnote that some were moved off the grounds during renovations if you feel that's a concern.
Located at the north-west corner between the West and Centre Blocks, the statue of the country's first monarch was sculpted by Hébert in 1900,[statuegeneralsource] and dedicated by Prince George, Duke of Cornwall and York, in 1901.[queenvictoriastatue]Should its first display in Paris be mentioned? Consider: Located at the north-west corner between the West and Centre Blocks, the statue of the country's first monarch was sculpted by Hébert and first displayed at the 1900 Paris Exposition before being moved to Ottawa[statuegeneralsource] and dedicated by Prince George, Duke of Cornwall and York in 1901.[queenvictoriastatue]
Frances Loring cast this likeness for the 1957 session of parliament opened by Queen Elizabeth II; it stands at the southwest corner of Parliament Hill.[statuespwgsc]Source does not mention that the queen opened parliament. I sourced it to
senroyals
https://sencanada.ca/en/sencaplus/how-why/young-royals-have-long-ties-to-canada/ (it mentions some other royal visits). Can link to
23rd Canadian Parliament if you wish.
In 1989, Danek Mozdzenski was commissioned to form this monument that rests immediately north of the West Block.[statuegeneralsource]The sources say that it was completed in 1989, not commissioned that year.
Good. This article is an overarching topic for which many sub-topics are notable and have their own articles. This should be kept in mind for the overall level of detail, providing enough detail to give context to understand the overall topic while more detail can be given in the articles on the subtopics. Some of the other articles include: Parliament of Canada, Parliamentary Protective Service, Centre Block, East Block, West Block, Victoria Tower, Peace Tower, 2014 shootings at Parliament Hill, Ottawa, House of Commons of Canada, Senate of Canada, Senate of Canada Building, Queen's Gates, National Capital Region (Canada), Library of Parliament, Centennial Flame, Canadian Police Memorium, Victoria Tower Bell, and War of 1812 Monument; and less directly Sir John A. Macdonald Building, Wellington Building, Colonel By Valley, Wellington Street, Ottawa, Supreme Court of Canada, Langevin Block, Confederation Building (Ottawa), Justice Building, and Canada Day. Some of the sources used for this article might be useful for expanding some of these other articles.
Good (noted sentimentality of some section headers above)
No edit warring; expect there to be some updating with the ongoing renovations.
Well supported by media: 9 images in main article plus another 35 images in tables. Once licensing issue:
barnespavilion
Dedication to Duty at Google Books p. 213. It says that the Speaker's Summer Pavilion (1877–1956) was specifically reconstructed for the memorial, as a place for quiet reflection.
rcmppavilion
http://www.rcmpveteransvancouver.com/canadian-police-peace-officers-memorial/ quotes the official history of the pavilion from a bronze plaque: This summer pavilion originally built in 1877 by Public Works Canada under the direction of the Chief Architect, Thomas Seaton Scott, and stood on this side until it was demolished in 1956. It was rebuilt in 1992 by Public Works and Government Services Canada with funding from the Canadian Police Association and The Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police. [paragraph break] Dedicated as a National Police Memorial on March 22, 1994, the pavilion is a gift to the people of Canada from the Canadian Police Officers in memory of their fallen comrades.There appears to be a side/site typo, so make sure the dates are correct from other sources.
ridepavilion
http://policeridetoremember.com/the-memorial-book-the-pavilion-and-the-memorial-stone talks about the history of the memorial, which had names first inscribed on a granite slab, then two other pieces of granite, and then added glass panels around the perimeter wall. (This helps explain some of the pictures – recent news about names being added usually show the glass panels.)
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Although not part of the GA criteria, here are some other areas you might consider for improvement (I'd leave these until after the review):
Reviewers get much more fussy about reference formatting at the FA level.
This is a lot, but I think it's doable. Please let me know if you have any questions, or when you're finished making changes. – Reidgreg ( talk) 16:53, 2 June 2021 (UTC)
the gazebo was turned into a memorial for police officers killed in the line of dutywithout saying it is the police memorial as I couldn't find a source saying that it was definitely the police memorial. -- Aknell4 ( talk • contribs) 17:45, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
P.S.: Without meaning to get ahead of the review, there has been some interest in putting together a Canada Day DYK set for July 1. Discussion is at Wikipedia talk:Canadian Wikipedians' notice board § DYK for Canada Day.
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Overall: The article has been newly given a good article status (my congratulations), and is pretty long and very easily legible. Sourcing is great, the tone is neutral. However, the source check revealed copy-pasting - something should be done with it. Once this is changed, I have no objections to promote the nomination. As for the preferred hook, the original proposal is what suits me best; ALT3 could also be very fine (even better for me, personally) if you precise that the fact held true at the time the Parliament Hill complex was built. Per request of nominator, QPQ is waived. Szmenderowiecki ( talk) 02:48, 12 June 2021 (UTC)
Hey all, the map in the Grounds and name section is, frankly, not ideal. It's very difficult to distinguish buildings and landmarks, it doesn't scale well on mobile, and it uses a custom template that's used in only one other article. Would anyone be up for creating a better map, whether that's with an image, {{ Maplink}}, Wikidata:Map data, or otherwise? Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 07:09, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
I added a sentence at the end of the section about a planned protest for Palestine to have a ceasefire, but I couldn't find an online source. The source I have is physical fliers with information about the protest 2001:1970:55E8:7F00:0:0:0:9EF8 ( talk) 16:19, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
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To my knowledge, Parliament Hill is part of the unceded Algonquin Territory, which has never been ceded to the Crown by means of a treaty or otherwise and with regards to which negotiations between the Algonquin and the governments of Canada and Ontario are currently ongoing ( http://www.aboriginalaffairs.gov.on.ca/english/negotiate/algonquin/algonquin.asp). Thus, it is not "crown land", right? I have made the appropriate edit but if somebody else has sources that confirm that this is indeed considered crown land, feel free to change it back and but leave the Algonquin aspect in there as well since it's important (and shows respect to acknowledge the traditional stewards of the shared territory). krueschan ( talk) 20:20, 29 May 2012 (UTC)
I've added a reference for the title "Dominion Sculptor." It sounds archaic, but the title was never, "Chief Sculptor" as was previously indicated. The reference makes that clear. The reference is an article from Public Works & Government Services Canada's website - the department that officially employs the Dominion Sculptor. Thanks. -- Charlie Inks ( talk) 21:08, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
Which official name designated by the National Historic Site of Canada is right (based on the template explanation on the right side)? Is it
Parliament Buildings National Historic Site of Canada
or
Grounds of the Parliament Buildings National Historic Site of Canada
? Komitsuki ( talk) 11:18, 5 August 2014 (UTC)
Please direct all edits regarding the October 22 shootings to 2014 Canadian Parliament Hill attack. -- Natural RX 15:24, 22 October 2014 (UTC)
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Reviewer: Reidgreg ( talk · contribs) 13:30, 31 May 2021 (UTC) Nominator: Aknell4 ( talk · contribs)
Review to be forthcoming. – Reidgreg ( talk) 13:30, 31 May 2021 (UTC)
I'll update progress here as this proceeds.
European traders, adventurers, and industrialistsno need to link Europe.
which was answered with 298 submitted drawings. The entries were narrowed down to threeThis is a rather fine point. MOS:NUMNOTES makes an exception to MOS:SPELL09 for comparable values, recommending that they be in the same format. However, I don't feel it's a problem here and I suspect that there would be consensus for SPELL09 in this case.
The entries were narrowed down to three, but the panel of judges could not decide on who came first or second.Since the subject of the first clause is the entries, I feel like the who should either be which or whose design.
The Centre Block, departmental buildings, and a new residence for the governor general were each awarded separately, the team of Thomas Fuller and Chilion Jones, under the pseudonym of Semper Paratus (Always Ready), winning the prize for the first category with their Victorian High Gothic scheme of a formal, symmetrical front facing a quadrangle and a more rustic, picturesque back facing the escarpment overlooking the Ottawa River.Also, is it too much detail to include their pseudonyms for the contest? How about: The Centre Block, departmental buildings, and a new governor general's residence were each awarded separately. The first was awarded to the team of Thomas Fuller and Chilion Jones with their Victorian High Gothic scheme of a formal, symmetrical front facing a quadrangle and a more rustic, picturesque back facing the escarpment overlooking the Ottawa River.
Public Works reported that $1,424,882.55 had been spent on the ventureDo you think that might be too much precision for a summary? Perhaps "over $1.4 million" would be better? It's the scale of the figure (nearly triple the allocated budget) that's important.
Two years later, the unfinished site hosted a celebration of Queen Victoria's birthday, further cementing the area's position as the central place for national celebration.The article doesn't seem to mention any celebration at the site prior to this, unless you count the Prince of Wales laying the cornerstone. Suggest removing further (or perhaps including some mention of notable earlier national celebrations).
in commemoration of the Canadians who had lost their livesunlink Canadians
The British military gave a nine-pound naval cannon to the British army garrison stationed in Ottawa in 1854. It was purchased by the Canadian government in 1869 and fired on Parliament Hill for many years as the “Noonday Gun".This needs more paraphrasing; the underlined portions are the same as the source. Suggest: The British military allocated a nine-pound naval cannon to Ottawa's British army garrison in 1854. The Dominion of Canada purchased it in 1869 and fired it on Parliament Hill as the "Noonday Gun" for many years. (Found this story in Macleans from 1944, there are a couple paragraphs on "Old Chum" about halfway down, though they have a brought-bought typo.)
The Queen's Diamond Jubilee was commemorated by a specially tinted window in the Centre Block on 6 February 2012I feel like this should either be "was commemorated with" or "is commemorated by", possibly changing the structure of what follows in the latter case.
to bring the Parliament buildings to modern safety standards and address the deteriorated state of the current buildingsSuggest "and to address their deteriorated state".
The Senate of Canada Building was renovated in 2019 to prepare for the Senate moving, and the West Block was completed in November 2018 before the House of Commons moved in.Would it be better to switch the order of these so that they are chronological?
View of Parliament Hill and the surrounding area from the airSuggest: Aerial view of Parliament Hill and surroundings
The 88,480-square-metre (952,391 sq ft) areaSince we're talking about the grounds here, rather than, say, floorspace of the buildings, would it be better to state this in hectares/acres?
the statue of George-Étienne Cartier→ the statue of Cartier
Running into some verification problems. I'm sure everything is true, but GA criteria require citations for verifiability and I'm not finding everything in the cited sources. (Note: I have inserted the reference names you added.)
Bosc
The Parliament Buildings and Grounds. Primary source, but not used for anything controversial. Used to cite 7 statements. I could not find the underlined portions in this source:
The south front of the property is demarcated by a Victorian high gothic wrought iron fence. Named the Wellington Wall, its centreIs it a fence or a wall, or a fence called a wall? https://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=17422&pid=0 gives a good description.
like the changing of the guard, or the annual Canada Day celebrations. To the sides of the buildings, the grounds are set in the English garden style, dotted with statues, memorials, and, at the northwest corner, a Carpenter Gothic structure called the Summer Gazebo, a 1995 reconstruction of an earlier gazebo, Summer House, built for the Speaker of the House of Commons in 1877 by Thomas Seaton Scott and demolished in 1956.The ceremonies might be generally verifiable. The architectural and landscape styles need to be sourced. The source calls the reconstruction the Summer Pavilion.
Parliament Hill is a limestone outcrop with a gently sloping top that was originally covered in a primeval forest of beech and hemlock.The underlined part is covered by source
pre
, please add a citation to it after "top".
For hundreds of years, the hill served as a landmark on the Ottawa River for First Nations and, later, European traders, adventurers, and industrialists, to mark their journey to the interior of the continent. After Ottawa, then called Bytown, was founded, the builders of the Rideau Canal used the hill as a location for a military base (and hospital)The third paragraph of source
pre
is good for the first sentence, while the 7th paragraph of source ocitizen
looks good for the last sentence (except for the hospital).
Two years later, the unfinished site hosted a celebration of Queen Victoria's birthday, further cementing the area's position as the central place for national celebration. The site was still incomplete when three of the British North American colonies (now the provinces of Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick) entered Confederation in 1867, with Ottawa remaining the capital of the new country. Within four years Manitoba, British Columbia, Prince Edward Island, and the North-West Territories (now Alberta, Saskatchewan, Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut) were added and, along with the associated bureaucracy, the first three required representation be added in parliament. Thus, the offices of parliament spread to buildings beyond Parliament Hill even at that early date.Didn't find any of this in the source, it is also cited to "Who".
maintained by the National Capital Commission,
The Parliament Buildings are three edifices arranged around three sides of Parliament Hill's central lawn, the use and administration of the spaces within each building overseen by the speakers of each chamber of the legislature.
ocitizen
Ottawa Citizen cites one statement "pre"
(
pre-construction) Primary source, cites one statement:
In 1858, Queen Victoria selected Ottawa as the capital of the Province of Canada. Barrack Hill was chosen as the site for the new parliament buildings, given its prominence over both the town and the river, as well as the fact that it was already owned by the Crown.Could probably get away with Queen Victoria, it being readily verifiable that she was head of state and had final authority, so ultimate authority of the selection was hers. Found government ownership of the hill at the unnamed reference [1] which is archived at [2] Pick an appropriate name for the reference and add a citation, and move the pre citation up to before the underlined part.
Who
(
who would design it) primary source used to cite six statements. The first three are good. Of the remainder:
$300,000 was allocated for the main building and $120,000 for each of the departmental buildings.Found this at https://web.archive.org/web/20110827040517/http://www.collineduparlement-parliamenthill.gc.ca/histoire-history/1859-1916-03-eng.html
Two years later, the unfinished site hosted a celebration of Queen Victoria's birthday, further cementing the area's position as the central place for national celebration.
By 1876, the structures of Parliament Hill were finished, along with the surrounding fence and gates. However, the grounds had yet to be properly designed;The source says "In 1876, the Library was finally completed, as well as the landscaped grounds."
Ground was broken on 20 December 1859, and the first stones were laid on 16 April of the following year. Prince Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII), laid the cornerstone of the Centre Block on 1 September.Not in source. What this does have is that "Queen Victoria chose Ottawa as the capital" (of the province of Canada). Suggest citing to https://web.archive.org/web/20110827040243/http://www.collineduparlement-parliamenthill.gc.ca/histoire-history/1859-1916-eng.html which covers the first two sentences and Edward VII laying the cornerstone in 1860 – but this last date is absent from this source. The date can be found in the following source:
History2021
History of the Hill Primary source. This looks like the current government-website version of some of the other smaller archived pages. If the information is all there, it might be worthwhile to consolidate the references and use this one in place of those others, to shorten the reflist.
The construction of Parliament Hill became the largest project undertaken in North America to that date. However, workers hit bedrock sooner than expected, necessitating blasting to complete the foundations, which the architects had altered to sit 5.2 metres (17 ft) deeper than originally planned. By early 1861, Public Works reported that $1,424,882.55 had been spent on the venture, leading to the site being closed in September and the unfinished structures covered in tarpaulins until 1863, when construction resumed following a commission of inquiry.Underlined passages not verified by source. I found all of it in the unnamed reference http://www.collineduparlement-parliamenthill.gc.ca/histoire-history/1859-1916-eng.html Suggest adding this as a second citation to the end of the paragraph. However, these are both primary sources, and I would prefer a secondary reliable source for "the largest project undertaken in North America" since the government history-keepers might be biased there.
Montgomery
Feb. 03, 1916: When Canada's Parliament burned and added. I think it's based off the government websites, but RCI is removed enough to not be considered a primary source. –
Reidgreg (
talk) 15:00, 7 June 2021 (UTC)rideauhallbook
Rideau Hall. A good source, but I didn't like having to jump through hoops to access and navigate it.
In 1901 they were the site of both mourning for, and celebration of, Queen Victoria, when her death was mourned in official ceremonies in January of that year, and when, in late September, Victoria's grandson, Prince George, Duke of Cornwall (later King George V), dedicated the large statue that stands on the hill in the late Queen's honour.The underlined portions do not seem to be covered by the source, at least not among the pages mentioned in the citation. The statue or monument was in Ottawa, no mention of Parliament Hill that I spotted there, nothing about the January activities.
historytowertour
Peace TowerOn 3 February 1916, a fire destroyed the Centre Block. Despite the ongoing war, Governor General Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught re-laid the original cornerstone on 1 September 1916; exactly fifty-six years after his brother, the future King Edward VII, had first set it. Eleven years later, the rebuilt Centre Block was completed and dedicated as the "Peace Tower", in commemoration of the Canadians who had lost their lives during the First World War.The source only talks about the Peace Tower. The phrasing above sounds like the entire Centre Block was dedicated as the Peace Tower. Suggest inserting "a new freestanding bell tower was" before dedicated. The underlined portion can be cited to reference https://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/citeparlementaire-parliamentaryprecinct/histoire-history/index-eng.html – note that this source says that the governor general was the grandson of Edward VII, so change that or find another source.
noondaygun
dead link archived at
https://web.archive.org/web/20140517151825/http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/nic-inm/sm-rm/mdsr-rdr-eng.asp?PID=3155
baclac
(
bibliotheque/library archives Canada – Constitution Act) used once
Thereafter, the Hill hosted several significant events in Canadian history, including the first visit of the reigning Canadian sovereign—King George VI, with his consort, Queen Elizabeth—to his parliament, on 19 May 1939. A huge celebration on 8 May 1945, marked VE Day; the first raising of the country's new national flag took place on 15 February 1965; the centennial of Confederation was celebrated on 1 July 1967; and the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II was marked on 18 October 1977. The Queen revisited Parliament Hill on 17 April 1982, for the issuing of a royal proclamation of the enactment of the Constitution Act that year.Source only verifies the Constitution Act, the bulk of the paragraph needs to be cited.
worldtourcanenc
Canadian Encyclopedia does not mention the 19 May date.
ocitizenveday
Ottawa Citizen cbcflagarchive
CBC AGF.latimesgreyhound
Los Angeles Times
In April 1989, a Greyhound Lines bus with 11 passengers on board travelling to New York City from Montreal was hijacked by an armed man and driven onto the lawn in front of the Centre Block. A standoff with police ensued and lasted eight hours; though three shots were fired, there were no injuries.The source says six hours.
Crowds marked the beginning of the third millennium with a large ceremony on the quadrangle, and the "largest single vigil" ever seen in the nation's capital took place in 2001, when on 14 September 2001, 100,000 people gathered on the main lawn to honour the victims of the September 11 attacks on the United States that year.The underlined portion isn't in the source. For the rest, I would prefer if there was a reliable secondary source.
ggcawindow
Governor General's Office used once.
The following year, Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee was marked on 13 October. The Queen's Diamond Jubilee was commemorated by a specially tinted window in the Centre Block on 6 February 2012, ( Accession Day).The source says that the dedication ceremony was 7 February. The underlined portion needs a citation.
ctvmounties
CTV News used once:
On 22 October 2014, several shooting incidents occurred around Parliament Hill. After fatally shooting a Canadian Army soldier mounting the ceremonial guard at the National War Memorial, a gunman moved to the Centre Block of the parliament buildings. There, the shooter engaged in a firefight with Kevin Vickers, the Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Commons, and members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, which ended when he was killed by RCMP Constable Curtis Barrett.Source does not mention the war memorial, or specifically state that Barrett killed the gunman. (see following)
The gunman also injured one House of Commons constable, who was shot in the foot.which might not be that notable.
renoinfo
Follow the rehabilitation This is a primary source and the link goes to an index page with only general information; some of the specific information might be on other pages and reports linked from this page (they should themselves be linked). Cited for four passages:
Since 2002, an extensive $1 billion renovation and rehabilitation project has been underway throughout all the precinct's buildings to bring the Parliament buildings to modern safety standards and address the deteriorated state of the current buildings; work is not expected to be complete until after 2028.Not at source. I'm not sure where to find this information. I found some general information at https://web.archive.org/web/20130522203752if_/http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/collineduparlement-parliamenthill/batir-building/rest-colline-hill-eng.html but it's from 2013. It's going to be some work to put in all of these little citations... it'd be easier to have a reliable secondary source that could be used for all of it, but there may not be extensive writing on it until after the renovations are complete. Another way to go would be to make a tighter summary and avoid the details for now.
ocitizenreno
Ottawa Citizen The Wellington Building was completed in 2016, and the Sir John A. Macdonald Building was completed in 2015.Not at link. Found at subpages: https://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/citeparlementaire-parliamentaryprecinct/rehabilitation/wellington-eng.html and https://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/citeparlementaire-parliamentaryprecinct/rehabilitation/macdonald-eng.html
The Centre Block and East Block are undergoing renovations, an architectural competition is being held for designs pertaining to the city block south of Wellington Street, and a new building, the Visitors Welcome Centre, is being built.Need https://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/citeparlementaire-parliamentaryprecinct/rehabilitation/est-east-eng.html to say that the East Block is undergoing renovation rather than planned for renovation. Source says the visitor's centre is a new building that will be expanded; I feel that should be rephrased and possibly use https://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/citeparlementaire-parliamentaryprecinct/rehabilitation/visiteurs-visitors-eng.html for better support.
However, the government dropped this proposal and constructed more office space in Hull, Quebec, like the Terrasses de la Chaudière and Place du Portage instead. In 2021, this idea was revisited, with the Ministry of Public Services announcing a building contest for the block.Doesn't have the part about Hull. Could replace with https://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/citeparlementaire-parliamentaryprecinct/rehabilitation/conception-design-eng.html which has the year and more details of the competition.
senatereno
Senate of Canada Building
The Senate of Canada Building was renovated in 2019 to prepare for the Senate movingPhrasing sounds like the renovations were conducted entirely within 2019. Source says that restoration began in 2014. Suggest: "was renovated by 2019" or similar rephrase.
westblockreno
West Block hillgrounds
https://web.archive.org/web/20130522203826/http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/collineduparlement-parliamenthill/batir-building/terrains-grounds-eng.html – this is another index page, change to
https://web.archive.org/web/20130522231758/http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/collineduparlement-parliamenthill/batir-building/trrns-grnds-eng.html
parliamentofcanadaact
Parliament of Canada Act cites two statements, both checked. (Nice use of cite canlaw!) There's also a third statement to sections 80 (1–2) [instead of 80 (1)], also good.parlhist1859
Construction, 1859-1916 buildingthefuturecommons
Building the Future
The main outdoor area of The Hill is the quadrangle, formed by the arrangement of the parliament and departmental buildings on the site, and laid out in a formal garden fashion. This expanse is the site of major celebrations, demonstrations, and traditional shows,Good for the celebrations and demonstrations, the expanse is mentioned, but I think we should have "quadrangle" and "formal garden" sourced somewhere in the article. (Page 48 calls the quadrangle the "formal forecourt" which is close.)
buildingthefuturecommons
(new name) The next two references seem to make improper use of {{
harvnb|House of Commons|1999}} author–date citation, which expects there to be a citation following the reflist to which their link can be anchored. Without reorganizing the reflist, I think the easiest thing to do for now would be to use a named reference with {{
rp}} for inline page numbers.
Though Parliament Hill remains the heart of the parliamentary precinct, expansion beyond the bounded area described above began in 1884, with the construction of the Langevin Block across Wellington Street.A picture caption says the Langevin Block was built in the 1880s, so can change: in 1884 → in the 1880s from this source, or add another source which specifies the year.
commonsarchitecture
History, Arts and Architecture
The Centre Block has the Senate and Commons chambers, and is fronted by the Peace Tower on the south facade, with the Library of Parliament at the building's rear. The East and West Blocks each contain ministers' and senators' offices, as well as meeting rooms and other administrative spaces. The buildings' unifying architecture style is Gothic Revival.Source does not support underlined portion.
abouteastblock
PWGSC Explore the East Block Good for that sentence. I copied another citation for the sentence preceding it.macleansbackstage
goodstatuegeneralsource
PWGSC Explore the statues, monuments and memorials and statuespwgsc
archivefrom 2013 with map for locations. A few notes follow:
Most of the statues on Parliament Hill are arranged behind the three parliamentary buildings, with one outside of the main fence.Can we expand on this a bit? Suggest: More than 20 bronze statues are on the grounds, commemorating important figures in the country's history. Most are arranged in the gardens behind the three parliamentary buildings, with one outside of the main fence. Cite to statuegeneralsource. Perhaps add a footnote that some were moved off the grounds during renovations if you feel that's a concern.
Located at the north-west corner between the West and Centre Blocks, the statue of the country's first monarch was sculpted by Hébert in 1900,[statuegeneralsource] and dedicated by Prince George, Duke of Cornwall and York, in 1901.[queenvictoriastatue]Should its first display in Paris be mentioned? Consider: Located at the north-west corner between the West and Centre Blocks, the statue of the country's first monarch was sculpted by Hébert and first displayed at the 1900 Paris Exposition before being moved to Ottawa[statuegeneralsource] and dedicated by Prince George, Duke of Cornwall and York in 1901.[queenvictoriastatue]
Frances Loring cast this likeness for the 1957 session of parliament opened by Queen Elizabeth II; it stands at the southwest corner of Parliament Hill.[statuespwgsc]Source does not mention that the queen opened parliament. I sourced it to
senroyals
https://sencanada.ca/en/sencaplus/how-why/young-royals-have-long-ties-to-canada/ (it mentions some other royal visits). Can link to
23rd Canadian Parliament if you wish.
In 1989, Danek Mozdzenski was commissioned to form this monument that rests immediately north of the West Block.[statuegeneralsource]The sources say that it was completed in 1989, not commissioned that year.
Good. This article is an overarching topic for which many sub-topics are notable and have their own articles. This should be kept in mind for the overall level of detail, providing enough detail to give context to understand the overall topic while more detail can be given in the articles on the subtopics. Some of the other articles include: Parliament of Canada, Parliamentary Protective Service, Centre Block, East Block, West Block, Victoria Tower, Peace Tower, 2014 shootings at Parliament Hill, Ottawa, House of Commons of Canada, Senate of Canada, Senate of Canada Building, Queen's Gates, National Capital Region (Canada), Library of Parliament, Centennial Flame, Canadian Police Memorium, Victoria Tower Bell, and War of 1812 Monument; and less directly Sir John A. Macdonald Building, Wellington Building, Colonel By Valley, Wellington Street, Ottawa, Supreme Court of Canada, Langevin Block, Confederation Building (Ottawa), Justice Building, and Canada Day. Some of the sources used for this article might be useful for expanding some of these other articles.
Good (noted sentimentality of some section headers above)
No edit warring; expect there to be some updating with the ongoing renovations.
Well supported by media: 9 images in main article plus another 35 images in tables. Once licensing issue:
barnespavilion
Dedication to Duty at Google Books p. 213. It says that the Speaker's Summer Pavilion (1877–1956) was specifically reconstructed for the memorial, as a place for quiet reflection.
rcmppavilion
http://www.rcmpveteransvancouver.com/canadian-police-peace-officers-memorial/ quotes the official history of the pavilion from a bronze plaque: This summer pavilion originally built in 1877 by Public Works Canada under the direction of the Chief Architect, Thomas Seaton Scott, and stood on this side until it was demolished in 1956. It was rebuilt in 1992 by Public Works and Government Services Canada with funding from the Canadian Police Association and The Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police. [paragraph break] Dedicated as a National Police Memorial on March 22, 1994, the pavilion is a gift to the people of Canada from the Canadian Police Officers in memory of their fallen comrades.There appears to be a side/site typo, so make sure the dates are correct from other sources.
ridepavilion
http://policeridetoremember.com/the-memorial-book-the-pavilion-and-the-memorial-stone talks about the history of the memorial, which had names first inscribed on a granite slab, then two other pieces of granite, and then added glass panels around the perimeter wall. (This helps explain some of the pictures – recent news about names being added usually show the glass panels.)
References
Although not part of the GA criteria, here are some other areas you might consider for improvement (I'd leave these until after the review):
Reviewers get much more fussy about reference formatting at the FA level.
This is a lot, but I think it's doable. Please let me know if you have any questions, or when you're finished making changes. – Reidgreg ( talk) 16:53, 2 June 2021 (UTC)
the gazebo was turned into a memorial for police officers killed in the line of dutywithout saying it is the police memorial as I couldn't find a source saying that it was definitely the police memorial. -- Aknell4 ( talk • contribs) 17:45, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
P.S.: Without meaning to get ahead of the review, there has been some interest in putting together a Canada Day DYK set for July 1. Discussion is at Wikipedia talk:Canadian Wikipedians' notice board § DYK for Canada Day.
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Overall: The article has been newly given a good article status (my congratulations), and is pretty long and very easily legible. Sourcing is great, the tone is neutral. However, the source check revealed copy-pasting - something should be done with it. Once this is changed, I have no objections to promote the nomination. As for the preferred hook, the original proposal is what suits me best; ALT3 could also be very fine (even better for me, personally) if you precise that the fact held true at the time the Parliament Hill complex was built. Per request of nominator, QPQ is waived. Szmenderowiecki ( talk) 02:48, 12 June 2021 (UTC)
Hey all, the map in the Grounds and name section is, frankly, not ideal. It's very difficult to distinguish buildings and landmarks, it doesn't scale well on mobile, and it uses a custom template that's used in only one other article. Would anyone be up for creating a better map, whether that's with an image, {{ Maplink}}, Wikidata:Map data, or otherwise? Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 07:09, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
I added a sentence at the end of the section about a planned protest for Palestine to have a ceasefire, but I couldn't find an online source. The source I have is physical fliers with information about the protest 2001:1970:55E8:7F00:0:0:0:9EF8 ( talk) 16:19, 25 December 2023 (UTC)