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Is this simply a WikiProject for Vancouver? Or does it include the entire Greater Vancouver Regional District (GVRD)? -- Dogbreathcanada 03:26, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
I'm gonna create a little mini-poll to see if we can reach a consensus. -- Buchanan-Hermit™.. CONTRIBS.. SPEAK!. 22:21, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
I think it's a good idea to work on the entire GVRD, but Vancouver pages should take priority as that was the Project is about. Maybe even make a seperate template for GVRD items. Zhatt 01:34, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
WikiProject Chicago has done a good job of including its surrounding areas (called Chicagoland) without too many problems. -- Buchanan-Hermit™.. CONTRIBS.. SPEAK!. 18:37, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
Even though I've added GVRD templates, I do believe keeping the focus on Vancouver is a good idea. However, it is important to note that at the same time, it's very restricting to limit things just to Vancouver without considering the surrounding municipalities. That's what makes this a bit tricky -- Vancouver doesn't stand alone very often. -- Buchanan-Hermit™.. CONTRIBS.. SPEAK! 04:17, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
It is important to include the surrounding areas because Vancouver itself has too few articles and even if you can come up with a lot of articles, they won't be of much interest. - Sir Studieselot 02:46, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
Okay, looks like it's gonna cover the entire GVRD. Any suggestions on how to do it? (I personally like Zhatt's idea.) -- Buchanan-Hermit™.. CONTRIBS.. SPEAK!. 21:16, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
I give up. I wanted to add more photos along the right-hand side of the main project page but apparently this screws up the formatting in Firefox (my primary browser) by jumbling up the entire page's [Edit] buttons all together into one (so that they look like this: "[Edit] [Edit] [Edit] [Edit] [Edit] [Edit]" at the end of the article or section). So yeah... I give up. If anyone can figure this out, feel free to fix it. I've thrown everything I could at this problem. Argh. -- Buchanan-Hermit™.. CONTRIBS.. SPEAK! 04:21, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
Based on the tag I saw on Vancouver International Airport I just updated List of airports in the Vancouver area. Can someone who knows about the area make sure I added all of them to the list. The full list of airports is at Category:Airports in British Columbia and the full list of heliports is at List of heliports in Canada. Thanks. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 06:08, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
Vancouver_Coal_Harbour_Seaplane_Base has wrong airport code and coordinates. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Vancouver_Coal_Harbour_Seaplane_Base for discussion. This needs to be corrected as does List of airports in the Vancouver area 24.84.54.6 16:23, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
I created Vancouver School Board as a redirect to School district 39, British Columbia. I think it's best to work with the original article, since it's in a naming format already used for other BC school districts. -- Dogbreathcanada 08:34, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
For future reference, both of the above now redirect to School District 39 Vancouver. -- TheMightyQuill 15:41, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
After creating a couple of elementary school pages, I've realized that perhaps we should have a single page for all of them or just include them in the VSB page. The high schools in general have enough information for their own pages. What do people think?
-Well, I just "graduated" from
Cameron Elementary in Burnaby. When I was in school at Cameron, some of us students took on the Wikipeda page as a mini-project. If, instead of combining them, we send out an e-mail to each of the red-labelled schools about contributing, some of them may put up their information. After all, they are probably the only ones who know about the history of each of the elementary schools.--
Supercraft99
I've created a new NavBox for Vancouver neighbourhoods, to bring some sort of unity to all the areas. -- Buchanan-Hermit™.. CONTRIBS.. SPEAK! 01:14, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
I removed the navbox from the talk page. Follow above link to see it. Usgnus 23:34, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
Voice your thoughts here. I'm staying out of it, as I'm neutral on the issue. -- Buchanan-Hermit™.. CONTRIBS.. SPEAK! 01:30, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
With the Olympics approaching, I want to begin work on creating station articles, but before I do that, I want to ask for some help. I've never been able to figure out how to redirect, and I was wondering if someone could get "Sky Train" could redirect to "SkyTrain." This screws me up every time...and I live here! Tx! Fishhead64 21:14, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
In List of bus routes in Greater Vancouver (before I created this account), I changed the B-Line section to 90-99 because in 2007, the 135 route will be converted to a B-Line and in 2009, the 43 route will be converted to a B-Line. The tentative numbers for these two routes will be 95 and 91 respectively. So even though there are no 90-96 B-Line routes right now, I saw no harm in changing the section titles ahead of time. I'm not really defending what I did so much as explaining. I'll just be more patient and wait until the new lines are announced (or at least confirmed).
Oops, I wasn't signed in for my last edit. I hope it's okay that I changed the Skytrain section to a more general Transit heading. Forgot to sign before. Usgnus 00:07, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
I changed the B-Line numbers back because the new B-Lines aren't official yet. There's no 91 B-Line yet. Doesn't seem to make sense to change the headings now. Wait until they are officially introduced, and in service, and then we'll see. Buchanan-H e rmit™.. CONTRIBS.. SPEAK! 21:50, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
We should have some articles on bus routes. Canadianshoper 23:37, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
95 and 91 B-Line, where do you get that from? Sir Studieselot 22:18, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
I merged the "General" discussion section of the WikiProject with the (empty) "Strategy" section, since the latter was gathering dust and one discussion section makes more sense and alleviates confusion. If there are any objections, feel free to speak up and we'll see what we can do. Thanks. :) Buchanan-Hermit™.. CONTRIBS.. SPEAK! 04:31, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
As there is a current discussion about the {{ vancouver-bio-stub}} template right now, I feel that it is appropriate to discuss the {{ gvrd-bio-stub}} template as well. Right now, it looks like vancouver-bio-stub will be merged with {{ vancouver-stub}}. Do you guys want to do the same with gvrd-bio-stub if that happens? (i.e. merging gvrd-bio-stub with {{ gvrd-stub}}?) -- Buchanan-Hermit™.. CONTRIBS.. SPEAK! 04:38, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
I have created a NavBox for Vancouver Schools. I had no idea that there were so many private schools in Vancouver! If I am missing any schools or if you think we should remove any of those "alternative programs" that are listed under the "private schools" sections, please let me know, or just fix it yourself. Canuck89 06:43, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
I'm changing the category to "Greater Vancouver Regional District stubs" to prevent articles being listed both on the parent category and subcategories. If you have any objections, state your case here. Thanks. -- Buchanan-Hermit™.. CONTRIBS.. SPEAK! 03:54, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
I wrote up the page for Sea Island. I'm not in on this project, I live in Tennessee, but I saw Tawker's stub and was interested. Let me know what you think and have fun with it. "Sea Island" now needs a disambig page because there is also Sea Island, Georgia. Happy editing. TKE 18:34, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
I'm taking out "Airport Connector Bridge" because, according to the official Tourism Richmond map, it is officially called the Sea Island Bridge, which already has an entry in the NavBox. -- Buchanan-H e rmit™.. CONTRIBS.. SPEAK! 01:57, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
The University of British Columbia article is the WikiProject Vancouver Collaboration of the Month as it has the highest number of "support" votes out of the nominees. (The SkyTrain has the same number of votes but it was nominated later -- for tiebreakers, it's first come, first serve). If you find a Greater Vancouver-related article you think deserves recognition, by all means nominate it. :) Buchanan-H e rmit™.. CONTRIBS.. SPEAK! 07:56, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
Now that we have collaboration articles and featured article squared away ...
Are Wikiprojects allowed to have Featured Articles? If so, should we set this up? Perhaps move the UBC article to "Featured Article" and quickly nominate a new Collaboration Article (be easier to have these things start on the first of every month anyhow). -- Dogbreathcanada 09:33, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
Apparently, WikiProject Vancouver is the largest WikiProject dedicated to a Canadian city. We actually beat out Toronto by a huge margin. Just a little interesting tidbit. :) Buchanan-H e rmit™.. CONTRIBS.. SPEAK! 03:10, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
A&B Sound, electronics retailer founded in 1959 in downtown Vancouver ( Xm2631 21:28, 2 April 2006 (UTC))
Original founder, Frank Steiner operated the first store in Vancouver, and in later years opened up other stores in Victoria and at Marine Drive (South Vancouver). Eventually Hasting St., (East Vancouver) Surrey, Metrotown (Burnaby) followed and eventually branched out further east of the Greater Vancouver Area and British Columbia, Vancouver Island, Alberta, & Manitoba.
CHAN-TV, Vancouver's first privately owned television station. Presently known as Global BC ( Xm2631 21:28, 2 April 2006 (UTC))
As of 2005, the official name is Spanish Bank and is no longer Spanish Banks. I've updated the wikipedia pages I could find. [1] —This unsigned comment was added by Usgnus ( talk • contribs) .
Vancouver Courier article on the name change. Usgnus 19:48, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
I realized that we should probably have a welcome template for new WikiProject participants, to gain some sense of community, so I created {{subst: Wikipedia:WikiProject Vancouver/welcome}}. I wrote it up relatively quickly, so if you can think of ways to improve the template, go ahead by all means. I just want to find some way of welcoming the WikiProject's newcomers. :) Buchanan-H e rmit™.. CONTRIBS.. SPEAK! 05:15, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
l.5: "It's 'Home Base' to Vancouver's most favourite son, Bryan Adams." favourite or famous??? -- 217.191.228.232 12:59, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
I disagree about adding British Columbia to every new island by default. If you look at List of islands of Canada, you'll see that very few islands list the province or other disambiguation name. See also Wikipedia:Naming conventions (places). Usgnus 23:24, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
Hello. I'm a member of the Version 1.0 Editorial Team, which is looking to identify quality articles in Wikipedia for future publication on CD or paper. We recently began assessing articles using these criteria, and we are are asking for your help. As you are most aware of the issues surrounding your focus area, we are wondering if you could provide us with a list of the articles that fall within the scope of your WikiProject, and that are either featured, A-class, B-class, or Good articles, with no POV or copyright problems. Do you have any recommendations? If you do, please post your suggestions at the listing of all active Places WikiProjects, and if you have any questions, ask me in the Work Via WikiProjects talk page or directly in my talk page. Thanks a lot! Tito xd( ?!? - help us) 06:43, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
Copyright addition to article by Wayne Ray 1991 WayneRay 22:17, 18 April 2006 (UTC)WayneRay
Also added additional in formation (edit asap) for the Van Dusen Botanical Garden. Roy Forster was my horticultural professor at Niagara Hort College in St. Catharines Ontario 1970-1972 before he moved to BC.
This is the article I had written and published several years ago that I edited into the original wiki article.
VANDUSEN DISPLAY GARDEN 5251 Oak Street Vancouver B.C. V6M 4H1 phone 604-266-7194
VanDusen Botanical Display Garden is located in the Shaughnessy district of Vancouver at the North West corner of 37th and Oak Street. The garden is open to the public every day of the year except Christmas. There are admission fees. In 1970 the Vancouver Foundation, the Government of British Columbia and the city of Vancouver signed an agreement to develop a public garden on part of the old Shaughnessy Golf Course. On August 30th, 1975, the garden was officially opened. The garden covers an area of some 55 acres. An early decision not to partake in scientific research enabled the channelling of funds and energy into garden construction and released the staff from the responsibility of building research collections or a herbarium. However, there is a specialized reference library in the Administration Floral Hall Building. The garden has several special attractions, including carved totem poles, large stone sculptures and a Korean Pavilion whose architecture is the focus for the Asian plant collection. Horticulturally, there is a large collection of Rhododendron hybrids, cultivars of Fagus sylvatica as well as collections of Sorbus, Fraxinus and Magnolia. There is a Heather garden and a major collection of Ilex acquifolium cultivars. The garden is designed to be used by people of all ages and backgrounds. Many of the plant collections are labelled and arranged to demonstrate botanical relationships or geographical origins. There are guided tours, lectures and workshops available.
WayneRay 15:34, 19 April 2006 (UTC)WayneRay
I have some issues with this page, Government and politics of Vancouver that I have outlined in the talk page. What do others think? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Geedubber ( talk • contribs) .
I'm thinking of starting an article about the Hon's restaurant chain, but I'm not sure if it's notable enough or not. Do you guys think it's enough to merit its own article? (I remember the Province newspaper had a big article on Hon's and the history of the chain -- I'm trying to dig it up.) Buchanan-H e rmit™.. SCREAM!!!.. .. 07:22, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
I support an article for Hon's - it is definitely a Vancouver institution. Anything that is prominently featured in more than one piece of Vanlit is a good candidate for an article. -Madeleine (not logged in)
We really need an article for Hons. Its everywhere. Canadianshoper 23:41, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
I disagree; unless we do articles for the now-defunct Dragon Inn chain, Dog'n'Suds, and any number of other chains including Blenz nad Mongolian Barbeque, all of which (to me, and I've lived here a hell of a long time) are Vancouver institutions. Hon's is popular because of the glad-handing press it gets, but to me that speaks to unimaginative restaurant reviews in the Straight and people's unwillingness to try other Chinese restaurants (such as Ho Tak Kee, a block away on Broadway near Hon's Quebec & Bway location). Then there's the On Lok, the Yuen Lock and the Pink Pearl; all Vancouver institutions but limited to one location only; does their not having a chain disqualify them from getting an article? Skookum1 17:06, 15 June 2006 (UTC) Had a quick look back up the list; seems like foodfair locations are somehow "institutions". So why not Tojo teriyaki-fry or any other popular Asian fastfood chain, all of which were launched here and thrive here? Hon's isn't special; its fans think it is, but..... Skookum1 17:07, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
I think most of you folks aren't aware of the background of this noodle house. Dig a bit deeper and you will find some really interesting tidbits (pun intended) about Hons. Check the history of the owner and untangle the messy and lengthy trail... 30 years ago the CBC did a documentary on them (the five dragons) as did the Vancouver Sun in 2005, when the families settled a multi-million dollar lawsuit brought on by our Canadian government.
Heck ... the Kennedys and the Rogers family made their fortunes in a similar fashion.
I hope to contribute to this article...but currently, I'm just so bogged down. Flytrap canada 20:01, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
:Heck ... the Kennedys and the Rogers family made their fortunes in a similar fashion.
This ongoing discussion and development of the transit station template has been moved here to reduce the growing size of the main talk page. -- Ckatz 23:28, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
Since it's the 27th of the month, I've updated the COTM template for May. The new COTM is Vancouver Art Gallery. :) Buchanan-H e rmit™.. SCREAM!!!.. .. 20:02, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
I'm currently upgrading some of my old cell phone pics with digital camera-quality ones (which will also be made available on Wikimedia Commons). Stay tuned, and don't panic if some pics start changing. :) Buchanan-H e rmit™.. SCREAM!!!.. .. 07:28, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
I propose merging the B-Line article into either Coast Mountain Bus Company (preferred) or List of bus routes in Greater Vancouver. — Usgnus 22:28, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
After creating a couple of elementary school pages, I've realized that perhaps we should have a single page for all of them or just include them in the VSB page. The high schools in general have enough information for their own pages. As you may already know, some people think no schools should have articles. -- Usgnus 19:44, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
I just replaced the text of the article Westham Island Bridge as it was a copyvio of this page. If there's anyone on this project who is in charge of the bridge articles, they might want to check the others to see if similar copyvios have occurred. 23skidoo 02:42, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
I'm just wondering, how many people here would be willing to contribute to a British Columbia portal? -→ Buchanan-Hermit ™/ !? 04:26, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
I made a possible opening page in my WikiProject Sandbox. Felt like playing around with the idea but I think there's potential here. Feel free to modify that page. -→ Buchanan-Hermit ™/ !? 15:58, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
Just a note that I revamped the test page for the WikiProject BC: Check it out and/or add your own edits to it here. Personally, I think it's very close to becoming a reality. (Feel free to add yourself to the participants list too, if you wish to contribute when it launches. :) ) -→ Buchanan-Hermit ™/ ?! 09:04, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
I think the WP:BC is a great idea, and tho I probably can't commit to being a member, I fully support it. heqs 07:58, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
I'm planning on going through the local radio station articles and reworking them to standardize certain aspects, mostly in the opening paragraphs. Before I begin, any preferences here on how to handle station history? The question comes to mind from looking at the Jack FM article. Jack FM adopted the CKLG call sign for marketing purposes, but the article has an extensive history of the old CKLG-AM (730 kHz) and its successors. Meanwhile, the article for MOJO 730 doesn't mention CKLG-AM's history at all. I feel that the best approach is to have each article represent a particular frequency, with the name being (as at present) the current call sign and band. Thus, the article for CKLG-FM would be about Jack FM in the present, with historical information about its predecessors on that frequency (CJAZ?), and any appropriate references to other influences (CKLG) and details. This would also be the best way of ensuring we don't lose historical information about defunct formats and stations. Thoughts? -- Ckatz 06:24, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
There was a tie for the new COTM for June 2006. I hope nobody minds, but I went with the Cloverdale Rodeo over the Vancouver Intl. Film Festival for COTM for June, mostly due to timeliness. -→ Buchanan-Hermit ™/ !? 18:44, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
The following sample tables are copied from Wikipedia:WikiProject Indigenous peoples of North America and are recommended for transferring the list on the obverse page into, to provide systematic coordination of various articles needing writing or review. I don't have time or I'd transfer some of the things listed in "Tasks" into tables like this, with each of the sections overleaf forming one table maybe (or by any theme, actually; e.g. parks and protected areas, industry and commerce, population and ethnography, geography and so on. Just above the tables on the Indigenous project page there are also a visual cataloguing of all the stubs related to the project. Skookum1 16:36, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
Codes and meanings(See "Status" column just above)
Vancouver neighbourhoods standardisationHi all: I just fleshed out the Hastings-Sunrise neighbourhood page, and I thought I'd make a few suggestions for some standard info to add to all the neighbourhood pages. I am not putting this here as an alternative to doing it myself ;-), but I don't see myself doing it all any time soon. I suggest that all the articles include the following:
Anyone else have any ideas of standard additions for all neighbourhoods? -- Anchoress 10:57, 1 June 2006 (UTC) Canadian city naming conventionTo try to get a good consensus, I am posting at all Canadian regional wikiprojects: Wikipedia talk:Canadian wikipedians' notice board#Canadian city naming convention. Thanks! -- Usgnus 21:51, 16 June 2006 (UTC) RC Palmer Secondary SchoolI'm going ahead and write the first paragraph of RC Palmer Secondary School in Richmond. Is it okay if I start now? The reason is I'm from that school anyways... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Curriegrad2004 ( talk • contribs)
Vancouver School Board content ideas
-- Usgnus 00:39, 22 June 2006 (UTC) New ParticipantMay I join this Wikiproject? Sir Studieselot 22:12, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
July COTMJust updated the COTM: this month, it's Port Coquitlam, British Columbia. :) -→ Buchanan-Hermit ™/ ?! 07:05, 30 June 2006 (UTC) GraphsI tried changing the lists into graphs where you can type the status of articles but it didn't work, instead, it made the whole section blank so I changed it back. How do you make it work? Sir Studieselot 03:56, 5 July 2006 (UTC) I created a page for the Vancouver municipal election, 2002. Take a look and see if you can improve it. Geedubber 02:01, 11 July 2006 (UTC) Is there an article for this?Is there an article about the Asiatic Exclusion League riots in Vancouver? I'm almost certain it would be here but apparently I can't find it. Perhaps the article uses a different name? -→ Buchanan-Hermit ™/ ?! 05:44, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
I'm not sure why you look to Morley and Matthews given your comment about how shoddy this history has been covered. Primary sources, sure, but both those guys, I think, are unreliable. (FYI, There's a great article in the latest Canadian Historical Review on Matthews and hobos during the depression by Todd McCallum). I'm also not sure I'd agree with your comment about racism, and racial violence, being an import from easterners - there is an element of truth there, but I think it has more to do with the demands of development at the time than what those eastern bastards brought with them. Anyhow, enough nitpicking. Thanks for all the sources - the Morton book sounds intriguing. I beefed up the Vancouver section of Asiatic Exclusion League. Feel free to give me feedback or make yer own changes. The Canadian section could probably be a non-stub now, but frankly, I don't think seperating Can. and the US is a good idea in this case. Seems to be more of a west coast thing than country-specific, and obviously our AEL was a knock off of the one down south anyway. Bobanny 23:34, 1 September 2006 (UTC) HELP REQUIRED FROM ALL WIKIPROJECT VANCOUVER MEMBERSI am working on an article for the Student Price Card due to the fact that it's pretty common to see the logo on shop doors now around most of the shopping malls. The article needs serious clean up and contributions. If you can help, please do so. Thank You Spyco 09:05, 17 July 2006 (UTC) Major expansion of New Westminster page; please add/emend/editI just through-wrote this from memory over morning coffee and be adviwsed it's just an outline in spots. There's various comment-outs that I'll refer/change to later but if someone else knows the details raised, feel free to jump right in and make the changes. I realize now I forgot to put in a section on the Great Fire of 1898 which is a requisite part of the history, so will dig some stuff and pix up later about that, as well as pix of Govt House, the Pen, and a city map; almost thinking a History of New Westminster article will eventually be required; but then we're still working on History of Vancouver and History of British Columbia, so let's leave well enough alone for now.... Skookum1 19:02, 17 July 2006 (UTC) Question re Sport in Vancouver categoryIs this category for teams in the whole GVRD, or just Vancouver proper? Noted the SFU Clan are listed, so I'm thinking the New Westminster Salmonbellies and Coquitlam Adanacs (when and if that gets written) should be in the same cat; or should they be in the Sport in British Columbia cat? Skookum1 22:21, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
Historical photos usage issues/ideaPlease see Talk:New Westminster, British Columbia#Historical photos issues. Skookum1 00:31, 18 July 2006 (UTC) Dawson Creek, British Columbia is up for a featured article review. Detailed concerns may be found here. Please leave your comments and help us address and maintain this article's featured quality. Sandy 21:27, 20 July 2006 (UTC) August COTMI updated the COTM -- it's the Port of Vancouver with the most support votes for August.
-→ Buchanan-Hermit ™/ ?! 17:05, 28 July 2006 (UTC) Need helpI've just added the transit table, and I can't get the text to show. I'm not to used to wikicode table syntax... Selmo 03:27, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
Millenium Line station articlesI've benn cleaning up some of these articles. Most of them require a few grammatical corrections. Selmo 22:26, 6 August 2006 (UTC) WP Vancouver naming conventions
SkyTrain/Canada Line/Evergreen Line category.Unless anyone objects, I'm going to merge all of the rapid transit stations into a category like [[Category:Rapid transit stations in Greater Vancouver]]. ---- Selmo ( talk) 22:41, 25 August 2006 (UTC) Then in your sense, we should move all the malls of a city into a category like [[Category:Malls in Greater vacnouver]]? -- User:GamePlayer623
-- GamePlayer623 04:06, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
Vancouver move?
GVRD, BC to GVRD?
Davie Village
September COTMThe September COTM is Vancouver International Film Festival. -→ Buchanan-Hermit ™/ ?! 17:34, 1 September 2006 (UTC) Vancouver/BC as part of Pacific NorthwestPlease see discussion "Name Dispute" at Talk:Pacific Northwest. Skookum1 00:36, 9 September 2006 (UTC) UBC and addressesI've been reading over a few UBC related articles, and I've noticed that the addresses use University Endowment Lands, though Canada Post uses Vancouver instead. Some articles like University Hill Secondary and Elementary use UEL as the city in the address, therefor could be misinformation. -- Selmo ( talk) 03:20, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
Downtown EastsideHi all! I'd like to do some work on the DTES since I live and work in this area. I'm also part of a team of researchers who specifically observe and study the people of DTES. I want to present it accurately and unbiased of course. I would love the opportunity to help out with this specific part of Vancouver. There is so much history here and landmark events we'd be remiss not to include it. It is indeed the poorest postal code/area of all of Canada and there are a lot of unique 'firsts' and individuals here. OneWomanArmy
assessment departmentOver at WikiProject Organized Labour we recently set up an assessment department which gives us a tool for keeping track of how we are progressing. I see from the conversation above that you have started in this direction. If the project is interested, I would be willing to set up a similar department here. In addition to providing details about article status, it also includes the project in the larger efforts taking place at Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team.-- Bookandcoffee 17:40, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
startedWell, there's the start. Two important notes:
I've tagged a handful of articles to make sure things are working, and I'll check in over the next few days. -- Bookandcoffee 22:08, 14 October 2006 (UTC) PortalI was thinking that we should do a Vancouver portal. What do you guys think? -- Selmo ( talk) 21:40, 1 October 2006 (UTC) Historical PhotosAs far as I can tell, images are considered public domain if they were taken prior to 1923 (US) or are older than 50 years plus the life of the author (Canada). Seems to me that this means a lot of old scanned photos from City of Vancouver Archives, Library and Archives Canada, McCord Museum, BC Archives, VPL Special Collections databases are fair game here. I understand the value of striving for original photos on Wiki, but we can't really go back in time to get the photos we want for articles with significant historical content. These archives don't seem to address the issue head-on on their websites as it relates to Wiki's purposes, but why would they when they want to control usage of these photos and have people buy them. I've already added an old photo to Deadman's Island (Vancouver), but was previously only linking to photos. Unless someone knows that this is somehow a violation of something or other, I want to eventually add old photos to certain articles to enrich them, using this tag: {{PD-old-50}} If anyone else wants to do this, note Wiki's guidelines, adding the link and details on the photo's page, etc. Also see the discussion here: Talk:New Westminster, British Columbia#Historical photos issues. I'm pretty sure that the non-profit angle won't work, not because Wiki's a for-profit project, but because it's not a registered non-profit society or charity with "the Man" in Victoria. Anyway, if anyone knows of a reason why such images would get deleted, let me know, so I don't waste my time. thanks, Bobanny 21:39, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
merge -- Selmo ( talk) 02:55, 25 October 2006 (UTC) I honestly don't see the point of having two seperate tags just for the sake of saying the subject dosen't have anything to do with the city of Vancouver, but the Greater Vancouver regional district. Not only does this add overhead for a rather trivial reason, but some articles have both tags placed on the same talk page. -- Selmo ( talk) 23:01, 14 October 2006 (UTC) SurveyAdd "* Support" or "* Oppose" followed by an optional one-sentence explanation, then sign your opinion with ~~~~
The Wikipedia:WikiProject Vancouver/Assessment Department was recently set up - but the {{ Vancouver importance scale}} still needs to be updated. It is currently just a copy from WP:UNION and completely irrelevant. If no one wants to update it I’ll just blank the criteria next week some time.-- Bookandcoffee 19:50, 19 October 2006 (UTC) HongCouver article for deletionI nominated
HongCouver for deletion. Go
After three weeks of deletion review and votes of 10,2,3 the article was deleted. Mkdw 21:55, 2 November 2006 (UTC) Task forces?Now that the project banner refers to individule cities, perhaps we can create task forces for each one. -- Selmo ( talk) 01:01, 21 October 2006 (UTC) Project directoryHello. The WikiProject Council has recently updated the Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory. This new directory includes a variety of categories and subcategories which will, with luck, potentially draw new members to the projects who are interested in those specific subjects. Please review the directory and make any changes to the entries for your project that you see fit. There is also a directory of portals, at User:B2T2/Portal, listing all the existing portals. Feel free to add any of them to the portals or comments section of your entries in the directory. The three columns regarding assessment, peer review, and collaboration are included in the directory for both the use of the projects themselves and for that of others. Having such departments will allow a project to more quickly and easily identify its most important articles and its articles in greatest need of improvement. If you have not already done so, please consider whether your project would benefit from having departments which deal in these matters. It is my hope that all the changes to the directory can be finished by the first of next month. Please feel free to make any changes you see fit to the entries for your project before then. If you should have any questions regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you. B2T2 18:32, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
Archive 1The talk pages up until November 2, 2006 for
WikiProject Vancouver have now been archived in
Archive 1.
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User:Buchanan-Hermit created a NavBox for Vancouver Neighbourhoods. PeopleUpgrade Nomination
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Universities and CollegesElementary and SecondaryStubsKing George Skytrain Station. For me the current article fails to capture the true history of King George Station. When originally constructed, the station, like Gateway, was to be at the center of a large condominium project, including a number of residential towers connected by town homes. When the station was completed this project was underway. Today, just east of the station, off East Whalley Ring Rd., there is a single tower connected to a line of town homes. However, like Gateway, the project was suddenly terminated before the start of 1996. For years the tiny showcase structure remained on the gone-to-seed lot, displaying the weathered artists’ rendering of this forgone project. Only in 2005, with the commencement of the Infinity project, has the site’s potential been realized, now in conjuncture with the Central City Shopping Center. The project, however, remains contained to the square of block bordered by King George Highway, 100 AVE, East Whalley Ring Road, and Fraser Highway, whereas the original King George project extended east of the Ring Road. As to the line’s possible extension to Guilford to ease traffic, if the twinning of the Port Mann Bridge project goes ahead, a project which calls for Light Rail service over the new bridge from Coquitlam to Surrey, further extension of the Expo Line in this direction is questionable, unless Translink proposes a grandiose circular linkage between the two lines. Mchelada 21:47, 25 November 2006 (UTC) SuggestionsActive/Inactive ListOur participants list is becoming quite extensive. In some other city WikiProjects I have seen them do a week week roll call and then have two categories for their participants. Active and Inactive. We may want to consider doing this soon. Langara College 18:49, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
Welcoming New MembersTemplateI realized that we should probably have a welcome template for new WikiProject participants, to gain some sense of community, so I created {{subst: Wikipedia:WikiProject Vancouver/welcome}}. I wrote it up relatively quickly, so if you can think of ways to improve the template, go ahead by all means. I just want to find some way of welcoming the WikiProject's newcomers. :) Buchanan-H e rmit™.. CONTRIBS.. SPEAK! 05:15, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
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CongratulationsCongratulations to all those who put forth their efforts on making the article Vancouver a featured article. On November 22, 2006 the article officially became a featured article. The success and attempt brought this project back together. We did it! Mkdw talk 00:05, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
Yay! Congrats! Kla'quot 06:37, 23 November 2006 (UTC) Future for WikiProject VancouverOur attempt to become a Featured Article has been rewarding not only in our increased attention to the article and clean up, but also recognition and exposure to the rest of the Wikipedia community. I would like, with your help, to redefine what the intensions and plans for this WikiProject are in a Five Point Plan.
Thanks, Mkdw talk 19:48, 13 November 2006 (UTC) Comment/Suggestion
Vancouver PortalEveryone deserves a well needed rest from our intense dealings with Vancouver's FAC. With Vancouver becoming a featured article we as a group can now look to the future of this WikiProject and our collaborative efforts as a closer community. We're up to a challenge and we have one a head of us that will not only be formative but creative and fun. As we all know the Vancouver Portal has barely been touched. It's improvement will benefit Vancouver related articles as being a directory and 'headquarters' for all the articles. Not to mention it will eleviate the need for this WikiProject to closely sort and list all articles pertaining to Vancouver, when really this WikiProject should do that, but not be the primary source for readers. Perhaps then this WikiProject will become more heavily focused on its tasks rather than a reader's research resource. The London Portal is a featured portal and should be our example for quality, integrity, and future planning of our own portal. Mkdw talk 09:51, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
Today's Featured ArticleI'm trying to get Vancouver on Wikipedia's main page as one of their 'Today's Featured Articles. You can view its nomination and show your support if you wish at Wikipedia:Today's_featured_article/requests#Vancouver. Mkdw talk 09:40, 1 December 2006 (UTC) Misc.WikiCouncil DirectoryOur entry in the WikiProject Council Directory is complete and up-to-date. Mkdw 23:26, 2 November 2006 (UTC) HongCouverThe article HongCouver went through a deletion review. On October 30, 2006 the review ended and a final decision was made; delete. You can find the full details of the review here. Please do not edit or contribute further to the deletion review as it is closed and being kept for archival purposes only. Mkdw 23:29, 2 November 2006 (UTC) New UserBoxI thought our WikiProject should have a userbox that had a picture of Vancouver like some of the other WikiProjects out there so I made: New Vancouver Landmarks InfoboxI'm curious as to what exactly is a Vancouver Landmark, as this navbox applies? Tourist attractions, heritage buildings, common Vancouver perceptions, etc? I'm not really too sure here. Luke! 06:34, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
Use of Heritage photos in articlesPls see Talk:Hotel Vancouver (Demolished) re my intent to use BC Archives pics, as per information from User:Bobanny that while BC Arch and VPL and others claim copyrights, copyright in fact expires 50 years after the photographer dies. Lots of articles, especially on vanished buildings and towns elsewhere in BC, and of notable individuals, could be seriously enhanced by the inclusion of such pictures, which turn out to be public-domain even though BC Arch pretends otherwise (the Nat'l Archives is honest and puts "copyright expired" on some of their collection). Skookum1 00:09, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
New lookHi guys! I am a Wikipedian from Burnaby :) I just did some massive formatting work on the Project page. I added a sidebar, and organized informations into it. For the talk page, I created a section for every month and moved appropriate talks into it. Then I setted up the automatic page archival bot. AQu01rius ( User • Talk) 03:17, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
Deletion review of Marsden-Donnelly harassment caseThe article on the 1997 Rachel Marsen sexual harassment case at SFU was recently speedy deleted, and is now up for deletion review. You can add comments here: Wikipedia:Deletion_review/Log/2006_November_17#Marsden-Donnelly_harassment_case. Kla'quot 08:33, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
AfD has closed as keep but... there's now discussion of speedy-deleting this article again. See Talk:Rachel Marsden. Kla'quot 09:04, 1 December 2006 (UTC) Project BannerI think our project banner is too fat (can't think of other words :P). Can I trim it? AQu01rius ( User • Talk) 00:52, 24 November 2006 (UTC) ROLL CALL - All ReadOur list of participants and how long this WikiProject has been operating has become fairly lengthy. I will be making a list based upon the edit history of this discussion, the main project page, and various other significant articles in the past month of names of people still edting and on the participants list. Users in the inactive list are users who have not made a contribution to Wikipedia in general for several months. However, to save me some time, you can also just post your name on this roll call. The participants section on the main wikiproject page will list all the active Vancouver WikiProject Members. A new page of inactive, on leave, and former WikiProject members will be created and linked under the participants section.
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Is this simply a WikiProject for Vancouver? Or does it include the entire Greater Vancouver Regional District (GVRD)? -- Dogbreathcanada 03:26, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
I'm gonna create a little mini-poll to see if we can reach a consensus. -- Buchanan-Hermit™.. CONTRIBS.. SPEAK!. 22:21, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
I think it's a good idea to work on the entire GVRD, but Vancouver pages should take priority as that was the Project is about. Maybe even make a seperate template for GVRD items. Zhatt 01:34, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
WikiProject Chicago has done a good job of including its surrounding areas (called Chicagoland) without too many problems. -- Buchanan-Hermit™.. CONTRIBS.. SPEAK!. 18:37, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
Even though I've added GVRD templates, I do believe keeping the focus on Vancouver is a good idea. However, it is important to note that at the same time, it's very restricting to limit things just to Vancouver without considering the surrounding municipalities. That's what makes this a bit tricky -- Vancouver doesn't stand alone very often. -- Buchanan-Hermit™.. CONTRIBS.. SPEAK! 04:17, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
It is important to include the surrounding areas because Vancouver itself has too few articles and even if you can come up with a lot of articles, they won't be of much interest. - Sir Studieselot 02:46, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
Okay, looks like it's gonna cover the entire GVRD. Any suggestions on how to do it? (I personally like Zhatt's idea.) -- Buchanan-Hermit™.. CONTRIBS.. SPEAK!. 21:16, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
I give up. I wanted to add more photos along the right-hand side of the main project page but apparently this screws up the formatting in Firefox (my primary browser) by jumbling up the entire page's [Edit] buttons all together into one (so that they look like this: "[Edit] [Edit] [Edit] [Edit] [Edit] [Edit]" at the end of the article or section). So yeah... I give up. If anyone can figure this out, feel free to fix it. I've thrown everything I could at this problem. Argh. -- Buchanan-Hermit™.. CONTRIBS.. SPEAK! 04:21, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
Based on the tag I saw on Vancouver International Airport I just updated List of airports in the Vancouver area. Can someone who knows about the area make sure I added all of them to the list. The full list of airports is at Category:Airports in British Columbia and the full list of heliports is at List of heliports in Canada. Thanks. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 06:08, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
Vancouver_Coal_Harbour_Seaplane_Base has wrong airport code and coordinates. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Vancouver_Coal_Harbour_Seaplane_Base for discussion. This needs to be corrected as does List of airports in the Vancouver area 24.84.54.6 16:23, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
I created Vancouver School Board as a redirect to School district 39, British Columbia. I think it's best to work with the original article, since it's in a naming format already used for other BC school districts. -- Dogbreathcanada 08:34, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
For future reference, both of the above now redirect to School District 39 Vancouver. -- TheMightyQuill 15:41, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
After creating a couple of elementary school pages, I've realized that perhaps we should have a single page for all of them or just include them in the VSB page. The high schools in general have enough information for their own pages. What do people think?
-Well, I just "graduated" from
Cameron Elementary in Burnaby. When I was in school at Cameron, some of us students took on the Wikipeda page as a mini-project. If, instead of combining them, we send out an e-mail to each of the red-labelled schools about contributing, some of them may put up their information. After all, they are probably the only ones who know about the history of each of the elementary schools.--
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I've created a new NavBox for Vancouver neighbourhoods, to bring some sort of unity to all the areas. -- Buchanan-Hermit™.. CONTRIBS.. SPEAK! 01:14, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
I removed the navbox from the talk page. Follow above link to see it. Usgnus 23:34, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
Voice your thoughts here. I'm staying out of it, as I'm neutral on the issue. -- Buchanan-Hermit™.. CONTRIBS.. SPEAK! 01:30, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
With the Olympics approaching, I want to begin work on creating station articles, but before I do that, I want to ask for some help. I've never been able to figure out how to redirect, and I was wondering if someone could get "Sky Train" could redirect to "SkyTrain." This screws me up every time...and I live here! Tx! Fishhead64 21:14, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
In List of bus routes in Greater Vancouver (before I created this account), I changed the B-Line section to 90-99 because in 2007, the 135 route will be converted to a B-Line and in 2009, the 43 route will be converted to a B-Line. The tentative numbers for these two routes will be 95 and 91 respectively. So even though there are no 90-96 B-Line routes right now, I saw no harm in changing the section titles ahead of time. I'm not really defending what I did so much as explaining. I'll just be more patient and wait until the new lines are announced (or at least confirmed).
Oops, I wasn't signed in for my last edit. I hope it's okay that I changed the Skytrain section to a more general Transit heading. Forgot to sign before. Usgnus 00:07, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
I changed the B-Line numbers back because the new B-Lines aren't official yet. There's no 91 B-Line yet. Doesn't seem to make sense to change the headings now. Wait until they are officially introduced, and in service, and then we'll see. Buchanan-H e rmit™.. CONTRIBS.. SPEAK! 21:50, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
We should have some articles on bus routes. Canadianshoper 23:37, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
95 and 91 B-Line, where do you get that from? Sir Studieselot 22:18, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
I merged the "General" discussion section of the WikiProject with the (empty) "Strategy" section, since the latter was gathering dust and one discussion section makes more sense and alleviates confusion. If there are any objections, feel free to speak up and we'll see what we can do. Thanks. :) Buchanan-Hermit™.. CONTRIBS.. SPEAK! 04:31, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
As there is a current discussion about the {{ vancouver-bio-stub}} template right now, I feel that it is appropriate to discuss the {{ gvrd-bio-stub}} template as well. Right now, it looks like vancouver-bio-stub will be merged with {{ vancouver-stub}}. Do you guys want to do the same with gvrd-bio-stub if that happens? (i.e. merging gvrd-bio-stub with {{ gvrd-stub}}?) -- Buchanan-Hermit™.. CONTRIBS.. SPEAK! 04:38, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
I have created a NavBox for Vancouver Schools. I had no idea that there were so many private schools in Vancouver! If I am missing any schools or if you think we should remove any of those "alternative programs" that are listed under the "private schools" sections, please let me know, or just fix it yourself. Canuck89 06:43, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
I'm changing the category to "Greater Vancouver Regional District stubs" to prevent articles being listed both on the parent category and subcategories. If you have any objections, state your case here. Thanks. -- Buchanan-Hermit™.. CONTRIBS.. SPEAK! 03:54, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
I wrote up the page for Sea Island. I'm not in on this project, I live in Tennessee, but I saw Tawker's stub and was interested. Let me know what you think and have fun with it. "Sea Island" now needs a disambig page because there is also Sea Island, Georgia. Happy editing. TKE 18:34, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
I'm taking out "Airport Connector Bridge" because, according to the official Tourism Richmond map, it is officially called the Sea Island Bridge, which already has an entry in the NavBox. -- Buchanan-H e rmit™.. CONTRIBS.. SPEAK! 01:57, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
The University of British Columbia article is the WikiProject Vancouver Collaboration of the Month as it has the highest number of "support" votes out of the nominees. (The SkyTrain has the same number of votes but it was nominated later -- for tiebreakers, it's first come, first serve). If you find a Greater Vancouver-related article you think deserves recognition, by all means nominate it. :) Buchanan-H e rmit™.. CONTRIBS.. SPEAK! 07:56, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
Now that we have collaboration articles and featured article squared away ...
Are Wikiprojects allowed to have Featured Articles? If so, should we set this up? Perhaps move the UBC article to "Featured Article" and quickly nominate a new Collaboration Article (be easier to have these things start on the first of every month anyhow). -- Dogbreathcanada 09:33, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
Apparently, WikiProject Vancouver is the largest WikiProject dedicated to a Canadian city. We actually beat out Toronto by a huge margin. Just a little interesting tidbit. :) Buchanan-H e rmit™.. CONTRIBS.. SPEAK! 03:10, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
A&B Sound, electronics retailer founded in 1959 in downtown Vancouver ( Xm2631 21:28, 2 April 2006 (UTC))
Original founder, Frank Steiner operated the first store in Vancouver, and in later years opened up other stores in Victoria and at Marine Drive (South Vancouver). Eventually Hasting St., (East Vancouver) Surrey, Metrotown (Burnaby) followed and eventually branched out further east of the Greater Vancouver Area and British Columbia, Vancouver Island, Alberta, & Manitoba.
CHAN-TV, Vancouver's first privately owned television station. Presently known as Global BC ( Xm2631 21:28, 2 April 2006 (UTC))
As of 2005, the official name is Spanish Bank and is no longer Spanish Banks. I've updated the wikipedia pages I could find. [1] —This unsigned comment was added by Usgnus ( talk • contribs) .
Vancouver Courier article on the name change. Usgnus 19:48, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
I realized that we should probably have a welcome template for new WikiProject participants, to gain some sense of community, so I created {{subst: Wikipedia:WikiProject Vancouver/welcome}}. I wrote it up relatively quickly, so if you can think of ways to improve the template, go ahead by all means. I just want to find some way of welcoming the WikiProject's newcomers. :) Buchanan-H e rmit™.. CONTRIBS.. SPEAK! 05:15, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
l.5: "It's 'Home Base' to Vancouver's most favourite son, Bryan Adams." favourite or famous??? -- 217.191.228.232 12:59, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
I disagree about adding British Columbia to every new island by default. If you look at List of islands of Canada, you'll see that very few islands list the province or other disambiguation name. See also Wikipedia:Naming conventions (places). Usgnus 23:24, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
Hello. I'm a member of the Version 1.0 Editorial Team, which is looking to identify quality articles in Wikipedia for future publication on CD or paper. We recently began assessing articles using these criteria, and we are are asking for your help. As you are most aware of the issues surrounding your focus area, we are wondering if you could provide us with a list of the articles that fall within the scope of your WikiProject, and that are either featured, A-class, B-class, or Good articles, with no POV or copyright problems. Do you have any recommendations? If you do, please post your suggestions at the listing of all active Places WikiProjects, and if you have any questions, ask me in the Work Via WikiProjects talk page or directly in my talk page. Thanks a lot! Tito xd( ?!? - help us) 06:43, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
Copyright addition to article by Wayne Ray 1991 WayneRay 22:17, 18 April 2006 (UTC)WayneRay
Also added additional in formation (edit asap) for the Van Dusen Botanical Garden. Roy Forster was my horticultural professor at Niagara Hort College in St. Catharines Ontario 1970-1972 before he moved to BC.
This is the article I had written and published several years ago that I edited into the original wiki article.
VANDUSEN DISPLAY GARDEN 5251 Oak Street Vancouver B.C. V6M 4H1 phone 604-266-7194
VanDusen Botanical Display Garden is located in the Shaughnessy district of Vancouver at the North West corner of 37th and Oak Street. The garden is open to the public every day of the year except Christmas. There are admission fees. In 1970 the Vancouver Foundation, the Government of British Columbia and the city of Vancouver signed an agreement to develop a public garden on part of the old Shaughnessy Golf Course. On August 30th, 1975, the garden was officially opened. The garden covers an area of some 55 acres. An early decision not to partake in scientific research enabled the channelling of funds and energy into garden construction and released the staff from the responsibility of building research collections or a herbarium. However, there is a specialized reference library in the Administration Floral Hall Building. The garden has several special attractions, including carved totem poles, large stone sculptures and a Korean Pavilion whose architecture is the focus for the Asian plant collection. Horticulturally, there is a large collection of Rhododendron hybrids, cultivars of Fagus sylvatica as well as collections of Sorbus, Fraxinus and Magnolia. There is a Heather garden and a major collection of Ilex acquifolium cultivars. The garden is designed to be used by people of all ages and backgrounds. Many of the plant collections are labelled and arranged to demonstrate botanical relationships or geographical origins. There are guided tours, lectures and workshops available.
WayneRay 15:34, 19 April 2006 (UTC)WayneRay
I have some issues with this page, Government and politics of Vancouver that I have outlined in the talk page. What do others think? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Geedubber ( talk • contribs) .
I'm thinking of starting an article about the Hon's restaurant chain, but I'm not sure if it's notable enough or not. Do you guys think it's enough to merit its own article? (I remember the Province newspaper had a big article on Hon's and the history of the chain -- I'm trying to dig it up.) Buchanan-H e rmit™.. SCREAM!!!.. .. 07:22, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
I support an article for Hon's - it is definitely a Vancouver institution. Anything that is prominently featured in more than one piece of Vanlit is a good candidate for an article. -Madeleine (not logged in)
We really need an article for Hons. Its everywhere. Canadianshoper 23:41, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
I disagree; unless we do articles for the now-defunct Dragon Inn chain, Dog'n'Suds, and any number of other chains including Blenz nad Mongolian Barbeque, all of which (to me, and I've lived here a hell of a long time) are Vancouver institutions. Hon's is popular because of the glad-handing press it gets, but to me that speaks to unimaginative restaurant reviews in the Straight and people's unwillingness to try other Chinese restaurants (such as Ho Tak Kee, a block away on Broadway near Hon's Quebec & Bway location). Then there's the On Lok, the Yuen Lock and the Pink Pearl; all Vancouver institutions but limited to one location only; does their not having a chain disqualify them from getting an article? Skookum1 17:06, 15 June 2006 (UTC) Had a quick look back up the list; seems like foodfair locations are somehow "institutions". So why not Tojo teriyaki-fry or any other popular Asian fastfood chain, all of which were launched here and thrive here? Hon's isn't special; its fans think it is, but..... Skookum1 17:07, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
I think most of you folks aren't aware of the background of this noodle house. Dig a bit deeper and you will find some really interesting tidbits (pun intended) about Hons. Check the history of the owner and untangle the messy and lengthy trail... 30 years ago the CBC did a documentary on them (the five dragons) as did the Vancouver Sun in 2005, when the families settled a multi-million dollar lawsuit brought on by our Canadian government.
Heck ... the Kennedys and the Rogers family made their fortunes in a similar fashion.
I hope to contribute to this article...but currently, I'm just so bogged down. Flytrap canada 20:01, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
:Heck ... the Kennedys and the Rogers family made their fortunes in a similar fashion.
This ongoing discussion and development of the transit station template has been moved here to reduce the growing size of the main talk page. -- Ckatz 23:28, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
Since it's the 27th of the month, I've updated the COTM template for May. The new COTM is Vancouver Art Gallery. :) Buchanan-H e rmit™.. SCREAM!!!.. .. 20:02, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
I'm currently upgrading some of my old cell phone pics with digital camera-quality ones (which will also be made available on Wikimedia Commons). Stay tuned, and don't panic if some pics start changing. :) Buchanan-H e rmit™.. SCREAM!!!.. .. 07:28, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
I propose merging the B-Line article into either Coast Mountain Bus Company (preferred) or List of bus routes in Greater Vancouver. — Usgnus 22:28, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
After creating a couple of elementary school pages, I've realized that perhaps we should have a single page for all of them or just include them in the VSB page. The high schools in general have enough information for their own pages. As you may already know, some people think no schools should have articles. -- Usgnus 19:44, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
I just replaced the text of the article Westham Island Bridge as it was a copyvio of this page. If there's anyone on this project who is in charge of the bridge articles, they might want to check the others to see if similar copyvios have occurred. 23skidoo 02:42, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
I'm just wondering, how many people here would be willing to contribute to a British Columbia portal? -→ Buchanan-Hermit ™/ !? 04:26, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
I made a possible opening page in my WikiProject Sandbox. Felt like playing around with the idea but I think there's potential here. Feel free to modify that page. -→ Buchanan-Hermit ™/ !? 15:58, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
Just a note that I revamped the test page for the WikiProject BC: Check it out and/or add your own edits to it here. Personally, I think it's very close to becoming a reality. (Feel free to add yourself to the participants list too, if you wish to contribute when it launches. :) ) -→ Buchanan-Hermit ™/ ?! 09:04, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
I think the WP:BC is a great idea, and tho I probably can't commit to being a member, I fully support it. heqs 07:58, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
I'm planning on going through the local radio station articles and reworking them to standardize certain aspects, mostly in the opening paragraphs. Before I begin, any preferences here on how to handle station history? The question comes to mind from looking at the Jack FM article. Jack FM adopted the CKLG call sign for marketing purposes, but the article has an extensive history of the old CKLG-AM (730 kHz) and its successors. Meanwhile, the article for MOJO 730 doesn't mention CKLG-AM's history at all. I feel that the best approach is to have each article represent a particular frequency, with the name being (as at present) the current call sign and band. Thus, the article for CKLG-FM would be about Jack FM in the present, with historical information about its predecessors on that frequency (CJAZ?), and any appropriate references to other influences (CKLG) and details. This would also be the best way of ensuring we don't lose historical information about defunct formats and stations. Thoughts? -- Ckatz 06:24, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
There was a tie for the new COTM for June 2006. I hope nobody minds, but I went with the Cloverdale Rodeo over the Vancouver Intl. Film Festival for COTM for June, mostly due to timeliness. -→ Buchanan-Hermit ™/ !? 18:44, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
The following sample tables are copied from Wikipedia:WikiProject Indigenous peoples of North America and are recommended for transferring the list on the obverse page into, to provide systematic coordination of various articles needing writing or review. I don't have time or I'd transfer some of the things listed in "Tasks" into tables like this, with each of the sections overleaf forming one table maybe (or by any theme, actually; e.g. parks and protected areas, industry and commerce, population and ethnography, geography and so on. Just above the tables on the Indigenous project page there are also a visual cataloguing of all the stubs related to the project. Skookum1 16:36, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
Codes and meanings(See "Status" column just above)
Vancouver neighbourhoods standardisationHi all: I just fleshed out the Hastings-Sunrise neighbourhood page, and I thought I'd make a few suggestions for some standard info to add to all the neighbourhood pages. I am not putting this here as an alternative to doing it myself ;-), but I don't see myself doing it all any time soon. I suggest that all the articles include the following:
Anyone else have any ideas of standard additions for all neighbourhoods? -- Anchoress 10:57, 1 June 2006 (UTC) Canadian city naming conventionTo try to get a good consensus, I am posting at all Canadian regional wikiprojects: Wikipedia talk:Canadian wikipedians' notice board#Canadian city naming convention. Thanks! -- Usgnus 21:51, 16 June 2006 (UTC) RC Palmer Secondary SchoolI'm going ahead and write the first paragraph of RC Palmer Secondary School in Richmond. Is it okay if I start now? The reason is I'm from that school anyways... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Curriegrad2004 ( talk • contribs)
Vancouver School Board content ideas
-- Usgnus 00:39, 22 June 2006 (UTC) New ParticipantMay I join this Wikiproject? Sir Studieselot 22:12, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
July COTMJust updated the COTM: this month, it's Port Coquitlam, British Columbia. :) -→ Buchanan-Hermit ™/ ?! 07:05, 30 June 2006 (UTC) GraphsI tried changing the lists into graphs where you can type the status of articles but it didn't work, instead, it made the whole section blank so I changed it back. How do you make it work? Sir Studieselot 03:56, 5 July 2006 (UTC) I created a page for the Vancouver municipal election, 2002. Take a look and see if you can improve it. Geedubber 02:01, 11 July 2006 (UTC) Is there an article for this?Is there an article about the Asiatic Exclusion League riots in Vancouver? I'm almost certain it would be here but apparently I can't find it. Perhaps the article uses a different name? -→ Buchanan-Hermit ™/ ?! 05:44, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
I'm not sure why you look to Morley and Matthews given your comment about how shoddy this history has been covered. Primary sources, sure, but both those guys, I think, are unreliable. (FYI, There's a great article in the latest Canadian Historical Review on Matthews and hobos during the depression by Todd McCallum). I'm also not sure I'd agree with your comment about racism, and racial violence, being an import from easterners - there is an element of truth there, but I think it has more to do with the demands of development at the time than what those eastern bastards brought with them. Anyhow, enough nitpicking. Thanks for all the sources - the Morton book sounds intriguing. I beefed up the Vancouver section of Asiatic Exclusion League. Feel free to give me feedback or make yer own changes. The Canadian section could probably be a non-stub now, but frankly, I don't think seperating Can. and the US is a good idea in this case. Seems to be more of a west coast thing than country-specific, and obviously our AEL was a knock off of the one down south anyway. Bobanny 23:34, 1 September 2006 (UTC) HELP REQUIRED FROM ALL WIKIPROJECT VANCOUVER MEMBERSI am working on an article for the Student Price Card due to the fact that it's pretty common to see the logo on shop doors now around most of the shopping malls. The article needs serious clean up and contributions. If you can help, please do so. Thank You Spyco 09:05, 17 July 2006 (UTC) Major expansion of New Westminster page; please add/emend/editI just through-wrote this from memory over morning coffee and be adviwsed it's just an outline in spots. There's various comment-outs that I'll refer/change to later but if someone else knows the details raised, feel free to jump right in and make the changes. I realize now I forgot to put in a section on the Great Fire of 1898 which is a requisite part of the history, so will dig some stuff and pix up later about that, as well as pix of Govt House, the Pen, and a city map; almost thinking a History of New Westminster article will eventually be required; but then we're still working on History of Vancouver and History of British Columbia, so let's leave well enough alone for now.... Skookum1 19:02, 17 July 2006 (UTC) Question re Sport in Vancouver categoryIs this category for teams in the whole GVRD, or just Vancouver proper? Noted the SFU Clan are listed, so I'm thinking the New Westminster Salmonbellies and Coquitlam Adanacs (when and if that gets written) should be in the same cat; or should they be in the Sport in British Columbia cat? Skookum1 22:21, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
Historical photos usage issues/ideaPlease see Talk:New Westminster, British Columbia#Historical photos issues. Skookum1 00:31, 18 July 2006 (UTC) Dawson Creek, British Columbia is up for a featured article review. Detailed concerns may be found here. Please leave your comments and help us address and maintain this article's featured quality. Sandy 21:27, 20 July 2006 (UTC) August COTMI updated the COTM -- it's the Port of Vancouver with the most support votes for August.
-→ Buchanan-Hermit ™/ ?! 17:05, 28 July 2006 (UTC) Need helpI've just added the transit table, and I can't get the text to show. I'm not to used to wikicode table syntax... Selmo 03:27, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
Millenium Line station articlesI've benn cleaning up some of these articles. Most of them require a few grammatical corrections. Selmo 22:26, 6 August 2006 (UTC) WP Vancouver naming conventions
SkyTrain/Canada Line/Evergreen Line category.Unless anyone objects, I'm going to merge all of the rapid transit stations into a category like [[Category:Rapid transit stations in Greater Vancouver]]. ---- Selmo ( talk) 22:41, 25 August 2006 (UTC) Then in your sense, we should move all the malls of a city into a category like [[Category:Malls in Greater vacnouver]]? -- User:GamePlayer623
-- GamePlayer623 04:06, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
Vancouver move?
GVRD, BC to GVRD?
Davie Village
September COTMThe September COTM is Vancouver International Film Festival. -→ Buchanan-Hermit ™/ ?! 17:34, 1 September 2006 (UTC) Vancouver/BC as part of Pacific NorthwestPlease see discussion "Name Dispute" at Talk:Pacific Northwest. Skookum1 00:36, 9 September 2006 (UTC) UBC and addressesI've been reading over a few UBC related articles, and I've noticed that the addresses use University Endowment Lands, though Canada Post uses Vancouver instead. Some articles like University Hill Secondary and Elementary use UEL as the city in the address, therefor could be misinformation. -- Selmo ( talk) 03:20, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
Downtown EastsideHi all! I'd like to do some work on the DTES since I live and work in this area. I'm also part of a team of researchers who specifically observe and study the people of DTES. I want to present it accurately and unbiased of course. I would love the opportunity to help out with this specific part of Vancouver. There is so much history here and landmark events we'd be remiss not to include it. It is indeed the poorest postal code/area of all of Canada and there are a lot of unique 'firsts' and individuals here. OneWomanArmy
assessment departmentOver at WikiProject Organized Labour we recently set up an assessment department which gives us a tool for keeping track of how we are progressing. I see from the conversation above that you have started in this direction. If the project is interested, I would be willing to set up a similar department here. In addition to providing details about article status, it also includes the project in the larger efforts taking place at Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team.-- Bookandcoffee 17:40, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
startedWell, there's the start. Two important notes:
I've tagged a handful of articles to make sure things are working, and I'll check in over the next few days. -- Bookandcoffee 22:08, 14 October 2006 (UTC) PortalI was thinking that we should do a Vancouver portal. What do you guys think? -- Selmo ( talk) 21:40, 1 October 2006 (UTC) Historical PhotosAs far as I can tell, images are considered public domain if they were taken prior to 1923 (US) or are older than 50 years plus the life of the author (Canada). Seems to me that this means a lot of old scanned photos from City of Vancouver Archives, Library and Archives Canada, McCord Museum, BC Archives, VPL Special Collections databases are fair game here. I understand the value of striving for original photos on Wiki, but we can't really go back in time to get the photos we want for articles with significant historical content. These archives don't seem to address the issue head-on on their websites as it relates to Wiki's purposes, but why would they when they want to control usage of these photos and have people buy them. I've already added an old photo to Deadman's Island (Vancouver), but was previously only linking to photos. Unless someone knows that this is somehow a violation of something or other, I want to eventually add old photos to certain articles to enrich them, using this tag: {{PD-old-50}} If anyone else wants to do this, note Wiki's guidelines, adding the link and details on the photo's page, etc. Also see the discussion here: Talk:New Westminster, British Columbia#Historical photos issues. I'm pretty sure that the non-profit angle won't work, not because Wiki's a for-profit project, but because it's not a registered non-profit society or charity with "the Man" in Victoria. Anyway, if anyone knows of a reason why such images would get deleted, let me know, so I don't waste my time. thanks, Bobanny 21:39, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
merge -- Selmo ( talk) 02:55, 25 October 2006 (UTC) I honestly don't see the point of having two seperate tags just for the sake of saying the subject dosen't have anything to do with the city of Vancouver, but the Greater Vancouver regional district. Not only does this add overhead for a rather trivial reason, but some articles have both tags placed on the same talk page. -- Selmo ( talk) 23:01, 14 October 2006 (UTC) SurveyAdd "* Support" or "* Oppose" followed by an optional one-sentence explanation, then sign your opinion with ~~~~
The Wikipedia:WikiProject Vancouver/Assessment Department was recently set up - but the {{ Vancouver importance scale}} still needs to be updated. It is currently just a copy from WP:UNION and completely irrelevant. If no one wants to update it I’ll just blank the criteria next week some time.-- Bookandcoffee 19:50, 19 October 2006 (UTC) HongCouver article for deletionI nominated
HongCouver for deletion. Go
After three weeks of deletion review and votes of 10,2,3 the article was deleted. Mkdw 21:55, 2 November 2006 (UTC) Task forces?Now that the project banner refers to individule cities, perhaps we can create task forces for each one. -- Selmo ( talk) 01:01, 21 October 2006 (UTC) Project directoryHello. The WikiProject Council has recently updated the Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory. This new directory includes a variety of categories and subcategories which will, with luck, potentially draw new members to the projects who are interested in those specific subjects. Please review the directory and make any changes to the entries for your project that you see fit. There is also a directory of portals, at User:B2T2/Portal, listing all the existing portals. Feel free to add any of them to the portals or comments section of your entries in the directory. The three columns regarding assessment, peer review, and collaboration are included in the directory for both the use of the projects themselves and for that of others. Having such departments will allow a project to more quickly and easily identify its most important articles and its articles in greatest need of improvement. If you have not already done so, please consider whether your project would benefit from having departments which deal in these matters. It is my hope that all the changes to the directory can be finished by the first of next month. Please feel free to make any changes you see fit to the entries for your project before then. If you should have any questions regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you. B2T2 18:32, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
Archive 1The talk pages up until November 2, 2006 for
WikiProject Vancouver have now been archived in
Archive 1.
Arts and CultureAssessment DepartmentBuildings and StructuresCity ServicesEventsGeographyGVRDHistoryNeighbourhoods
User:Buchanan-Hermit created a NavBox for Vancouver Neighbourhoods. PeopleUpgrade Nomination
Schools
Universities and CollegesElementary and SecondaryStubsKing George Skytrain Station. For me the current article fails to capture the true history of King George Station. When originally constructed, the station, like Gateway, was to be at the center of a large condominium project, including a number of residential towers connected by town homes. When the station was completed this project was underway. Today, just east of the station, off East Whalley Ring Rd., there is a single tower connected to a line of town homes. However, like Gateway, the project was suddenly terminated before the start of 1996. For years the tiny showcase structure remained on the gone-to-seed lot, displaying the weathered artists’ rendering of this forgone project. Only in 2005, with the commencement of the Infinity project, has the site’s potential been realized, now in conjuncture with the Central City Shopping Center. The project, however, remains contained to the square of block bordered by King George Highway, 100 AVE, East Whalley Ring Road, and Fraser Highway, whereas the original King George project extended east of the Ring Road. As to the line’s possible extension to Guilford to ease traffic, if the twinning of the Port Mann Bridge project goes ahead, a project which calls for Light Rail service over the new bridge from Coquitlam to Surrey, further extension of the Expo Line in this direction is questionable, unless Translink proposes a grandiose circular linkage between the two lines. Mchelada 21:47, 25 November 2006 (UTC) SuggestionsActive/Inactive ListOur participants list is becoming quite extensive. In some other city WikiProjects I have seen them do a week week roll call and then have two categories for their participants. Active and Inactive. We may want to consider doing this soon. Langara College 18:49, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
Welcoming New MembersTemplateI realized that we should probably have a welcome template for new WikiProject participants, to gain some sense of community, so I created {{subst: Wikipedia:WikiProject Vancouver/welcome}}. I wrote it up relatively quickly, so if you can think of ways to improve the template, go ahead by all means. I just want to find some way of welcoming the WikiProject's newcomers. :) Buchanan-H e rmit™.. CONTRIBS.. SPEAK! 05:15, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
Help RequestFeatured Article
CongratulationsCongratulations to all those who put forth their efforts on making the article Vancouver a featured article. On November 22, 2006 the article officially became a featured article. The success and attempt brought this project back together. We did it! Mkdw talk 00:05, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
Yay! Congrats! Kla'quot 06:37, 23 November 2006 (UTC) Future for WikiProject VancouverOur attempt to become a Featured Article has been rewarding not only in our increased attention to the article and clean up, but also recognition and exposure to the rest of the Wikipedia community. I would like, with your help, to redefine what the intensions and plans for this WikiProject are in a Five Point Plan.
Thanks, Mkdw talk 19:48, 13 November 2006 (UTC) Comment/Suggestion
Vancouver PortalEveryone deserves a well needed rest from our intense dealings with Vancouver's FAC. With Vancouver becoming a featured article we as a group can now look to the future of this WikiProject and our collaborative efforts as a closer community. We're up to a challenge and we have one a head of us that will not only be formative but creative and fun. As we all know the Vancouver Portal has barely been touched. It's improvement will benefit Vancouver related articles as being a directory and 'headquarters' for all the articles. Not to mention it will eleviate the need for this WikiProject to closely sort and list all articles pertaining to Vancouver, when really this WikiProject should do that, but not be the primary source for readers. Perhaps then this WikiProject will become more heavily focused on its tasks rather than a reader's research resource. The London Portal is a featured portal and should be our example for quality, integrity, and future planning of our own portal. Mkdw talk 09:51, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
Today's Featured ArticleI'm trying to get Vancouver on Wikipedia's main page as one of their 'Today's Featured Articles. You can view its nomination and show your support if you wish at Wikipedia:Today's_featured_article/requests#Vancouver. Mkdw talk 09:40, 1 December 2006 (UTC) Misc.WikiCouncil DirectoryOur entry in the WikiProject Council Directory is complete and up-to-date. Mkdw 23:26, 2 November 2006 (UTC) HongCouverThe article HongCouver went through a deletion review. On October 30, 2006 the review ended and a final decision was made; delete. You can find the full details of the review here. Please do not edit or contribute further to the deletion review as it is closed and being kept for archival purposes only. Mkdw 23:29, 2 November 2006 (UTC) New UserBoxI thought our WikiProject should have a userbox that had a picture of Vancouver like some of the other WikiProjects out there so I made: New Vancouver Landmarks InfoboxI'm curious as to what exactly is a Vancouver Landmark, as this navbox applies? Tourist attractions, heritage buildings, common Vancouver perceptions, etc? I'm not really too sure here. Luke! 06:34, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
Use of Heritage photos in articlesPls see Talk:Hotel Vancouver (Demolished) re my intent to use BC Archives pics, as per information from User:Bobanny that while BC Arch and VPL and others claim copyrights, copyright in fact expires 50 years after the photographer dies. Lots of articles, especially on vanished buildings and towns elsewhere in BC, and of notable individuals, could be seriously enhanced by the inclusion of such pictures, which turn out to be public-domain even though BC Arch pretends otherwise (the Nat'l Archives is honest and puts "copyright expired" on some of their collection). Skookum1 00:09, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
New lookHi guys! I am a Wikipedian from Burnaby :) I just did some massive formatting work on the Project page. I added a sidebar, and organized informations into it. For the talk page, I created a section for every month and moved appropriate talks into it. Then I setted up the automatic page archival bot. AQu01rius ( User • Talk) 03:17, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
Deletion review of Marsden-Donnelly harassment caseThe article on the 1997 Rachel Marsen sexual harassment case at SFU was recently speedy deleted, and is now up for deletion review. You can add comments here: Wikipedia:Deletion_review/Log/2006_November_17#Marsden-Donnelly_harassment_case. Kla'quot 08:33, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
AfD has closed as keep but... there's now discussion of speedy-deleting this article again. See Talk:Rachel Marsden. Kla'quot 09:04, 1 December 2006 (UTC) Project BannerI think our project banner is too fat (can't think of other words :P). Can I trim it? AQu01rius ( User • Talk) 00:52, 24 November 2006 (UTC) ROLL CALL - All ReadOur list of participants and how long this WikiProject has been operating has become fairly lengthy. I will be making a list based upon the edit history of this discussion, the main project page, and various other significant articles in the past month of names of people still edting and on the participants list. Users in the inactive list are users who have not made a contribution to Wikipedia in general for several months. However, to save me some time, you can also just post your name on this roll call. The participants section on the main wikiproject page will list all the active Vancouver WikiProject Members. A new page of inactive, on leave, and former WikiProject members will be created and linked under the participants section.
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