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- Catherine Galliford (currently a stub article) is the RCMP corporal who has brought forward allegations of extensive sexual harassment within the RCMP, and is now set to testify against the RCMP, on behalf of Pickton's victims and their families, at the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry.
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[edit] Requested moves, mergers & splits
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- Alberta Greens → Green Party of Alberta
- Another article about legal matters with an unwieldy name: Sufficiency of specification in patent law in Canada. Please help discuss alternatives here.
- Royal 22e Régiment: should it be moved to "Royal 22nd Regiment"? No formal move request has been made, but it has been brought up at the Talk page.
- Should Canada – United Arab Emirates aviation dispute be merged into Canada – United Arab Emirates relations? The discussion is here.
- Kingcome, British Columbia v. Kingcome Inlet, British Columbia. BCGNIS has two localities; recent news items indicate "Kingcome Inlet" is most common usage, i.e. for the community as well as the inlet it's on. See Talk:Kingcome, British Columbia.
- Template_talk:Vancouver_Corporations#Should_be_broken_up_by_sector. My comments there apply only to creating sections within the template, but this could just as easily solved by splitting the template, so putting this here.
- ALL regional district articles which are now using the dash (or space-dash-space) instead of the hyphen (i.e. in compound names like Columbia-Shuswap and Squamish-Lillooet) should be moved back to the hyphen. See Wikipedia_talk:Canadian_Wikipedians'_notice_board#.22harmonizing_RD_naming_conventions.22.
- Point Grey is currently a redirect to West Point Grey, and should be an article about the landform, and there should be a Point Grey (disambiguation) because of various other uses (e.g. the high school). See Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Vancouver#Point Grey.
- Clayburn, Abbotsford -> Clayburn, British Columbia. Clayburn may be just a neighbourhood of the City of Abby today, but was for a long time a self-standing place and postal address; comma-province for long-established names I thought was the standard, isn't it?
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- Disagree on this one. To use neighbourhood, province in this context implies that this is an indepdendent municipality, which is blatantly incorrect. Resolute 23:55, 26 November 2010 (UTC)
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- The convention used in Alberta varies. If the article is on just the former municipality or the former unincorporated community, the name, province convention is used (i.e. Strathcona, Alberta; Beverly, Alberta; Jasper Place, Alberta; etc). If the article is on both the neighbourhood and the former municipality/unincorporated community, then the name, city convention is used (i.e. Montgomery, Calgary; Bowness, Calgary; etc). Forest Lawn, Alberta was just moved to Forest Lawn, Calgary without discussion, perhaps due to this proposal. I do not contest this move as the article is both about Forest Lawn as a neighbourhood and a former town. However I recommend that we be all be careful in determining what the actual article is about before making/proposing just one or deluge of moves from one convention to the other or vice versa. The same recommendation applies to expressing support for or opposition to such proposed moves. Also, since all moves could potentially be controversial, it might be best that all moves be discussed on their respective talk pages first. As for this proposed move, I can't confidently determine if Clayburn, Abbotsford is about only the former place, only the city neighbourhood, or both. If Clayburn is officially recognized as a neighbourhood by Abbottsford, an alternative solution to this proposal could be a split. Hwy43 (talk) 03:17, 27 November 2010 (UTC)
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- Yes, I moved Forest Lawn after seeing this request, then checking in on it. Whatever the argument for the BC neighbourhood, Forest Lawn has been a simple Calgary neighbourhood for nearly 60 years. As far as this specific location goes, I would suggest that Skookum or someone begin a move discussion on the article itself. Resolute 21:18, 27 November 2010 (UTC)
- Nope, nope, nope, nope. Distinct communities with long-standing identities and/or postal addresses which may be submerged within modern municipalities (Clayburn is older than Abbotsford, by the way...) are, as part of the CANMOS debates about the comma-province format, to keep comma-province, not comma-city. Examples abound; sometimes because as with Hatzic, British Columbia and Ruskin, British Columbia, they sit astride boundaries (they're on both sides). Within Abbotsford there are Matsqui, British Columbia, Kilgard, British Columbia (which is the same, location-wise, as the Sumas Band's IR aka I think Lower Sumas), Huntingdon, British Columbia, Bradner, British Columbia, Clearbrook, British Columbia, and there isn't but there should be Sumas, British Columbia (for the old municipality by that name). In Langley there's Fort Langley, British Columbia and Aldergrove, British Columbia. In Surrey there's Whalley, British Columbia and Cloverdale, British Columbia; in Chiliwack there's Rosedale, British Columbia, Yarrow, British Columbia, Sardis, British Columbia and Vedder Crossing, British Columbia, Kent has of course Agassiz, British Columbia but also Ruby Creek, British Columbia and Harrison Mills, British Columbia....Abbotsford's current boundaries are very recent; places like Clayburn and Kilgard and Bradner were either another municipality or, as in Clayburn's and Kilgard's cases, were company towns on unorganized, non-municipal land, and had distinct post offices. Abbotsford, when it was founded and until amalgamation, was only a tiny square mile, surrounded by the giant areas of Matsqui and Sumas municipalities, with unincorporated land on Sumas Mountain nearby. Clayburn has only recently become part of Abbotsford, in other words, and has had a strong identity before that former blip-on-the-map was even founded.Skookum1 (talk) 08:00, 27 November 2010 (UTC)
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- I've discovered that all items in Category:Neighbourhoods in Abbotsford, British Columbia except District of Matsqui (which really shouldn't be in that category) are now in the comma-Abbotsford format but this is contrary to policy, despite assertions otherwise. All places in that category existed before Abbotsford in its current state was formed, and all were long-stnnding independent postal addresses. To me, this seems to be another blind application of one guideline, while ignoring the genesis of that guideline (discussions about which were specific about long-standing separate identities/communities)....you don't see "Fort Langley, Langley or Whalley, Surrey. "Standardization of content/appearance" is not a sufficient excuse to wantonly ignore established conventions (inside Wiki or out of it).Skookum1 (talk) 23:08, 27 November 2010 (UTC)
- Can you provide a link to this policy? I would be interested to read it. Also, an additional question as it may be relevant: How does Clayburn view itself? Is it maintaining any semblance of independence, or has it accepted its neighbourhood status? Resolute 02:13, 28 November 2010 (UTC)
- Does Abbotsford's WebMap delineate official neighbourhoods? If so, is there an official neighbourhood named Clayburn? I've tried to view the WebMap but keep getting kicked out. Hwy43 (talk) 03:37, 28 November 2010 (UTC)
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- See here re "Saltspring Island" (current title, also official name) and "Salt Spring Island" (most common local usage).
- Central Okanagan G, British Columbia, Central Okanagan H, British Columbia and Central Okanagan J, British Columbia should all be merged to Regional District of Central Okanagan.
- Cariboo A, British Columbia should be merged to Cariboo Regional District. see Talk:Cariboo Regional District
- Capital F, British Columbia, Capital G, British Columbia and Juan de Fuca Electoral Area should all be merged to Capital Regional District.
- Nanaimo A, British Columbia and Nanaimo G, British Columbia mergeto Regional District of Nanaimo.
- Cowichan Valley B, British Columbia mergeto Cowichan Valley Regional District, See Talk:Cowichan Valley Regional District
- Comox Valley B, British Columbia and Comox Valley C, British Columbia mergeto Comox Valley Regional District.
- Peace River C, British Columbia and Peace River D, British Columbia. See Talk:Peace River Regional District.
- Columbia-Shuswap C, British Columbia and Columbia-Shuswap D, British Columbia. See Talk:Columbia–Shuswap_Regional_District#Merge_Electoral_Area_C_and_D_articles
- Gitlakdamix, British Columbia → New Aiyansh. New Aiyansh is the official community name, Gitlakdamix is the name of the people/band and is not in BCGNIS. NB New Aiyansh and Aiyansh placenames are at the same location, but New Aiyansh is the more current/common.
- All articles in Category:Regional district electoral areas in British Columbia have been tagged for merge to their parent RDs.
- Someone (Bearcat?) objected that since all of these are census subdivisions, then they get to have separate articles. But they're not the same thing as the census subdivision; the latter designation is coterminous with them, but they're not the same thing/function. if e.g. "Central Okanagan H" continues to exist, it should be stated as being a census subdivision which follows the boundaries of the EA; but it's not the same thing, nor has anything to do (other than those boundaries) with the function; one is a federal subdivision, the other is a provincial; that they share the same boundary does NOT mean they are the same thing. Problem with EA articles is people treat them like they're community or region articles, which they shouldn't be.
[edit] Cleanup projects
- Fixed. Bouchecl (talk) 23:43, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
- EAT! Vancouver - food promo, maybe legit festival, but needs cleanup, de-spamming, de-brochuring.Skookum1 (talk) 06:10, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
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- Stubbed it, as it was all adcopy sourced to the website. The Interior (Talk) 19:47, 23 March 2011 (UTC)
- Hataw Pinoy Philippine Summer Festival - needs cleanup, de-peacocking.Skookum1 (talk) 06:10, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
- Downtown Eastside - has cleanup tag already; rambling, mixed content, "article bloat", and the "organizations" section though in text comes off like a directory/commentary....and Chinatown/Gastown/Japantown content is jumbled up with content on what the common usage of the term means (vs. the city designation, which isn't just Hastings). Needs a chainsaw and de-directoryfying.Skookum1 (talk) 08:04, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
- East Vancouver - added cleanup tag .... lots of uncited claims/statements, jumbled logic, unlinked linkables, rambling content, needs some de-POVing/editorializing.Skookum1 (talk) 02:07, 26 November 2010 (UTC)
- I made some expansions this morning by copying over material and refs from Wilson's article; issue remains whether it should be "Judi Tyabji" or by her current married name "Judi Tyabji Wilson"....still needs improvements, see talkpage.Skookum1 (talk) 20:43, 7 November 2010 (UTC)
- Articles in Category:Nuu-chah-nulth need cleanup after non-MOS expansion.
- Dockside Green - sustainable development in Victoria, needs a lot of work. Sources have been identified on the talk page, but have not been implemented in the article. See Talk:Dockside Green.
Canadian cuisine - I just added this WP and WP:Food, which weren't there; the article is a mess, mostly uncited too. : Fixed Jeanpetr (talk) 16:38, 30 September 2011 (UTC)- Wikipedia:Canadian wikipedians' notice board/Cities - Per WP:NC, an incomplete review of which cities in Canada do or don't merit moves to their undisambiguated city names.
- Wikipedia:Canadian wikipedians' notice board/Missing municipalities - A list of incorporated municipalities in Canada which do not currently have articles. Note that at the present time, this project is only for incorporated municipalities, not unincorporated communities or neighbourhoods.
- Category:Canada articles missing geocoordinate data - Follow the instructions at Template:Coord to add co-ordinates to these articles.
- Category:Unassessed Canada-related articles contains unassessed articles which should be updated with valid entries for class and importance parameters on the talk page WikiProject header.
- I've updated the how to fix backlog banner to point to the Canadian /Assessment page not the WP Assessment. Also added the assessbacklog banner for those interested in this part of the cleanup and for the Walterbot cleanup list. Argolin (talk) 01:00, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
Please add new requests to the top of the list. Please keep debates on the relevant talk page, and only use this section for a concise neutral description of the issue.
[edit] Requests for images
General requests for images: Wikipedia requested photographs in Canada
[edit] Requests for articles
- List of rivers of British Columbia - has LOTS of redlinks for important (and not-so-important) rivers in need of at least stubs.Skookum1 (talk) 18:22, 2 December 2010 (UTC)
- Blood Alley (Vancouver) - not sure about that dab format...see Talk:Blood_Alley#Another_Blood_Alley_in_Vancouver.Skookum1 (talk) 23:11, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
- Canoe Lake, Ontario: Currently a redirect to dab at Canoe Lake (Ontario). The article requested refers to the community situated on Canoe Lake (Nipissing District, Ontario). -M.Nelson (talk) 04:56, 11 November 2009 (UTC)
- on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Drug Policy I raised the issue of the efforts by Big Pharma to regulate natural foods supplements, herbals, vitamins etc, which would bring them under their control due to the high costs of testing, i.e. the proposals circulating would place traditional herbal medicine and most sports supplements and vitamins etc under the same testing/regulatory regime as pharmacological medicines. Not sure what to title such an article, just proposing the idea here for now....Skookum1 (talk) 16:57, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
- Bataille de Quebec
- Sea-Doo -- one of the major PWC brands in the world
[edit] Requests for Assessment
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