Talk:Oshawa

Pickering

I'm removing the excessive discussion surrounding the proposed Pickering airport. It belongs in an article on Pickering. Derekwriter 03:30, 30 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If the Oshawa Airport is doomed, especially for Just in Time deliveries for GM, there IS a relation!!Bacl-presby 16:05, 30 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The details of the effects of the automobile on society are also important to this city, however those details belong in an article on the Effects of the automobile on societies, not here. In the same way, a passing reference to the Pickering airport dilemma would suffice here. There was just way too much rambling info previously. Derekwriter 17:43, 13 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Demographics

2006 CENSUS POPULATION

"Metropolitan" Oshawa, population 330,594
Oshawa 141,590
Whitby 111,184
Clarington 77,820

As corrected! Bacl-presby 18:55, 14 March 2007 (UTC) Bacl-presby 22:17, 15 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Stephen Colbert Day

Shouldn't there be mention of the loss by the OHL Oshawa Generals to Stephen Colbert's team, and the Lord Mayor's promise to give Colbert his birthday as an official day? 70.51.9.114 05:54, 27 January 2007 (UTC)\[reply]

NO. Wikipedia states that if a city or other government declares a "Name Day" it is notable only for lifetime achievements in community service, not publicity stunts. Flibirigit 15:54, 27 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Removed mention again. Perhaps this would be best suited to the Oshawa Generals page? Blotto adrift 21:04, 27 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

See Talk:Oshawa Generals. It has been suggested to be moved to Mayor John Gray's page, or KX96 as a publicity stunt. Flibirigit 02:27, 29 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I know this will die down eventually, but several edits mentioning this have been reverted today. Perhaps this page needs semi-protection? Blotto adrift 02:55, 31 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps after March 20th?? Bacl-presby 19:48, 11 March 2007 (UTC) And even now (after March 20) do we really care? Colbert never came to the 'SHWA....Bacl-presby 19:28, 23 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Media

I'm pretty sure there is no point in adding this, but just to reference some things in the media section that have been changed a number of times over the last few days:

CJKX-FM is licenced for Ajax, not Pickering. There is also a reference at [1]. And Pickering is spelled with a capital P.
CHEX-TV is located in Peterborough. Yes, CHEX-TV-2 has studios in Oshawa, but their "head office" is in Peterborough.
Please add a reference regarding this radio station 93.3 in GM Place.

Blotto adrift 21:33, 16 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

A user has anonymously been vandalizing the page. Your facts are correct. Flibirigit 02:36, 17 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Editing a Small-Town Page

Scenario; I started a Wikipedia page for Small Town X, On. (Formosa, Ontario)

Somebody has added an actual person to the page (ie; Dan Kuntz), as a 'Prominent Feature*', and written an article explaining how Man helps out at charities. I'm pretty sure Dan Kuntz is just your average joe. But, apparently everybody in town seems to know him.

-*Some other prominent features are a very old church and a brewery.

Should this sort of edit, with Dan Kuntz, be removed?

(This has nothing to do with Oshawa wikipage; I'd have posted on Formosa, Ontario, but nobody reads it.) JimmmyThePiep 16:49, 16 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I tend to think so. YOu could ask the person to make their case for notability, but in general, it's supposed to extend beyond the boundaries of the community, at least to some extent. See Wikipedia:Notability as well. What community is it? Hope this helps, Blotto adrift 23:07, 16 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, cool, thanx. I'll try and contact the guy who made the changes.

(I'm disinclined to mention the name of the page itself; the last time I drew attention to a page I was working on, the page was deleted. I still argue that the page deserved to exist, but the deleter thought it was irrelevant.) JimmmyThePiep 21:40, 17 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]