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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Starfire2999 (talk | contribs) at 22:48, 5 May 2019 (Asked question about adding a brief mention and link to the Granton Institute of Tech to the education section of this article). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Please review WP:CANSTYLE before posting here; Toronto is the capital of Ontario, not capital of Canada, Ottawa is the capital of Canada

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Former good articleToronto was one of the Geography and places good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.
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Adding Sister Cites

I think a sister cities section should be added near the end of the article line Chicago, it would be based off of Sister cities of Toronto. I think it would just be a neat thing to add, and it would be near the end so it wouldn't disturb the article. —  BrandonXLF   (t@lk) (ping back) 00:53, 5 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

It's already in the main Toronto article near the end. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 01:10, 5 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, That's a very vague name, I think the name Sister Cities would fit it better. —  BrandonXLF   (t@lk) (ping back) 01:14, 5 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
What do you think, @Leventio:? Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 06:36, 5 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Leventio and Johnny Au: Adding International relations/sister cities as the heading or expanding International relations and adding Sister cities as a sub heading would also work. (I'm assuming the name already is International relations if it's not, then I mean the title it currently is) —  BrandonXLF   (t@lk) (ping back) 21:17, 5 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I'm assuming its titled International relations as Toronto uses the term Partner Cities and Friendship Cities (the two are sorta different in that the former is more economically oriented than the latter) instead of just Sister city. That said, sister cities is the more widely used term for city articles (not to mention the name for Toronto's article is Sister cities of Toronto). Honestly, I'm sorta okay with either or, if anyone felt inclined to swap it for sister cities, I wouldn't be against the change. Leventio (talk) 07:32, 6 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Leventio:How about doing something like this?

===Sister cities===
Main article: Sister cities of Toronto

Partnership cities

Friendship cities

—  BrandonXLF   (t@lk) (ping back) 16:08, 6 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I'm okay with it, though I'd maintain the columns that are presently used in the article. Leventio (talk) 09:48, 7 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Seems reasonable to me. There is a bit of a disconnect between Sister cities and what Toronto calls them, but since Sister cities is the normal naming of this stuff I don't see an issue, they're just subtypes. Canterbury Tail talk 12:24, 7 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
It is a great compromise between what Toronto calls them and what other cities call them. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 12:53, 21 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Adding "the 6" as a nickname

I think the term as become popular enough that it should just be added. Some sources include: 12 3 4 5 6 There are also many companies name after it such as 1 2 3 —  BrandonXLF   (t@lk) (ping back) 01:04, 5 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

It is indeed popular, but it belongs in Name of Toronto, where it is discussed in detail. That is the consensus that was formed. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 01:11, 5 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@Johnny Au: There's also other name I never heard of in the infobox and the six can't be in it? —  BrandonXLF   (t@lk) (ping back) 01:17, 5 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@Leventio: What do you think? Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 06:37, 5 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Should remove the media crap and just use what real sources use....we are using media props names and missing a few historical names....

Alan Rayburn (2001). Naming Canada: Stories about Canadian Place Names. University of Toronto Press. pp. 47–. ISBN 978-0-8020-8293-0..--Moxy (talk) 13:32, 5 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. The vast majority of sources that use The Six as a nickname are primarily for marketing to the smartphone generation. I would like to see a serious academic use of The Six as a nickname, especially by those who are not in the field of marketing. We don't hear much of the use of "The Five" as a nickname of New York City for example, despite NYC being made up of five boroughs; "The Five Boroughs" is a nickname of NYC, while any use of "The Five" (without the Boroughs part) to refer to NYC would also primarily be used for the same purposes as calling Toronto "The Six." Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 14:14, 5 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@Johnny Au: True, but you don't have any big artist endorsing "The Five". Although "The Six" is used for marketing, it's still a nickname used by many people. Just because it's newer and became popular for different reasons doesn't mean it's not a nickname. —  BrandonXLF   (t@lk) (ping back) 21:08, 5 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Honestly, (at least to me) this is one of those wait and see moments. I mean, I don't see the harm in leaving it off for now (since it is brought up in the Name of Toronto). If the Six has a lasting impact, a reliable/academic article on its usage will eventually surface (not to mention the time will give us a better gauge on the issue). Leventio (talk) 08:21, 6 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Of those sources above only the Globe and Mail approaches a reliable source and it's more talking about Drake and his fans rather than any widespread use. Urban Dictionary is most definitely not a reliable source and the Toronto Sun one is far from a serious article and is solely relating it to Drake. Really needs more reliable sources and some sign of permanence. One of the articles even calls it out for that. Canterbury Tail talk 16:05, 5 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
The Six would also be more likely to be included if it lasts at least a decade without Drake's further intervention to ensure that it isn't a fad nickname. Not many people nowadays, living or otherwise, call Toronto the Queen City after all. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 12:57, 28 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Changes to city council

There needs to be an update to the government description because the Ontario government changed the number of city council seats from 47 to 25 in September 2018 for the October 17, 2018 election.

(I can't make the change due to the restrictions on editing this page.) — Preceding unsigned comment added by DanWeaver ca (talk • contribs) 04:49, 28 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The election is still several weeks away, and the current 44-incumbent council is still in place as of today. It'll get updated when the 25-member council actually gets sworn in, but as of today there's no information in that section that's wrong yet. Bearcat (talk) 13:23, 28 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
To clarify for other potential editors, the change to 25 seats will take place after the swearing-in ceremonies on December 1, 2018, not immediately after the election results are known. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 02:31, 29 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
This will be updated shortly once we have time. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 13:36, 8 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Good Article Nomination

See here: Talk:Toronto/GA2

We can find better sources to bring this article to Good Article status. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 20:09, 31 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed removal of the "(single-tier)" from settlement_type parameter

Toronto's status as a single-tier municipality, as defined by the Ontario provincial government, does not appear to fit the settlement_type parameter in the articles infobox. There is nothing specific about population, area, density, or geography that makes Toronto or any other municipality a "single-tier" municipality, it is only a legal term created by the province. Furthermore, when there are townships that are also classified as "single-tier", like Brethour, Ontario that has a population of less than 100, it becomes a completely meaningless distinction. I propose retaining "Provincial capital city" to keep in line with the other regional capitals, while removing the meaningless "single-tier" status and moving it into the articles text. -- TrailBlzr (talk) 03:34, 17 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion also opened Here. TrailBlzr (talk) 04:20, 17 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Suggesting to any interested editors to discuss this at the link provided above by TrailBlzr so as to keep the discussion in one location. Hwy43 (talk) 13:36, 17 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 20 April 2019

Change this paragraph in Toronto:Culture:Sports:

Toronto is represented in six major league sports, with teams in the National Hockey League, Major League Baseball, National Basketball Association, Canadian Football League, Major League Soccer and Canadian Women's Hockey League. It was formerly represented in a seventh, the USL W-League, until that announced on November 6, 2015 that it would cease operation ahead of 2016 season.[122][123]

to this:

Toronto is represented in five major league sports, with teams in the National Hockey League, Major League Baseball, National Basketball Association, Canadian Football League and Major League Soccer. It was formerly represented in a sixth, the Canadian Women's Hockey League which announced on March 31, 2019 that it would cease operations on May 1, 2019. [*] And prior to that it was also represented in a seventh, the USL W-League, until that announced on November 6, 2015 that it would cease operation ahead of 2016 season.[122][123]

[*] http://www.thecwhl.com/the-canadian-womens-hockey-league-to-discontinue-operations Cclarkemdi (talk) 16:31, 20 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Granton Institute of Technology

The article for the Granton Insititute of Technology is orphaned, and though the school was closed in 2010, is there a good reason for adding a reference to it under the education section of this article? *Starfire2999* talk 22:48, 5 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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