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Discussion about having a montage-styled infobox image here. --[[SRE.K.A.L.|L.A.K.ERS]] 05:05, 2 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The montage contains images already seen in the article. The current image has been through an FA process before and suits its purpose just fine. Mkdw^talk 19:50, 2 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I just thought a montage would be better, as it shows more attractions in the city, than just showing the Downtown skyline itself. The image I created is just an example it what it would look like. Hope Operation Schadenfreude is going good. :D --[[SRE.K.A.L.|L.A.K.ERS]] 22:09, 2 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have nom'ed this page for a rename. Please see it's talk page to comment. --Kevlar (talk • contribs) 04:57, 4 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

whats the population growth in vancouver in 2010? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.235.249.51 (talk) 14:53, 6 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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I came across this memoir of the Literary Storefront while looking up an old friend, poet/publisher Wayne Holder, who briefly ran the place in the early '80s, though it was founded by Mona Fertig. It's highly notable within the context of Canadian literature and BC's cultural history, as a read through the linked article will show and also the comments attached to it, and further googles also; there's little enough on Canadian/BC literary culture as it is in Wikipedia...just dropping note of this here, maybe will do the same on Talk:CanLit.Skookum1 (talk) 19:34, 1 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Formerly 60 Powell Street....see Talk:Canadian_literature#William_Hoffer.2C_Bookseller. Other notable booksellers worthy of articles Stephen Lunsford (bookseller), Bond's Books (now gone), MacLeod's Books, Antiquarius, Colophon Books, Albion Books....given some thought there's others, can't remember the name of the one at 10th & Alma but there's Arcanum Books near the Kootenay Loop; now specializing in mysteries, at one time the focus of occult bookselling in Vancouver...Skookum1 (talk) 20:20, 1 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I've been chipping away at an article about everyone's (or at least my own) favourite derelict barge, the "McBarge", in my userspace: User:M.nelson/McBarge. I'd appreciate some help from knowledgeable Vancouverites; this would probably make a good Vancouver-related DYK during the Olympics. Cheers, -M.Nelson (talk) 22:31, 4 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Things are likely to get busy(er) around here quite soon as everyone in the world vies to tell everyone else that "my firend Alison is teh coolest!". Has anyone thought about setting up a sub-page of related article names that we could all monitor through the "Related changes" function for the next month or two? This would obviously start with Vancouver and 2010 Winter Olympics and presumably articles about various venues and people. The talk page would also be a convenient place to coordinate priority watches. Or is this already happening somewhere and I didn't get the memo? Franamax (talk) 23:09, 4 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I was considering requesting temporary semi-protection for some articles like Wikipedia did for the Beijing Olympics. Mkdw^talk 23:18, 4 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ugh, pre-emptive protection? Other than being completely antithetical to the goals of "the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit", I guess it's OK. :) I personally won't feel any problems with +sprot'ing anything that becomes a problem, RFPP or not. (I do have distinct views on whether the modern Olympic movement is good or not, but not so much that I would hate the articles) What I'm thinking of is a sub-page here where we could collect all the various titles that may be, or are becoming, at risk. Recent changes filtered for mainspace would give me a good comprehensive look at the action at any given moment. I do this already through my watchlist, I'm just thinking of a centralized one where we can monitor changes. Franamax (talk) 23:42, 4 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I've found the Special:RecentChangesLinked/2010 Winter Olympics page to cover most if not all related articles. Keeping an eye on that page should be able to catch all Olympics vandalism. -M.Nelson (talk) 23:59, 4 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

We seem to be missing some Olympic location articles...

• Whistler-Creekside/Whistler Creekside
• Creekside Village
• Blackcomb Village

70.29.210.242 (talk) 05:41, 13 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

We don't seem to have an articles for the 2015 Winter Deaflympics (Vancouver Deaflympics/2015 Deaflympics) ...

There does exist an article for a specific Deaflympics, 2009 Deaflympics, so perhaps with the Canadian Olympics of Whistler going on now, we should also articlize this event? (The Deaflympics are sanctioned by the IOC)

70.29.210.242 (talk) 06:27, 15 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

User:Marylanderz nominated this article for GA about a month ago. I reviewed the article, and placed it on hold. Marylanderz has not edited Wikipedia in three weeks, so I don't know if he or she will be around to make revisions. I'm fully willing to go beyond the seven day mark with the hold, but as it stands right this moment, the article needs further work to satisfy GA. Notifying all WikiProjects which have banners placed on the article's talk page. Nosleep (Talk · Contribs) 23:41, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

1) I would like to know why the neutrality of the "Burrard Bridge" article is now contested. I, not a Vancouverite, am principal editor of it, who reshaped what was there, clarifying the engineering, historical, and site information (inserting illustrative photogaphs). I also separated and put in chronological order reports on ongoing developments regarding the bicycle lane issue. I'm happy to see that subsequent contributions to that history have followed the format. I visit it from time to time to make sure that notes added are all *documented* with links to independent press, civic and other public sources. Contents of these will disagree among themselves and vary in accuracy, neutrality, relevance. Such is the nature of public discussion. That way the article serves as an updated history of a public planning situation of a kind that occurs in many countries, also as a good Wiki source for those who want information about current developments there. Query: therefore, what in the *editing of this article* is considered non-neutral?

(I also deleted vanitas photos, leaving those in text that are illustrative of the text. Thus the old complaint about that on the Discussion page is out of date.)

2) Why does it have a "Low Importance" ranking? What would the Project require of an article on this Bridge, demonstrably important to Vancouver in many ways, to give it a better ranking? Alethe (talk)

I have made it possible to add an article to the Canada and Vancouver articles at once using {{WikiProject Canada |vancouver=yes}}. It can be used along with other Canada projects, for example {{WikiProject Canada |vancouver=yes|music=yes|nl=yes|class=start|importance=low}} for a band that moved from Newfoundland to Vancouver. You can still use the existing {{Vancouverproject}} template if you want to use a unique importance rating, but in general it's useful to share the work between projects. When other projects started using the Canada template, there was a bit of a problem with making the importance rating match, but for most articles there is a clear rank. --Arctic Gnome (talk • contribs) 03:15, 31 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]