Talk:Gerrard Street (Toronto)

message: I propose to rename this article to 'Gerrard Street East (Little India), because it is not about the whole street. Comments? RayGates 21:18, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd leave it alone, because it is a stub, and someone might come along and expand it to cover Chinatown East, etc.  If the article gets renamed, we may end up someday with articles on both Gerrard East and Gerrard Street (Little India), which would just be overkill.  Skeezix1000 21:40, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Proposed renaming

message: There have been two recent renamings of this article, first on 2006-05-09 by Ummit from Gerrard Street East to Gerrard Street (Toronto). The second on 2006-06-08 by Terence Ong to Gerrard Street, Toronto.
The comment on the first renaming suggested that 'East' is not properly part of the name of the street.  That is not true.  Look at a map, and you will see that East and West are included in the Street names.  However, since the article now discusses both east and west, I can accept the argument that 'East' be removed from the article name, but would prefer that both full names be included in the article text. I suggest creating additional redirect pages Gerrard Street East, Toronto and Gerrard Street West, Toronto, and I will do so myself if there are no objections in the next few days.
The second renaming refers to correcting the naming style.  I don't know if there is an accepted naming style for streets in Wikipedia, but :Category:Toronto_streets uses more in the (Toronto) style than it does in the , Toronto style, so the appropriate name changes should be applied to each.
All the links to the former page names should be redirected to avoid multiple redirects. It would be good if those doing the renaming would also take responsibility for fixing the links. RayGates 00:05, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Renaming of this article 

message: Discussion at Talk:List of roads in Toronto, Ontario Eco84 | Talk 00:33, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Naming conventions

message: The article states that this is the third largest South Asian marketplace in North America, after the ones on Jackson Heights in New York and Devon Avenue in Chicago. However, the Gerrard India Bazaar website () and various television spots claim that this in fact the largest. Can anyone provide some clarification? I've added a specify tag in that location.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.245.48.26 (talk) 15:52, 23 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Comparison with other South Asian marketplaces in North America 

message: User:110.36.29.55 has come back to try to remove references to Indians on Gerrard St. (even though the City of Toronto recognizes businesses along the stretch as being part of the Gerrard India Bazaar) on the basis that "I've never seen a single indian flag on that street. case closed."
A few points:
* There is an Indian flag on an establishments at 1432 Gerrard St. East.
* There are Indian flags alongside Pakistani, Bangladeshi and Sri Lankan flags at restaurants at 1388 Gerrard and on Avondale just north of Gerrard.
* Businesses at the following addresses on Gerrard St. East use "Indian" or "India" or an Indian place name in their names or advertising: 1401, 1405, 1417, 1424, 1426, 1423, 1425, 1427, 1429, 1431 and several others further to the east. 
There are also businesses that fly the Pakistani and other south Asian flags and/or use "Pakistan", "Pakistani", or other south Asian terms in their names or advertising. The current version of the article reflects the multinational presence on the street. Ground Zero | t 16:38, 24 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Indians on Gerrard St.

message: Its called Gerrard India Bazzare....
and for a reason to AVOID POLITICS
Pakistanis...especially love the politics of boundaries. And they Pakistanis and Indians both love to fight about it.   
India in this sense means India in the old sense of the word....From Afghanistan to Burma. and the Historical INDIA area of influence.
There were none of the modern political divisionsthat we see today. Three was no such thing as Pakistan...the idea even incorporates countries north to China and south to Sri Lanka and Indian Ocean territories. 
New young white kids to the city say "little India"...like little Italy....also there is no such thing as Little Pakistan.
Tourism Toronto is a useless money wasting disgrace, any high school student can market a product better than those idiots.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Starbwoy (talk • contribs) 02:35, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Its called Gerrard India Bazaar 

message: I agree this article should be renamed to Gerrard India Bazaar, it emphasizes that aspect of Gerrard so much and completely misses the other 100 years of history that this street has been through. There were other people other than South Asians on this street that have been completely forgotten about by the people who wrote this article. Just because South Asians moved it all of a sudden becomes relavent to wikipedia?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.12.90.21 (talk) 04:12, 16 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: It has a history apart from being Indian and Chinese