Talk:Oshawa

message: 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)
replies: text: 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)
thread_title: Pickering

message: ===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)
thread_title: Demographics

message: *"Metropolitan" Oshawa, population 330,594
*Oshawa    141,590
*Whitby    111,184 
*Clarington 77,820 
As corrected!
Bacl-presby 18:55, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: 2006 CENSUS POPULATION

message: 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)
replies: text: 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)
replies: text: Removed mention again.  Perhaps this would be best suited to the Oshawa Generals page?  Blotto adrift 21:04, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: 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)
replies: text: 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)
thread_title: Stephen Colbert Day

message: 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 .  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)
replies: text: A user has anonymously been vandalizing the page. Your facts are correct. Flibirigit 02:36, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Media

message: 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)
replies: text: 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)
thread_title:  Editing a Small-Town Page 

message: I think there should be some photos added if anyone should have any pictures of Oshawa since this way the article would be immensely improved.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sergiogr (talk • contribs) 20:54, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Any pictures? 

message: I think it important to have a section on Oshawa municipal politics.  It is notable for example that Oshawa City Council has recently voted to implement a general vote for their election meaning that all local politicians will have constituencies twice the size of our Provincial and Federal Members.  They implemented this system with a bylaw passed April 30, 2007 after having a plebiscite on the issue at the last municipal elections.  Notable in this plebiscite was that city council failed to adequately inform the public about the issue and failed to define the terms used in the question.  They also asked a question that was revised a number of times which skewed results toward a direction favoured by the politicians.  More can be read about this issue at the site www.oshawaspeaks.ca.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.122.120.216 (talk) 12:42, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Added a basic section on Oshawa's city government.  I don't know enough about the ward vs at-large debate to comment on it, but if content on that subject is to be added, it will need information from sources other than blogs - newspaper articles, city news releases, etc.  Blotto adrift 19:34, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: City Politics

message: I'm having a couple of issues with the Notable People section.. were these Notable People born there? Lived there? Did they do something important there? We need a bit of clairification before that list begins.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.245.228.221 (talk) 20:16, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Notable People Problems

message: According to the article on Durham College, this college has a separate campus in Port Hope, in Northumberland County. I have a map of all of the town of Port Hope, and can find no Durham College on it, and I have not heard of a Port Hope campus. I doubt this information as the town is in Northumberland County, not Durham Regional Municipality. There is a chance, however, that the campus is very old, and was established before the creation of Durham R.M., at the time of Durham County. (Durham R.M. was created in the early 1980s, I believe.) Can anyone answer this question? --User:Crustaceanguy, June 29, 2009
It's right downtown... a Map won't show you that.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.252.146.46 (talk) 16:04, 26 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Durham College in Port Hope - debatable

message: If an IP address can come onto a wikipedia page and delete an entire, well-researched section of the article on the basis that it isn't referenced (because the references didn't make it through an article overhaul some months back) without any prior warning (i.e. this section needs references--you can help!), and no one does anything, I quit. (NorthernFalcon (talk) 22:10, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Communities of Oshawa 

message: People are vandalising this page by putting references to Oshawott, a Pokemon, in this page. Can someone do something about this please?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.3.15.161 (talk) 19:37, 27 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Oshawott Vandalism 

message: "Around 1760, the French constructed a trading post near the harbour location; this was abandoned after a few years, but its ruins provided shelter for the first residents of what later became Oshawa. Most notably, one of the fur traders was Moody Farewell, an early resident of the community who was to some extent responsible for its name change." Quote from Wikipedia article, History section, 9 Jun 2012. 
What was Oshawa named before? Can't seem to find it in the article.
Oldontarian (talk) 09:27, 9 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Oshawa--19th century name change. 

message: A recent edit removed this motto and asked for a reference. I have undid the edit and added the City of Oshawa homepage as reference. The City of Oshawa home page is given elsewhere in the infobox. The giving of an additional reference is not necessary, really. Also, the motto placement in the infobox is too prominent, IMO. Perhaps we can get permission from the city to display their official logo? DonaldRichardSands (talk) 23:12, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Motto: Prepare to be amazed 

message: Hey guys, I guess Oshawa's Councillor Nester Pidwerbecki must be born in 1936 or something. Do you think I am correct somehow? Which city in Ontario was he born in before he moved to Oshawa? Can you guys make a page for Nester Pidwerbecki who's the oldest of the councillor of Oshawa? Later this year, he'll be 81 by the way  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.30.132.255 (talk) 21:30, 14 February 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not to sure he is notable enough. z'L3X1 (distænt write) 02:13, 26 November 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Councillor Nester Pidwerbecki 

message: Oshawa has had a massive crime problem ever since the GM plant scaled down some years ago, and is only set to get worse now that the GM plant has shut down entirely. Why isn’t the downturn of the city mentioned at all in this article? It’s pretty stongly tied to Oshawa’s reputation in Southern Ontario. This article reads like revisionism.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.68.118.183 (talk) 14:14, 11 February 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Excessive crime ignored in the article 

message: Various articles [1][2] (ironically, including the relevant Wikipedia article) describe Windsor itself or the Windsor-Essex region more broadly as "automotive capital of Canada." Additionally, the cited article's Web Archive link seems to display nothing, which may make it valuable to revisit this claim. 2806:2F0:9300:773D:5C3D:8989:15CF:7F9 (talk) 20:52, 8 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recognition as "automotive capital of Canada" is disputed