Talk:Burford, Ontario

message: Sorry if I'm not supposed to edit this page, but I am planning on moving to Burford in the near future... I am curious how high school students get to and from the schools listed. I doubt very much that they are in walking distance. Is it up to them to locate their own transportation, or is there a bus route available ? If anyone knows, I would appreciate a reply.
Thanks !
There are plenty of school busses that go through Burford. Busses pick up kids of all ages from both within the town and the surrounding area then meet up at Blessed Sacrament school where students transfer onto busses that go to specific schools (Burford Elementary, Paris High, Assumption College, etc)
Q.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.201.57.22 (talk) 19:25, 11 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  School 

message: The person who made comments in the text, should try to improve upon the text, as oppose to vandalize it. 
(cur) (last)  14:16, 2005 October 8 65.93.26.11 
(cur) (last)  14:14, 2005 October 8 65.93.26.11 
(cur) (last)  14:12, 2005 October 8 65.93.26.11 
These successive edits raise valid complaints, I mean cancer is a wonderful thing and all, but they might try to add or edit the article to improve readabilty.--Mikerussell 04:57, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vandalism 

message: I've tried to incorporate the above person's complaints into a neutral POV edit. There were a few things I didn't think were appropriate in the article, and a few things I didn't think were correct, either.
* I've removed the mention of Burford Township since there hasn't been a Burford Township since amalgamation (circa 1999 or 2000).
* I thought the mention of Burford's wealth being tied with a "cancer-causing crop" (tobacco) made it sound like Burford was consciously profitteering on people's poor health, which is very POV. It's a traditional crop for the area because the soil is sandy enough to grow it, no more, no less. The important part is the local economy slipped when smoking habits changed, which is true, most tobacco farmers are getting out of the crop.
* The mention that the migrant workers aren't welcomed into the community is strongly POV. It makes the town sound racist which isn't fair. Many local businesses (particularly the grocery store) and farmers bend over backwards to cater to the migrant workers' needs. Keep in mind that there is a clear language barrier, most workers work ten-to-fifteen hours a day six days a week, Burford has no pubs/bowling alleys/other source of recreation, and the workers don't bring their children to Canada with them. These are also factors in why the workers aren't regularly seen pushing baby strollers down King Street and attending church socials.
* I'd prefer more context given to the rivalry between towns. I've removed it for now, although I think it is still worth a mention. The way it was said made it sound like Burford is standoffish and condescending towards its neighbours. I can't say I've ever seen evidence of that. There's no rivalry between towns. What I have seen is some resistance to the perception of "outside" influence over local decisions, as with some recent County of Brant and Grand Erie District School Board decisions (such as closing the high school).
-- Matty j 17:01, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Changes 

message: You sound like a promising spokesperson for the American Tobacco Institute. RJR Nabisco and Phillip Morris may need people like you, so get your resume ready. If calling tobacco a "cancer-causing crop" is POV, then you have a very faulty understanding of the science and public health toll. To assume the article edit was offering a "guilt by association" argument- Burford because it grew tobacco is causing cancer- seems rather foolish, and perhaps indicates an over sensitivity on your part. Burford like many other communities profited from the crop and the general ignorance about its severe health consequences permeated society. Naming the crop as a carcinogen is justly factual. Just ask the Gretzky family about how wonderful a crop tobacco is. 
* I could do without the condescending tone. Substituting "cancer-causing crop" for "tobacco" in this article is like substituting "homicide-assisting instrument" for "hand gun" in some article not related to the pros and cons of handgun use. My point is that doing this substitution implies a level of culpability for the farmers because it causes cancer. Maybe there is, but if there is, it deserves a spot in another article. For my part, I've worked on several tobacco farms, and those farmers are just trying to put food on the table for their families, the same as everybody else. -- Matty j 18:23, 7 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't want to pick a fight, but it seems really silly to suggest an article cannot contain any information about the qualities of the crop it grows, or the product it manufactures. A person who lived in a handgun producing state, grew wealthy from it, and then had to adjust because the laws surrounding the weapons changed due to world-wide accepted science, could not justly claim any mention of this is in an artcile describing the community is off-topic. You seem to be wedded to a faulty understanding of the fact-value disnction or something. --Mikerussell 02:37, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

text: What I am getting at, in my comments, as in reference to the 'American song and dance' statement, is that you are articulating this kind of attitude that outsiders to Burford just don't understand our 'unique way of life'. Since it is Martin Luther King Day in the States today, I just thought I would explain my earlier comments in this way, since that is why I think you are too sensitive. I know you feel protective of the community, but your perspective is not the only one, and others may add insights percisely because they are outsiders. I don't think this is condescending either. --Mikerussell 02:37, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

text: **Well why don't you edit this info into the article, instead of getting so defensive and withdrawing my comment. Adding to the article, with your insight into these people's life and role in the town deserves inclusion, no? I only went by the comments I heard from the kids in the school and the teachers to a lesser degree. I always read the weekly newspaper- The Burford Times and looked for insight into the gangs of men I would see toted around in school buses or straglers in town walking around, and never found any. I would really hope you add to the article, because you have worked elbow to elbow with these people and it would greatly improve the article. I write from the perspective of an outsider to Burford, you are too defensive, I think, you fail to recognize how strange it may be to an outsider to see gangs of men segregated, if not politically, at least physically from others. I think that simply needs to be noted as a fact, and you can add further insight. What might a person of colour from Toronto or Detroit fell like walking down King Street seeing this sharp demarcation? That is all that I am getting at, it is my observation of the community, not a criminal indictment. Simply noting the obvious doesn't need censorship in my opinion. Compared to cities like Mississauga, and Toronto, or any large urban centre where the racial mix is flux and fold among the crowd, as opposed to sharp divide, it immediately caught my attention. Wikipedia is read world-wide and not just in small towns, so I think it is valid to mention the obvious. It might impress readers to know this. As far as the tobacco, ferget it, man, I think the way you reponded speaks for itself- all I know is that more could be written about it, the change from the tobacco economy to present times is worth a novel, at least I got that impression talking to oldtime teachers at BDHS- they really would tell you how the community changed in the past thirty years because tobacco was correctly identified as a cancer-causing crop- that impact is not even mentioned in your edit. --Mikerussell 01:51, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

text: “A rural community with strong ties to religious and community organizations, Burford Township prides itself on being a modern community with traditional small town ethics such as honesty, charity and industry.”
Interesting you saw fit to keep this (something I also wrote), as if it might not be equally construed as POV. My opinion definitely came from the perspective of an outsider, a person who took a keen interest in the community while I worked at the now closed high school, and although my style of introducing the comments you edited out may not be to your liking- I think ultimately, someone might try to re-address the issues you have seen as biased, otherwise, the article will fail to accurately capture the community. --Mikerussell 20:14, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Matty j POV edits 

message: I added a link to the "online' edition of the Burford Times- they still use the word Burford Township- and, quite frankly, I think they took a couple lines out my copy to describe the place. Just don't want people to think it is vice versa, and the article violates copyright or anything.--Mikerussell 16:42, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Burford Times uses Township 

message: :This is from my user page; it appears that the image will be deleted. Does anybody have a picture of Burford to replace it?--Mikerussell 06:57, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I got some self-made photos from a friend who allows me to upload as replacements. --Mikerussell 23:24, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Image:Burford.jpg 

message: Someone removed a picture of a sign depicting a religious phrase, b/c they said it was used to represent a whole town. I noticed this aawhile back too, some anonymous editor deleted it without explantion so I am just guessing it might be related to the recent edit. I found that removing it a little prejudicial to small towns in general, and Burford in particular, as if just b/c the sign was present everyone in the town was slavish Christians or something. The picture is 1 of 9 pictures and like all the photos are presented to add "local colour", not define a community. --Mikerussell 03:49, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: *Eternal damnation, eh, that's rather pessimestic, I never interpreted it like that. Technically, I always thought it could apply to any religious faith- the phrase has an existential weariness to it, on my take. Although obviously I assumed it was Christian. I think that is why people want to remove it though, they have a hyper-sensitivity to any public religious expression. Detroit drowns in public religious expression so I know the sign or one like it can be part of a city, although it still says something unique to me about Burford and surrounds, but perhaps it is just my private  opinion. But I do think the sign is more telling then any church picture, I mean you can find churches in any town- small or large- signs such as that stand out, which is what caught my attention.--Mikerussell 04:38, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Picture of religious sign removed 

message: Someone might want to remove the photos of Tappers (or at least change the caption on it), seeing as that one of the "several restaurants in Burford" is no longer in business. Anyone have a picture of Rick's Place? 74.114.211.12 17:56, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Out of Date Photos 

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