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Talk:Fraser Valley Regional District

message: There really is no set of refs for a lot of the information on this page, unless it's cribbed/c opied from the FVRD site; in which case the FVRD can be established as an "unreliable source" because so much of the information is entirely misleading when not simple puffery or bogus.  I've corrected some bits in the Electoral Area descriptions, but once again I'm finding it disatseful to treat RDs as if they were geographic-region articles; there's so much bad geography in this article, and bad history, it's shameful (e.g. Miracle Valley is not the name of the neighbourhood described, which is McConnell Creek; Miracle Valley only refes to the Salvation Army rehab facility/resort northwest of McConnell Creek, and it's not "surrounded on three sides by mountains" (on one side only, the west).  Defenders of RD articles/categories from other provinces just don't seem to get it.  RDs are governments NOT REGIONS.  And if the RDs themselves can't write up their geographies properly, it's clear that they're not reliable sources.....Skookum1 (talk) 15:11, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Bogus material all unreferenced

message: But there is a neighbourhood called Miracle Valley.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.78.209.64 (talk) 19:23, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I know, been there (to the Sally Ann place, too, tbough only with a choir singing Xmas carols).  There are lots of rural communities in the Fraser Valley and GVRD/MetroVan which need articles.  Since you seem to be from up in there, can you explain for me the difference between the Miracle Valley neighbourhood and the McConnell Creek neighbourhood; my imprsssion over the years is that the Allan Lake area is kind of its own neighbourhood too.  Generally in terms of RD-speak and how the Record might refer to anything up there, they'd say "McConnell Creek" - if there's a difference please explain it; I'll try and get at "stubs" (basic articles that can be expanded) for the rural communities including Miracle Valley (Steelhead, Silverhill etc).Skookum1 (talk) 14:03, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Miracle Valley etc

message: I just checked the FVRD website and it didn't have any electoral H and and electoral G was staed to have portions of Sumas Mountain on it and awhile ago I remember reading the news and it said that electoral H was joining the City of Abbotsford so what ever happened did it happen?RebaFan1996 (talk) 00:44, 31 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Electoral Area H

message: This was in the news awhile back - Abbotsford quit the RD because of the war with Mission over water rights/plans re Norrish/Suicide Creek near Dewdney.....shouldn't there be something about this here....even if they're back in the RD?Skookum1 (talk) 06:36, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Didn't Abbotsford withdraw from the FVRD?
Talk:Campbell River, British Columbia

message: No discussion presented on why the article was originally flagged - removing flag.
--203.160.122.80 11:08, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removed original research or unattrib flag 

message: I'm new to this so I don't understand why this page was flagged with this.
--Jabbrwokk 21:53, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'll have a look; soembody had good reason; be prepared to see anything deleted that doesn't have a citation on it and sounds potentially dubious.Skookum1 (talk) 15:40, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  What has been flagged as original research or unattributed claims? 

message: The map highlghts the regional district, and doesn't show the location of Campbell River.  I'll say again, as I have elsewhere in BC pages, that I think location maps based on RDs stink for anything other than RDs; the boundaries are artificial, nobody relates to them (in the same way they do, for instance, relate to the highways gride or the landforms).  But this one's GOT to be changed.Skookum1 (talk) 15:39, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, six months later and no one seems to notice.....I'll see what I can scratch up in the way of a new map, but if I'm going to make it I'm going to abandon the questionable RD-boundary basemap entirely.....Skookum1 (talk) 01:40, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Map
Talk:Comox Valley

message: A simple list of the festivals hosted in the Comox Valley is appropriate, but listing the dates, ticket prices, contact information and so forth to the degree that it takes half the article is not!  WP:NOT#TRAVEL, WP:NOT#DIRECTORY.  Brianhe 19:26, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Bang on! Why not go ahead and fix it.  Sunray 19:43, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: OK, done.  Brianhe 19:49, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Much better. Sunray 19:53, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

text: Comox, British Columbia needs the same treatment but my fingers are tired. Brianhe 02:10, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Events info is excessive

message: I think that the recent video where 3 white men tried to fight a black man should be mentioned here. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/three-arrested-in-attack-posted-on-youtube/article1210121/
Racism has put Comox back on the map!--Wjserson (talk) 13:34, 8 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cultural Capitals?

message: The paragraph about Drake should be pulled or changed to "one discredited idea suggested that
Sir Francis Drake visited the area in 1579."  Several references can be provided.  The accepted
sites are Oregon Dunes for Drake's landfall and Drakes Bay for New Albion.  The US National
Park Service has studied this matter and awarded the Drakes Bay site a National Historic
Landmark designation.  
Comox Bay has been included in Fringe theories on the location of New Albion   MikeVdP (talk) 06:23, 2 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Drake at Comox Valley
Talk:Cumberland, British Columbia

message: BC Archives has a pic of Cumberland's Chinatown; more to be said later; this image may qualify for PD-50 so can be added to the Commons (maybe).Skookum1 (talk) 02:24, 8 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  image of Chinatown 
Talk:Fanny Bay

message: I think both the BCGNIS and the Akriggs are being disingenuous (actually BCGNIS just quotes the Akriggs so it's not their fault) or at best coy.  "Fanny" is a well-known British-ism for either a lady's behind or something a bit more explicit, and it was current in Vancouver's day, though also yes used as a personal name or nickname; my own great-grandmother was a Fanny.....but given the pairing of naming of this island with Henry Island, it occurred to me that "John Henry" has a specific slang connotation as well....not like either Capt Richards or Capt Vancouver to be vulgar, but it does have me wondering if that's the unknown connection between the two names.Skookum1 (talk) 15:04, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Fanny and Henry

message: Hello :) I live in fanny bay and I thought there should be a "Notable people" section to the artical becasue it exits in other articles of towns and city's but for some reason not in this one for fanny bay. I joined wikapedia to add some people I thought where worth noting that live in fanny bay. Artist and such but I've been having truble doing that. So my suggestion is to add a notable people section to the fanny bay artical  (sorry for my bad grammar and English spelling ) Arreis222222222 (talk) 03:45, 27 January 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: While there are often “Notable people” sections in articles like this, only entries for individuals deemed to be Wikipedia notable (i.e. individuals who have Wikipedia articles written about them) are generally considered OK to add and even then only when the connection be person and location is clearly established through citations to reliable sources. So, if there are any current or former residents of Fanny Bay who have articles written about them on Wikipedia, then perhaps such a section could be added. If, however, the point of the section is to just add the names of people who aren’t written about anywhere on Wikipedia, then that’s going to be considered :WP:Namechecking and not really an improvement to the article. — Marchjuly (talk) 09:48, 27 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notable people
Talk:Black Creek, British Columbia

message: I have removed this content twice as it appears to be nonsense and therefore vandalism of this stub article.  The author, Wordtoyourcat, has offered no source to support the content and has not responded to the question whether this is vandalism.  Assuming this is a good faith edit, a verifiable source for the content must be provided to support this as genuine content.  I also challenge this content as lacking the tone/style required of an encylopedia.  --KenWalker | Talk 16:31, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Story of E.B.C. 

message: Everything I wrote definitely happened.  I lived it.  It's more of a discussion piece about how Black Creek and Saratoga Beach in general is becoming nothing more than a marketable tourist trap.  What was once a good tight knit community is now being divided by a few resort owners who clearly care very little about the community or preservation of the surrounding environment.  Saratoga Beach is a mess and though I have personally tried to have this problem fixed by going through the proper channels, I have basically been told that the problem of a polluted beach - which has been pretty much turned into a dumping ground for ignorant people throughout the summer months - is not a major issue with the regional board. --RyanGibbons, 10:23 16 November 2007
* Thanks for your response however, as to "...definitely happened.  I lived it . . "  see WP:OR and WP:V.  Beyond that there are issues about the relevance, coherence and encylopedic tone of the content, but since the content you have added to the article.  It does not appear to pass the basic test of being verifiable.  If a reliable source, other than your own observance of the situation, can not be provided, the content should be deleted. --KenWalker | Talk 18:50, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  E.B.C. 
Talk:Atlin, British Columbia

message: I was in Atlin recently and will post some photos soon. Ghostreveries (talk) 17:25, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Great!  Thanks in advance.....Skookum1 (talk) 18:56, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Flores Island (British Columbia)

message: Someone more knowledgeable than me might need to clarify these articles. Flores Island (this article) says Marktosis is the island's only major settlement. The Ahousat article says that it is the principal settlement on the island, and "the other main settlement of the Ahousaht First Nation is at Marktosis." Are these in effect different names of the same community, or can this be clarified somehow? Peace and Passion ☮  ("I'm listening....") 22:17, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inconsistency between articles: Flores Island, Ahousat, and Marktosis
Talk:Ahousaht, British Columbia

message: A lot of the new material here properly belongs on Ahousaht First Nation, not in this location article; a LOT of the new information should NOT be in either article, e.g. contact numbers.  Please read WP:MOS and WP:COI for further information on appropriate style/content.  Thank you.Skookum1 (talk) 19:33, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: To repeat, please move all the government/organizational content to Ahousaht First Nation; ethnographic/historical content belongs on Ahousaht people, were it to be created; this is a town/location article; while there are no non-natives AFAIK resident at Ahousaht, this shoudl be about population, infrastructure, maybe the land history of the actual reserve etc, and some basic history adn basic govenrment info.  Also please see Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not and its section Wikipedia is not a directory.  Thank you.Skookum1 (talk) 18:52, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Needs split
Category talk:Sports executives and administrators

message: Proposing a category: :Category:Ski and snowboard industry executives.
I would build the list from the Ski Industry Hall of Fame.  -- , 01:14, 16 December 2006‎ (UTC)
:No need to propose subcategories; if there are several extant articles that can fit in it, just create the category and populate it. This one would be redundant, though, as there is alread as :Category:Skiing executives, so you probably want to create :Category:Snowboarding executives (and note lack of the world "industry"). — SMcCandlish   Talk⇒ ʕ(Õلō)ˀ  Contribs. 01:17, 30 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Subcategory needed
Talk:Yukie Chiri

message: I've added Template:Japanese name to the article, but it now occurs to me that this might be incorrect - would "Chiri Yukie" be better described as an Ainu name, and is "Chiri" a family name at all? - Ben Ram 11:00, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is this a Japanese name? 

message: The link to the English Ainu shinyoushuu links to graphic pornography. I removed the link entirely. I don't know what I'm doing and have never edited a wiki page before, and I tried to find another translation, but could not. 
I did find https://historyofjapan.co.uk/2020/04/10/the-song-the-black-fox-god-sang/ which has a translation of the third tale in the book. I confirmed that it seems to be the third story by recognizing "Chironnup" as fox (the story's original title is Chirrunup Yaeyukar) and matching the names in the story. 72.48.210.143 (talk) 01:56, 14 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  External link goes to pornography
Talk:The Sun-Herald

message: I removed the suggested merge tag, as there appeared to be no consensus after several weeks of discussion (last count was 6 against, 3 in favour). The last comment was 3 weeks ago (not five as I stated in my edit summary - a counting error, sorry). On that basis I am assuming this conversation has died a natural death. 
Please revive it if you feel there is merit in further discussion. Euryalus 03:27, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge with SMH? 

message: Just a notification that this article will be the target of Wikipedia:GLAM/SLNSW a two-day GLAM training session at the State Library of New South Wales starting tomorrow (Tuesday 27th Nov).  Any Wikipedians interested in helping out online would be welcomed.  If this article is on your watchlist, please consider it an opportunity for some intensive collaboration over the next couple of days.  If you notice new editors making mistakes - be kind! --99of9 (talk) 06:22, 26 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: GLAM target article
Talk:Aiyansh River Cones

message: The volcano account here should be Aiyansh River Volcanic Field or Aiyansh River Volcanoes or Aiyansh River Cone (or Cones), whatever is appropriate; a title such as Aiyansh River should be about the river, not using a geologic short-form/description.  Whatever the appropriate title, please create the new article, transfer over this material, and turn this article into a rivers stub; very basic is fine - general location, and approx. length (use Basemap to calculate it), and change cats to Rivers of British Columbia and so on....Skookum1 06:27, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: This is a river article, or should be
Talk:Gelfand representation

message: Doing a disambig run on Natural, and I'm not enough of a mathematician to know if the word "natural" used in this article should go to Nature or Natural transformation.  Could someone please help?  Thanks. Tevildo 01:25, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Natural" 

message: I think it would be better the most general definition we want (we could define it for a general complex algebra without reference to a topology but I think commutative Banach algebra is plenty) and THEN restrict to the special case of commutative C*-algebras. As it stands the more general section is rather vague saying "we could have worked in more generality". Does anyone not approve of this?
A Geek Tragedy 21:46, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: First the general then the specifc?

message: Let A = ℓ∞. Then \Phi_A is contains an infinite discrete space (of natural numbers), which is not compact. ℓ∞ has a unit, but is not separable, though. Incnis Mrsi (talk) 15:45, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: The answer to your question is yes. In the example you give \Phi_A is not the set N of natural numbers, but its Stone–Čech compactification (which, as the name suggest, is compact). In general one has to be careful to check if, aside from the 'obvious' characters on a Banach algebra, there might be more 'exotic' ones NowhereDense (talk) 06:10, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  As I realized, you claim existence of such characters which are zero on all finite sequences but are not zero on ℓ∞. IMHO this topic should be described in the article. Incnis Mrsi (talk) 08:52, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: As the article on Stone–Čech points out, you need the axiom of choice to show the compactification exists. You need to assume AC or possibly some slightly weaker form to assert existence of those characters, I guess. If the relation with the compactification is of interest (I'd say it is) it can be included in the article as an example. I don't see much point in quibbling about whether one assumes AC in this branch of functional analysis, since it is entirely standard to use it. Charles Matthews (talk) 11:30, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is Φ<sub>''A''</sub> compact for any unital algebra ''A''? 

message: The text uses ΦA to refer to the set of characters. But in math mode, in the equation defining \widehat{a}, it uses the notation
\Phi_A, which generates a different glyph. I found this very confusing, because I didn't realize it was refering to the same object. I could not figure out how to generate the Φ character within a math mode expression. If someone who knows how could make the notation consistent here, it would be an improvement. Andylatto (talk) 15:41, 23 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inconsistent notation
Talk:Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi

message: Sadia Bajwa et al. TrangaBellam (talk) 21:16, 1 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Right-wing (sources)
Talk:Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District

message: Just to note the RD uses the current title on its website and letterhead; in legal language, i.e. in the legislation and in BCGNIS, it's "Regional District of Alberni-Clayoquot".  For now "most common usage" applies, unless it turns out that the website is anomalous - ? - and the formal usage does prevail.Skookum1 (talk) 01:39, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Official name vs DBA/web name
Talk:Basque Shepherd Dog

message: This is the only document Google finds that has the word pair "Pastoriles Ordinances" !!! Wow that is amazing. It means not one person in the world, besides the original author, knows what that means. So I changed it to read "medieval document". If you know what that really means in English, please place the English translation into this article.
I remove all the untranslated words from this article. This is the English Wikipedia. The article are to be written in English.
Nick Beeson (talk) 00:16, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Pastoriles Ordinances
Talk:Atlin Volcanic Field

message: What's this "Edwards et al" source for the 1898 eruption? 173.66.232.236 (talk) 17:04, 16 June 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Global Volcanism Program cites the sources too. --Chris.urs-o (talk) 17:20, 16 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: unidentified source
Talk:Ash Mountain (British Columbia)

message: I'm unsure which one of these is correct. The Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism Program website here mentions Ash Mountain as a tuya. But Natural Resources Canada describe it as a subglacial mound. Black Tusk (talk) 18:59, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tuya vs. subglacial mound 

message: See Talk:Toozaza Peak#Continental Divide?.  I'll confirm this after checking over some more topos and drainage patterns...Skookum1 (talk) 01:23, 14 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: er, no, not quite; again a southern subpeak and some of the nearby range, but not Ash itself; see update on the Toozaza page.Skookum1 (talk) 01:50, 14 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Continental Divide, I think....

message: I see from my notes above I might be off in what I just put on Talk:Continental_Divide_of_the_Americas#third_triple_point; the triple point would be that minor subpeak....Skookum1 (talk) 03:52, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Well, triple point or not
Talk:Arrow Lakes

message: They are natural lakes, unlike the other lakes of the Columbia. see here. -Pete (talk) 21:48, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Natural lakes 

message: Length? Depth? Width? Volume? Water quality? etc.  --Matthiasb (talk) 19:29, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: All in due time, hydrologic data can be hard to find; certain refs used on Columbia River and Columbia Basin may be of assistance; I'd think BC Hydro would have some stats in re Keenlyside Dam.....Skookum1 (talk) 20:31, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Some of this info is on the BC Bathymetric Maps query website. Cheers, Uninspired Username (talk) 22:48, 12 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Missing information 
Talk:Anderson Lake (British Columbia)

message: curious I went and looked at the satellite map and the coords aren't on the actual lake, but on the flank of the Cayoosh Range on its east side; how much to nudge them left/west or north in seconds I'm not sure, but the coords as given are official and citable, which is why they're there in the first place.  BC Names is slowly updating its entries with more accurate coords; this one not yet.Skookum1 (talk) 16:46, 10 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  coords aren't actually on the lake 
Talk:Ocean Productions

message: Hi folks, it's June 11 2018. 
Hi all, heads-up as this will likely be considered COI, but we are updated the page again as someone reverted it back to information based off of articles over 20 years old. The edits made to this article today reflect our current business endeavors. Any questions, please let us know. OPI
Thanks,
Ocean Productions Inc.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by OceanPI (talk • contribs) 23:03, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ocean Productions Inc. Wikipedia update 

message: Hi all, 
There appears to be someone named "Starrman22", (unrelated to Ocean Productions Inc.) editing the site a lot today and using poor grammar as well. 
Please disregard all edits/updates from "Starrman22".
Your assistance in keeping the information on this site accurate is very much appreciated.
Thanks,
Troy
Ocean Productions Inc.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by OceanPI (talk • contribs) 23:17, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Starrman22 edits" 

message: Hi everyone, when editing this page please fact check before adding or removing titles and any other information. 
I removed all the My Little Pony shows that were not worked on by Ocean. 
Thanks, 
OPI  — Preceding unsigned comment added by OceanPI (talk • contribs) 20:55, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ocean Updates - PLEASE FACT CHECK 

message: I did some digging and I don't see Ocean credited for Beast Wars: Transformers (credits list Pinewood Sound), Care Bears: Adventures in Care-a-lot (credits list Koko Studios), or Dragon Tales (BLT and Koko). Did they only do specific episodes or did someone confuse Vancouver voice actors for an Ocean production? Damnedfan1234 (talk) 17:07, 1 November 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: I removed Beast Wars, Dragon Tales, Ed, Edd n Eddy and He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. As far as I can tell, they were recorded in Vancouver, but Ocean wasn't involved with them. Damnedfan1234 (talk) 04:42, 30 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Questionable western productions 

message: This article mainly consists of a list of the company's body of works, but I think having separate sections for Bluewater and Ocean has become outdated. If you look at most of their recent shows, you'll notice they're recording at both locations. Thoughts on converting the current list into a table like this? Damnedfan1234 (talk) 10:18, 20 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Table instead of a huge list 

message: Ocean Productions did not do the BLT productions dub for Funimation Kirbopher2004 (talk) 21:29, 16 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dragon ball