Talk:Owen Sound

message: I removed the following link as it does qualify as OR:
*Dipl. Ing. Hubert M. Meingast (Owen Sound Industrialist who founded H.M. Meingast & Sons Ltd. - now owned by Parker Hannifin Canada Ltd. (in English)
If there can be found a more reliable source than a Tripod site that even admits that the info came from "Family and friends of my grandfather" I would be glad to add it back in myself. Thought I would at least put it here for others to have a chance at researching. Have to admit, the pictures ARE cool though. exit2dos2000 09:19, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Original Research

message: is there any citation for this edit ? 
: Yes.  I changed it to link to Area code 519/226.  PKT 15:52, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  226 Area Code ? 

message: Mainstream archeology has pretty much put to rest the idea that Champlain went any further west than somewhere around the present day communities of Wasaga Beach and Collingwood:
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3904/is_199904/ai_n8844839/pg_8
Deconstructhis (talk) 01:34, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Champlain and the Bruce Peninsula 

message: When I wrote up a brief article about Owen Sound's mayor earlier this year, even her own mayor's message on the city website was giving her surname as just Lovell, but I see that the same message is now signed as Lovell Stanners. Mainly out of curiosity: did she get married this year, or was she already married and simply switched to using a double surname for other reasons? Bearcat (talk) 20:36, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Cool, thanks. Bearcat (talk) 21:36, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Possibly a silly question...

message: I've added a citation request tag to the recent edit which changed the name of the main body of water within the city from "Owen Sound" to "Owen Sound bay". I ran "Owen Sound" on the Canadian federal government geographical place name site and it failed to substantiate the name "Owen Sound bay", although it did include the name "Owen Sound harbour": 
http://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/index_e.php
If "Owen Sound bay" is a strictly local naming convention, I think that should be mentioned in the article alongside the "official" name, but it doesn't seem right to me to replace one with the other without a reference from a reliable source to substantiate it.  cheers Deconstructhis (talk) 20:21, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I had never heard of "Owen Sound bay" but I did some searching on the City of Owen Sound's site and found this link that mentions; "Georgian Bay : Often called "the sixth Great Lake", Georgian Bay bisects Owen Sound and becomes Owen Sound Bay.".  I will add the reference to the article.  PKT(alk) 21:41, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Owen Sound bay"? 

message: This "map" is weird.  Nobody can figure out what it means.--dunnhaupt (talk) 17:11, 22 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Map 

message: The first two paragraphs under the heading appears to be lifted directly from this page: http://www.owensound.ca/about.php.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chip Cherry (talk • contribs) 01:24, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: History Section

message: While I can't find anything but anecdotal sources, apparently this town is locally known as "The Elephant's Asshole." While this might seem incredibly rude, an image such as http://i.imgur.com/glhNF.jpg will explain why. Reventtalk 15:57, 1 February 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rude, but...