Talk:Yonge–Dundas Square

message: This article smacks of advertising hyperbole. The reason why no one uses the space is not overzealous security guards. It's because the entire square is an uncomfortable concrete slab with minimal visual stimulation. Toronto is locked in winter for a significant portion of the year, and during these months, lacking any fountain displays, it looks and feels like a parking lot.
*The fountains run more than 6 months a year.  During the winter they are shut down, but also at that time there is less of a need for outdoor spaces because people spend less time outdoors then.  The space was designed for use primarily outside the winter months, and during those times, in my opinion, it has met its objectives.  Glogger 04:00, 14 Nov 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: I removed the more obvious POV (which took some bleeding time, eh?), and added the point that if critics haven't used the space maybe it's because it's uninviting. It still looks like a GO Bus terminal to me. John FitzGerald 14:40, 12 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Advertising? 

message: Just for the record, it was one security guard, with epaulette number 8008, who was chasing people out of the fountains and telling people not to loiter.  My 2 year old daughter and I were chased out of the fountains by this guard, and so we contacted the architects Brown and Storey, as well as fountaineer Dan Euser, as well as Councillor Kyle Rae, as well as Ron Soskolne (Chair of the Board of Dundas Square) as well as the Dundas Square manager Patrick Carnegie, as well as Christine, and all of these people confirmed that waterplay is one of the acceptable uses of the space, and is also that waterplay is one of the original intended uses of the space.  They were also very professional and apologetic, and genuinely wanted to make the space welcoming.   One of the other guards also told me that he was asked, by 8008, to leave the Square when he was off duty.  The problem guard 8008 did not know that the other person was also a security guard.  Apparently 8008 had been asking many people to leave, and finally got into trouble when asking a person who was actually another security guard to leave.  Additionally we were harrassed by 8008 for taking pictures of one of the fountains.  Now that 8008 has been eliminated, the character of the place has improved dramatically, and it is alot more inviting in general. Glogger 04:29, 14 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Problems seemed to be solved when Intelligarde number 8008 was removed

message: Here's a picture I took... don't know if anyone thinks it would help the article. If you do, feel free to use it; it's Creative Commons licensed: http://flickr.com/photos/sanchom/2749072004/ Sancho 06:29, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Picture 

message: Most Torontonians call it Dundas Square.  "Yonge-Dundas Square" is an aberration that needs a citation and some history to back it up. Torontonian1 (talk) 14:27, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name 

message: An editor added a line about YDS being "commonly called Dundas Square" with a citation. I have removed it. I don't object to the 
name or to mentioning it in the lead of the article if it is properly referenced. The  citation provided says only this about "Dundas Square":
:Name: Bruce Bell. Occupation: Organizes walking tours in downtown Toronto. Favourite walk: Yonge St. from King St. to Bloor St., west on Bloor to Avenue Rd., south on Queen's Park Cres. and University Ave. to Queen St. W., east to Yonge St. Why: "It shows a lot of Toronto, how the city has changed and has embraced so many different parts of the world. I really like walking by Dundas Square ... where you can see hundreds of tourists every day. I think this walk also shows how the businesses are doing. It takes me about three hours to complete the circle and it shows the essence of Toronto.
So Bruce Bell calls it Dundas Square. Even though he is a tour guide and a local newspaper columnist, one man calling it "Dundas Square" does not make it "commonly called". This will need more rigorous sourcing than this one reference. Ground Zero | t 11:16, 15 June 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Did the right thing. POTB. ʘ alaney2k ʘ (talk) 22:14, 15 June 2010 (UTC)
replies: text:  I added many more sources, from WP:RS, from a large span of dates. - Epson291 (talk) 11:18, 16 June 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: That's what I was looking for. Although it is incorrect to call it Dundas Square, which is actually the street on the south side of the square, this selection of articles shows that it is a fairly common misappellation. Ground Zero | t 13:38, 16 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Commonly called Dundas Square

message: Can we get a serious main picture for the main page, and not something so artsy? The picture is nice and all, but it does not belong in an encyclopedia article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.30.89.225 (talk) 11:02, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed, some might think it's a nice HDR photo but that's not how the square looks.Josephers (talk) 01:16, 8 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Main Picture 

message: Could someone please add a pronunciation?  It is not immediately apparent how "Yonge" is pronounced.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by CMEHalverson (talk • contribs) 17:07, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  pronunciation?