Talk:Vancouver/Archive 1

message: I beleive that Expo 86 had the theme of 'World in Motion - World in Touch'.
* I agree. See | Expo Museum, [| Canadian Encyclopedia, and | Canadian Heritage site on expos.  --Westendgirl 05:31, 17 Oct 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Expo 86 

message: I adjusted the population listed.  Rathering than listing the population for the Lower Mainland, I used the Statistics Canada population for the CMA for the last census (2001).  The boundary of Statistics Canada's CMA is the standard boundary used to indicate the metropolitan area.  The last census is the last accurate population count.  Until 2006, any other figure is simply an estimate.
Just smoothed out the sentence - too bulky, and isn't the use of census data implied when you state the year? Maybe a link to Canada Census in the external links?
--Bookandcoffee 20:17, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Population 

message: Isn't the marijuana cafe info outdated now?
--JimWae 07:52, 2004 Dec 3 (UTC)
:No. While Blunt Brothers and the Da Kine may be gone, I have it on excellent authority that many others are still operational. Corvus 00:40, 13 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Drugs

message: Actually the Olympic Mountains CAN be seen from southwest Vancouver (high enough point south of 41st, and likely from the North Shore mountains) - though admittedly they are very low on the horizon. I can often see them from Richmond (Garry Point) at sea level too --JimWae 01:57, 2004 Dec 3 (UTC)
:Well, I stand corrected.  However, as you note, they don't dominate the skyline the way the North Shore mountains or Mt. Baker do.  Because of the weather we have had, I was going from distant memory.  I did check a photograph I had taken from Cypress mountain on a pretty clear day.  You couldn't really see much past the Gulf Islands in that direction. However, there was some haze over the ocean, so I accept that on a real clear day you probably could make out the Olympic mountains. -- Webgeer 16:51, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Scenery

message: Previous text said that Burrard is the busiest street in Vancouver. I could not find evidence of this. According to the Vancouver Courier, that honour goes to Granville Street. --Westendgirl 01:23, 29 Jan 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Burrard Street 

message: Is there any source about the name of the « aboriginal settlement called Xwméthkwyiem » ?  I searched on the internet and the only where this appears is on wikipedia.  This name looks very strange. MiguelTremblay 17:43, 22 May 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: It is a Halkomelem word.  A Musqueam speaker helped me find a reference to the settlement.  The reference is: A Stó:lö Coast Salish Historical Atlas.  If you want the publishing info, you can find it under References at Sto:lo.  Hope that helps.  Sunray 07:31, 2005 May 23 (UTC)
Look up Musqueam, which is the English version of Xwméthkwyiem.  I wrote a draft article to flesh out the entry, i.e. to start it, but it needs work.  Skookum1 02:30, 9 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Xwméthkwyiem ? 

message: Please could somebody who lives in the area take and upload a photo of the Vancouver Skybridge to help settle a dispute over the an image that contains it only in the background. If there is a Canadian equivalent of the UK Wikipedian's noticeboard then could someone copy the request there, Thanks Thryduulf 14:37, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I cross-posted it; see Wikipedia talk:Canadian wikipedians' notice board.--Pharos 01:13, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: It looks like someone has posted a better picture. -- Corvus 19:13, 15 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: photo request

message: the chinatown in vancouver is weak. i dont know how it could be the 2nd largest in north america
*weak? I'm sorry, I don't quite understand your definition of weak. The largest ethnic group in Vancouver is Chinese. Besides, facts demonstrate the size of a Chinatown by square metres/feet. PeregrineAY 07:21:23, 2005-09-03 (UTC)
The china town in Vancouver is probably not the second biggest.
The china town in Richmond (First suburb south of the fraser river) if not already will eventually be THE biggest. Chinese are almost the majority population for the entire city of Richmond.
*Have a look at Chinatown to understand how they are formed. Although Richmond is indeed the home of many Chinese Canadians, there was no need for a segregated area for the Chinese, therefore, it is not quite a Chinatown. PeregrineAY 07:21:23, 2005-09-03 (UTC)
The item about Vancouver's Chinatown being the second biggest dates from before the new-era immigration influx, from when it was really only San Francisco's and Vancouver's Chinatowns that were around (as far as significant ones go; NYC's is a three-block mini-version, or was then).  And I think Vancouver had more Chinese than San Francisco, i.e. it was the largest Chinese community in a single city, but I'm not sure about that stat.  As for whether or not Richmond is or has a Chinatown, one of the standard saws around Greater Vancouver these days is "everywhere is Chinatown".Skookum1 02:26, 9 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Chinatown in Vancouver 

message: You know how South Africa has different capitals for the different branches of government.  Could this concept also be applied to British Columbia?
As you may well know, Victoria is officially regarded as our province's capital, but it only has the headquarters of two of the three branches of the provincial goverment.  The BC Supreme Court is located in Vancouver, so could you consider Victoria to be BC's legislative and executive capital, while at the same time considering Vancouver to be BC's judicial capital?  Denelson83  06:17, 29 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Arguably, but unless we can find some outside source that makes the claim that Vancouver is the judicial capital, saying so in the article would fall under the defintion of original reseach.  — Saxifrage | ☎ 08:09, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  A second capital in British Columbia? 

message: Substituted at 20:57, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Assessment comment