Talk:The Brier

message: I've added a new "Further reading" section with a link to a good website on the history of curling in Canada (from Library and Archives Canada). Is this helpful? Smobri 18:01, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: "Further reading" section

message: I think this article needs to be renamed to something like "Canadian Men's Curling Championship" as Nokia has only been the sponsor since 2001. Labatt's sponsored it for 20 years before that and then of course the original sponsor. RedWolf 01:19, Mar 18, 2004 (UTC)
I think this article should be called "The Brier". I think the sponsor's name should only be included in the name of the event if the sponsor never changes, eg, Scott Tournament of Hearts. If Molson decided to become the title sponsor of Hockey Night in Canada again, should the article be renamed to 'Molson Hockey Night in Canada'? I think not. Furthermore, distinguishing between sponsors leads to unnatural content. Why should the winners of the Nokia Brier be in a separate table than the winners of the Labatt Brier? This should be one single list of Brier winners or Canadian Men's Curling Champions or something to that effect. If it weren't for the discussion already present, I would have moved this myself, in accordance with WP:Bold. P0per 19:57, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Um, no. "The Brier" is a terrible name for the article. It has always been the tradition to use the event sponsor in the name. -- Earl Andrew - talk 20:27, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Whe making reference to a particular event, eg. "The 2004 Nokia Brier", I have no problem including the sponsor. But you just have to look to pretty much any article this one links to to find out what people call the event. Russ Howard - "...been to the Brier 13 times...". Randy Ferbey "..in his first Brier..", "...won the Brier...", Jeff Stoughton "Stoughton is a two time Brier and one time World Championship skip", etc...  Your claim that "the title is pretty well spread in the local venacular" is only (arguably) true when referring to specific events, and not "The Brier" in general, which is the subject of this article. P0per 20:59, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: The current name of the Brier is the Tim Hortons Brier. Whether or not it is spread to the local venacular is up for debate, but it will only take time. Look at the Scott Tournament of Hearts. No one calls it "the Tournament of Hearts". Likewise, when it was the Labatt Brier, it was rarely called just "the Brier". -- Earl Andrew - talk 00:11, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Exactly how many people called this thing the Nokia Brier  , hmm? Sports commentators call this The Brier 67.68.222.42 05:11, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: naming? (2004)

message: This page should be called The Brier 67.68.222.42 05:15, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rename (11 Mar 2006) 

message: * MOVE 67.68.222.42 05:16, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: *I should hope so, Tim Hortons paid alot of money to be title sponsor. That still doesn't mean anything, other than Tim Hortons really did pay to be title sponsor. 70.51.9.9 12:38, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: *Sponsorship doesn't obviate correctness as part of the name for this event.  And anon IPs commenting to the contrary mean little to this discussion, either.  E Pluribus Anthony | talk | 13:21, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Votes on rename

message: I have assessed this as Start Class, as it contains more detail and organization than would be expected of a Stub, and of low importance, as it is a highly specific event within Canada. Cheers, CP 02:47, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The Tournament of Hearts is rated as high importance though. 09:57, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Assessment

message: How about having a chart showing total winners by province/region?  anyone oppose it? Also, what about an indication as to who went on to win the World Championships that year?  99.248.53.179 (talk) 19:35, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Chart of Winners

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message: The version of this article on fr.wiki, :fr:Brier Montana's, needs fixing. Many of the bluelinks for curlers link to the wrong articles, and it should also probably be renamed to :fr:Le Brier per this article's rename -- 65.92.247.66 (talk) 21:48, 19 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Then fix it? This is the discussion for the English page, not the French.-- Earl Andrew - talk 13:43, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: The fr.wiki article was mostly static from 2016 to 2024, so it's not likely French Wikipedians will correct it. Only the sponsor name change prompted a flurry of edits. Thus Canadian editors, who might be bilingual, and who appear here, might want to fix that, providing their French is sufficient, if more adjustments are needed to the text of the article, aside from the link. -- 65.92.247.66 (talk) 04:02, 23 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  This article on French Wikipedia