Talk:Penticton

message: I'm thinking of adding that...  I remember very clearly that the centre was promised to be around $30 Million before the cost was blown out of proportion.
Edson88888 (talk) 00:30, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recreation Centre was Originally $30 Million 

message: I don't see why a page that was only a few sections long was archive;d yes, I misunderstood the edit - which was describedd as "blanking" not "archiving".....I've reinstated the archive box but I don't think either it or the archive was needed; and indeed, has turned out to be a waste of (my) time.....Skookum1 (talk) 03:42, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Premature archiving

message: Who is Brett Martens, and does "local celebrity" qualify for inclusion in that list?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.218.68.62 (talk) 16:38, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Notable Residents

message: this caught my eye:
:Penticton is sheltered from cold Arctic air in winter by the surrounding mountain ranges,[citation needed] making blizzards and freezing rainstorms very rare.
Well, it's not just cold Arctic air it's sheltered from, more or less, it's primarily wet coastal air it's sheltered from, which in combination with cold Arctic air is what produces any blizzards (usually, though some may come from the north - "freezing rainstorms" is something I much more associate with Chilliwack but maybe there's reason to mention it here, dunno).  So this bit needs rewording and of course citation, it's fairly obvious as a rain shadow location but if there's evidence that Okanagan Mountain, which is to the north after the first leg of Lake Okanagan, provides shelter from the continental air masses we need to cite that....I would think outflow winds would happen here (I'm here for now) but maybe Okanagan Mountain blocks those, ditto with any t hat might sit on the Columbia Plateau to the south....I'll add in a locational section with which mountains are on which side....the peculiarities of Penticton's climate are also due to its low elevation, and being flanked on two sides by lakes....I was told there's a winter effect here called a sun bubble, sort of a thermal inversion by all accounts, which keeps it warm when areas nearby can be much colder; something to do with the hills/lakes trapping a warm pocket of air and the prevailing winds not being strong enough to disrupt it - I suppose that may be the root of that "sheltered by surrounding mountains" bit.Skookum1 (talk) 22:54, 13 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: climate section

message: I just noticed that there's no "History" section at all...I was gonna add a pic/account of Shanghai Alley, the old Chinatown off Front Street.....I think I'll work on Steamboats of Lake Okanagan and Hotel Incola first, as they're key components of the story....I'm living in Penticton right now, been meaning to spend some time over at the museum to write up the Canadian Pacific Lake and River Service and other items, now I realize I'm facing a whole history section here, from the ranches and orcharding/early resort era through the veterans' housing ("K streets"), the history of Peachfest, and more.....Skookum1 (talk) 19:38, 29 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Geez, no History section at all

message: Here are some source-links for Chinatown and Chinese history in Penticton and the Okangan Living Landscapes website, III.  THE CHINESE: Early 1900s - 1930s, with further sources included, Penticton Heritage Strategy (City of Penticton-commisioned report), and Walking through Penticton's past, Steve Kidd, Penticton Western NewsJul 21, 2011  which references Chinatown and the extant Chinatown monument] which I have pictures of somewhere taken during a stay there in 2010-2011, and there are historical photos out there online somewhere.Skookum1 (talk) 17:46, 15 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Chinatown sources

message: The last paragraphs are very problematic. I haven't deleted them outright because the gist could be culled to base a more insightful, appropriate piece on more recent history. 24.67.85.133 (talk) 01:21, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. I was born and raised in Penticton and back in the '80s when we left I remember the population was around 32,000. So, to me, it also reads like a tourism brochure. --Skippingrock (talk) 07:12, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Last paragraphs on History section read like tourism brochure

message: The caption claims that the North Cascades are visible in the distance.  However this is a view looking generally east while the Cascade Range lies well to the west of the Okanagan Valley.  It could be mentioned that Penticton is visible at the far right, however. 209.121.11.201 (talk) 10:14, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Fixed. TBrandley (what's up) 16:34, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I think you're referring to a panorama I deleted; Penticton wasn't visible, if only very dimly, it was of Skaha Lake taken from the heights of Kaleden and not in Penticton; and yes the North Cascades (Cascade Mountains in Canada) are on the other side of Keremeos.....not visible at all from Penticton.  The town's brochures talk about "spectacular mountains on all sides"....you really have to wonder what they put in the water cooler at the local tourism/advertising agencies....Skookum1 (talk) 06:24, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Panoramic Photo 

message: Penticton since the 1950's has developed suburbs. The most obvious one is West Bench. West Bench is easily reached as one encounters it while entering the town on the highway going southwards. Since the 1960's wealthier people started to settle in the upper levels suburb on the Eastern side of the town. The upper levels residential area has not been given a formal name yet.
A suburbs section is needed as the town evolved from a ferry dock that was near a rail station, separate from when the area was a First Nations settlement. Suburbs should not be confused with town history, as that is somewhat viewed broadly as being in the time range 1700 - 1950. If you don't have a suburb section a misleading view of the town's physical evolution might arise. Eyreland (talk) 02:11, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: The benches are not really suburbs in the usual sense, they're part of/extensions of the city even when not in city limits.  Naramata and Summerland are nearby but not suburbs; arguments might be made the Kaleden and Olalla and Okanagan Falls and even Oliver are suburbs; but they're not.  It's like saying Anarchist Mountain is a suburb of Osoyoos, or Peachland is a suburb of Kelowna; the term only really belongs on larger cities; Kamloops and PG have incorporated all surrounding rural communities, such that "the Hart" in PG and Heffley Lake in Kamloops are formally part of the city, not not suburbs or exurbs or anything else.  Info on the Benches should be included, yes, but the term "suburb" is highly questionable in Pen's case.Skookum1 (talk) 06:28, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suburbs (suggested text) 

message: It's not like that's all demographic data there is available, nor is it the most relevant in places where the visible minority population is not all that important. This was just added......but why the obsession with visible minority figures, vs age/income strata, sector of employment etc??Skookum1 (talk) 05:20, 9 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Demographics section should vbe more than just visible minorities 

message: Can't see where to fit it  is from 1912.Skookum1 (talk) 07:49, 4 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  1912 image from British Library collection in Commons 

message: Please, people. If you are going to use the Köppen climate classification, do not call Penticton semi-arid because it is not according to that classification system. There are other means and formulas that might yield the desired result, but you need to specify which climate classification system you are using if you don't want your edit deleted in the future. Stop putting erroneous information on Wikipedia. 
Allow me to walk you through the formula for arid and semi-arid climates. 
Step #1) Take the mean annual temperature and multiply by 20. 9.5 X 20 = 190.
Step #2) If 70% of the annual precipitation falls between April and September add 280; else if 70% of the annual precipitation falls between October and March, add zero; else add 140. For Penticton we add 140. Therefore, the total number = 190 + 140 =  330.
Step #3) Take the total annual precipitation (346 mm), and divide it by this number. 346/330 = 1.05. 
Step #4) If this number is less than 0.5; the climate is arid; if this number is greater than or equal to 0.5, but less than 1, then the climate is semi-arid. Since 1.05 is not less than 1.00, Penticton is NOT semi-arid (according to the Köppen climate classification).
Tatlayoko (talk) 21:54, 29 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Climate Classification 

message: Top of article still includes 2009 requests for more inline citations (although now has 83 references), and clean-up to improve article. Are these still needed or should it be removed? Canuckle (talk) 05:53, 12 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  2009 Needs?