Talk:BC Ferries

message: As it stands right now, the concept of the V class ferry is confusing to wikipedia readers, mostly because the names of the classes kept changing. Originally SEVEN VESSELS were V class vessels:
* Queen of Victoria
* Queen of Vancouver
* Queen of Esquimalt
* Queen of Saanich
* Queen of New Westminster
* Queen of Burnaby
* Queen of Nanaimo
When they were built originally they all had the same basic specifications. All seven were also streched with an 84 foot insert section, so that doesn't split the class yet. What makes it confusing for some is that when 5 of the ships were modified with a new car deck, the two ships that were NOT modified had their class changed, so the Burnaby and Nanaimo became "Burnaby class". 
Then they made it more confusing when the Queen of New Westminster was fitted with new engines, and they officially removed the ship from V class, leaving the vessel in a class of it's own, as a result we have three different types of ship which were all originally built the same.
Is there some way we can reflect this in the articals without it being confusing? Perhaps if we could make the "main" artical on V class ships include a "Sub Classes" section which includes the two Burnaby Class ships, and the Queen of New Westminster, whilst maintaining the pages existed for those ships? 
I want to make this set of articals much less confusing for the reader.
CarsonCo (talk) 22:58, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Confusing Sub Pages (V Class, Burnaby class, Queen of New Westminster) 

message: Please see: http://wikiscanner.virgil.gr/f.php?pagetitle=BC+Ferries --Achim (talk) 18:20, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Anonymous edits

message: The comment about the bridge which can be the alternative has been removed. At least a link should appear where this is presented otherwise it's censorship even if of course it's a hot political subject since this company has a monopoly.
:Uh, it was never there to begin with.  Denelson83  16:15, 26 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bridge 

message: Can anyone confirm that their slogan used to be "Cruise the straits with BC Ferries" until somebody pointed out the double entendre? Or is that folklore? It almost seems like a common enough story to be worth mentioning.
:What double entendre?  Denelson83  15:21, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Cruising is a term for looking for partners for a single, stand-alone sexual encounter.  Originally this term was used much more widely in the gay community.  Similarly, "straight" was a term used by gay people to refer to heterosexuals.  So, cruising the straights" could be interpreted as "look to approach heterosexual strangers to invite them to share in a one-time homosexual encounter."  --  Geo Swan 05:00, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hilarity ensues 

message: This article seems set for images. Unless there is a specific image that someone can think of, we can remove the image request. -Dr Haggis - Talk 23:44, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Remove image request. -Dr Haggis - Talk 03:20, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

text: Thanks for the suggestion.  I am now in the process of making such maps.  I expect to have four or five of them ready to add to the article.  I'm using images from NASA World Wind, so the licensing won't be difficult (PD).  Denelson83  02:05, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Thanks for doing those, don't want to come across as rude but do we have an estimate as to when they will be added? --wozza 15:07, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  They're in the article now.  Denelson83  00:53, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Just taken a look and they're really good, thanks for the valuable contirbution to the article and furthering a 'clever' Brits understanding --wozza 07:08, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Images

message: I'm by no means an expert in nautical matters or encyclopedia etiquette, but is it proper to refer to a ship as "she"?  Of course, I understand that this is indeed a common expression, but it strikes me as being colloquial (perhaps even a tad sexist?).  I haven't made any changes to the article in this regard, nor do I intend to, but I'd be interested to hear what others thinks.  Should "she" be changed to the gender-neutral "it"?  Maybe it's a non-issue, but just thought I'd bring it up.--Ledavee 23:28, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: There has been some discussion of this on Wikipedia:  Wikipedia_talk:Manual_of_Style_archive_(ships_as_%22she%22).  (Although I don't think it was fully resolved).  I think in the maritime industry the reference of "she" is often used even in formal writing.  In mainstream press the neuter is usually used.   Lloyds recently started to use the neuter much to the constrenation of many readers   --Webgeer 00:41, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

text: If we're going to call them "it" instead of "she", we might as well start using "left side" instead of "port", and "rear" instead of "aft". I think it's well within proper, formal usage to use naval terminology. Azio 08:40, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

text: Good point.--Ledavee 18:40, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Gender Neutrality

message: I noticed we only have pictures of the Tsawwassen terminal, with no pictures of any of the other four major terminals.  Could we get such pictures in this article?  Denelson83  03:32, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: You can upload them to the Wikimedia Commons, using the "Upload file" link on the left of the screen on that site.  Just make sure you license them under the GFDL.  Denelson83  04:11, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Other terminals 

message: When the Queen of the North sank, it is believed two people likely drowned. When the two passangers could not be located afterwards  an investigation followed and they were presumed dead . BeefJeaunt 14:53, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sinking Casualties 

message: As there aren't any companies providing this service on the East coast of BC (and the service isn't limited in any way to the West coast), I respectfully offer a rewording of this sentence for clarity.  Revert it or reshape it, but pls consider what "on the West coast" actually means. Tks. Joevanisland 18:07, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: NPOV. NPOV!!! When the sea that used to cover Alberta returns, you'll see the error of your ways... Seriously, though, the changes make sense. Thanks for noticing, and for fixing it. --Ckatzchatspy 19:47, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: HA! Your wit (ahem) sailed right over my head for a moment leaving me thinking, the sea ... Alberta ... what?!?  Thanks for the smile, Ckatz, appreciated here! Joevanisland 22:09, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lead 

message: 1) Brentwood Bay
2) Mill Bay
3) Swartz Bay
4) Fulford Harbour
5) Long Harbour
6) Otter Bay
7) Lyall Harbour	
8) Village Bay
9) Sturdies Bay
10) Tsawwassen
11) Vesuvius
12) Crofton
13) Chemainus
14) Thetis Island	
15) Kuper Island
16) Nanaimo Harbour
17) Descanso Bay
18) Duke Point
19) Departure Bay
20) Horseshoe Bay
21) Snug Cove	
22) Langdale
23) Gambier Island
24) Keats Island
25) Earls Cove
26) Saltery Bay
27) Westview
28) Blubber Bay	
29) Little River
30) Buckley Bay
31) Metcalf Bay
32) Gravelly Bay
33) Shingle Spit
34) Campbell River
35) Quathiaski Cove	
36) Heriot Bay
37) Whaletown
38) Port McNeill
39) Alert Bay
40) Sointula
41) Bear Cove
42) Bella Bella	
43) Bella Coola
44) Shearwater
45) Ocean Falls
46) Klemtu
47) Prince Rupert
48) Skidegate
49) Alliford Bay
--  Denelson83  19:49, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ports of call list 

message: It appears that the accidents section is duplicated in the articles for each individual vessel; which to me is where that level of detail belongs.  I'm guessing it was created here before the individual articles existed.  I think at this point the few missing vessel articles should be created, then the Accidents section should be purged from this article as this one should be a higher level over-view of the organization, not of the ships themselves. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 01:02, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Redundant Accidents section 

message: I am not sure if it qualifies as a paragraph on the page somewhere, but yesterday the BC Ferries site went down due to someone in their IT department not renewing their IP address or something like that. Here is the news article: BC Ferries Website Down. Thought it was pretty funny, especially since I need to book a reservation for our long weekend coming up! 129.42.208.186 (talk) 22:10, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Website Down 

message: The accident section is (from my quick observations of my browser's scroll bar) over 25% of the article.  This is completely off base for a corporation that has historically been considered comparatively safe.  Secondly, that section could use much better referencing.  Other editors thoughts?
::Peace and Passion ☮  ("I'm listening....") 23:47, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Accident section extremely poorly weighted. 

message: These used to be Department of Highways.....are they BC Ferries now?  Wondering what to say on the Galena Bay and Needles-Fauquier Ferry articles and the like, and re Commons cats for pix.Skookum1 (talk) 05:17, 27 July 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: The freshwater ferries are still under the direct control of the BCMoT.  They have nothing to do with BC Ferries. --  Denelson83  01:17, 28 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Arrow Lakes ferries..... 

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message: I propose that the section Accidents and incidents be split into a separate page called List of BC Ferries accidents and incidents. The content of the current page seems off-topic due to the page. The section and subsections are large enough to make their own page. Cascadia630 (talk) 03:47, 2 March 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with this. The section absolutely dominates this page and could make for a standalone article. — Kawnhr (talk) 01:53, 6 August 2022 (UTC)
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