Talk:Brockville

message: I am not sure why south asian people keep on putting their ethnic group at the top of the minorities listing, they are not the first nor the most numerous nor is the list in alphabetical order. It is getting annoying because they like to hype themselves when they are really shit. I say the minority list should be placed in alphabetical order, starting with B for Black etc.
Have you considered being a bit less racist?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Esouder (talk • contribs) 06:52, 3 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Minorities

message: This article appears to be getting significant input by people who object to the city's usage of the tagline "birthplace of the Canadian Flag" - the last line of the reference cites money spent to date on rebranding as $699,800. This reference is incorrect. This amount of money has not been spent on rebranding. The City of Brockville has spent the cost of paint for 4 wooden signs identifying the tagline ( which is spent annually on the tagline of the day). It is not clear where the cited figure originated but it may be from the assertions of Bob Harper, a private citizen who is the prime supporter/promoter of the "birthplace of the Canadian Flag " who has identified in the media a cost associated with the time he has spent on the issue, the cost associated with a Canadian Flag on the Walmart property etc.. not sure how to fix this reference but for factuality and clarity it should be edited  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.185.88.226 (talk) 21:36, 8 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Accuracy

message: This page is getting a fair amount of vandalism this past few days.  The vandal seems to be on a dynamic IP, and I'm loathe to long-term block a 16 bit subnet for one vandal. I suggest brief (say 1 hr) blocks without further warning (he's been warned enough, and mostly only innocent folks on the same ISP will see the warnings). -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 00:51, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Vandalism

message: The Organized Crime section on the Brockville page is fantastic. I replaced the deleted paragraph on the North End gang as I feel that this is an important part of the city's culture.  If however deleted it would like to explain why they felt it necessary to do so, I'm all ears.
: The section is unverifiable. Personal knowledge is not enough; Wikipedia requires published sources to confirm any information in its articles. Bearcat 00:38, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  organized crime 

message: Why is St. Mary in the "sports" section? I could see it being there if someone actually put info about St. Mary's sports in there but it's mostly extracurricular stuff. Yes, St Mary does a lot of great charity work, but it should be moved to a different section of the Brockville article. It'd be great if someone with knowledge of St Mary's sports history could write a section here.
And why no BCI section there? And why does it say St. Mary is the primary rival of TISS in many sports? I suspect someone biased from St Mary wrote that because it's just not true. BCI is a bigger rival of TISS than St Mary by far. St Mary gets crushed by the two other schools in most sports, and the BCI rowing team is excellent.
I'll probably add a BCI section later. 18 June -- VinnyMendoza
UPDATE: Okay, someone just decided to put St. Mary back in the sports, even though there was still nothing about sports in it. I made a "Charity" Section just for them. Whoever is doing this, don't put it back in Sports.
1. There's nothing about sports.
2. It completely reeks of bias, and shouldn't even be on Wikipedia. This is an ENCYCLOPEDIA, not a newsletter from St. Mary.
Actually, St. Mary's won a national rowing thing a while back. (I wasn't alive) but still, they won it.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.156.145.234 (talk) 22:45, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sports 

message: What kind of a Canadian City/Town doesn't have a section on hockey?
There must be something someone could say about the subject...
Does anyone online know anything about an incident in about 1930 when some kids blew a hole in the railway tunnel with explosives? ( I understand from relatives that my dad was involved but I'd love to hear the whole story ) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 74.97.159.153 (talk) 02:44, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hockey 

message: Please help keep this article encyclopedic by avoiding trivia sections as per Wikipedia:Avoid trivia sections in articles, laundry lists as per Wikipedia:Embedded list, advertisment and self-promotion as per 
Wikipedia: is a not vehicle for propaganda and advertising, and first person perspective as per the policy concerning Wikipedia: Proper tone. First person pronouns such as "I" and "we" imply a point-of-view inconsistent with Wikipedia policy concerning Wikipedia: Neutral point of view. Articles written in this fashion are often deleted. Afv2006 21:42, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Problematic edits 

message: The shopping section is terribly written. It does not flow well when read. Not to mention, does it even serve a purpose? A shopping section for a small city isn't encyclopedic. It sounds like some huge advertisement for Brockville Tourism.
I'm removing it, and just modifying the Economy section to show the city is improving in growth.
--Vinny (talk) 05:37, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Shopping section written poorly 

message: move. Mindmatrix 15:22, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Rename page

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