Talk:Markham, Ontario

message: A section about Chinese immigration and development in Markham would be useful. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.197.241.71 (talk) 18:39, 17 June 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Thornhill is a community within Markham, so the clinic has been readded. --Maelwys 19:11, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

text: Calling Markville mall the only "North American" mall just sounds silly, since obviously Pacific Mall is also north american (it's in North America, afterall). I've reverted this to the previous wording for now, but only because I couldn't yet think of a better way to phrase this remove the weasel word "major" being used to describe Markville. Maybe I'll just flag it for now and hope somebody else can come up with a better description while I'm still thinking. --Maelwys 19:27, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

text: They are in Markham. You ask how I know? My 3 of my uncles work at 3 of those place. =) TALKIN PIE EATER REVIEW ME 15:52, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Can one really say whites are a minority in an area where they are the largest group? DoubleBlue (Talk) 23:45, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: "Plurarlity" is a better word. -- Earl Andrew - talk 00:08, 22 July 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I consider whites to be the minority myself being one of them, perhaps because I consider a minority to be any number less than 50% (IE think a minority government) -Rob 03:06, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Whites are a minority" 

message: Just for common knowledge, Woodside Square is NOT in Markham, it is in Toronto (ex-Scarborough), WELL past the border, i.e about 2 - 5 kilometres south of the border between Markham and Toronto. Greatlife15 30 March 2006, 19:26
NO whoever said that is right, yes there is a woodside square in Markham, but there is also one by the same name beside FMP(first markham place) - RIPped—Preceding unsigned comment added by RIPped (talk • contribs) 01:07, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: One way or the other, it's not worth mentioning in the article, IMHO.  PKT 14:23, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Woodside Square is NOT in Markham" 

message: FOTW has the flag of Markham here: http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/ca-on-mm.html but it is not very usable for this page. Can anyone find/make a better one? thanks. -- Earl Andrew - talk 20:51, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Flag 

message: Given its population, Markham is easily a city. It is NOT a town in dictionary terms. -- Andrew LuimesAndrew Luimes 20:08, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Andrew, Markham is large enough to incorporate itself as a city, if it's councillors wish to do so. However, legally, it is currently a town. We should stick to facts, not what "could be". I'm going to modify the statement in the article a bit. Mindmatrix 20:21, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

text: I read the articles on the terms city and town, and since "legal status" is what defines it as a town, we should call it as such. - The Lake Effect 07:39, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: City or town

message: Microsoft is NOT headquartered in Markham.
It is based out of MISSISSAUGA.
IBM is not headquartered in Markham.
It is based out of TORONTO, albeit in a part of Toronto very close to Markham.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.96.180.245 (talk) 16:52, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Not according to IBM: About IBM (scroll to bottom). IBM's offices are on the north side of Steeles, which is the boundary between Toronto and York Region. That is, IBM's offices are at the southern-most edge of Markham. Mindmatrix 17:06, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

text: Also, here's their mailing address. Note the line containing the city information... IBM Canada Ltd.; 3600 Steeles Avenue East; Markham; Ontario L3R 9Z7; Canada. On Microsoft though I do agree with you, they don't have any offices in Markham that I know of, so not sure how they got listed. --Maelwys 17:13, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with Maelwys. Also, from my observation, they been slowly moving their day-to-day operations to their new location near Woodbine and Hwy 7, which is even more north of steeles. Nat Tang  talk to me! | Check on my contributions!|Email Me! 13:40, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

text: haha...adding a comment one year later. :P Nat Tang  talk to me! | Check on my contributions!|Email Me! 13:41, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Microsoft is in Mississauga 

message: To keep the paragraph about technology companies current, the section listing ATI should be amended to indicate it's recent acquisition by Austin, Texas CPU giant: AMD Corporation.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.231.143.238 (talk) 23:12, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  ATI should be indicated as an AMD acquisition 

message: I found this in the list of neighbourhoods and communities: 
* Mongolia 
I've never heard of a Mongolia in Markham. So I highly doubt this is factual. xero 00:23, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Neighbourhood of "Mongolia"

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:MarkhamLogo.gif

message: "Alicia Ross, murder victim" was added as a notable person yesterday.  I removed the comment this morning, because her murder does not make the unfortunate Ms.Ross notable.  PKT (talk) 12:48, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I added her name to the list, although it wasn't quite the right place for it.  Perhaps a "notable events in Markham's history" section would be more applicable.  It was a major story for a while.  Davemcarlson (talk) 11:08, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Alicia Ross 

message: The article to Ben Johnson does not indicate anywhere that he's from Markham, hence I removed him from the list of notable people. If he actually is from Markham, its needs a citation. xero-7 (talk) 00:52, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I think his connection to Markham, if any, is so minor it's not worth noting.  PKT (talk) 12:34, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ben Johnson from Markham 

message: The list that's in the article this morning might be out of date and definitely needs refining. When you cross-check it against this site there appear to be updates needed.  PKT(alk) 11:43, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Sister" Cities 

message: I would suggest the removal of the following setence in Demography Section
"Markham is among the most affluent municipalities in Canada"
The reason is Markham is definitely not one of the most affluent municipalities in GTA.  Based on Statistics Canada 2006 Census data, Markham ranks 8 among 13 GTA municipalities based on median household income.  The ranking is
1. Oakville   $92,394
2. Vaughan   $86,616
3. Milton   $86,604
4. Pickering  $84,595
5. Whitby   $84,219
6. Ajax   $81,940
7. Uxbridge   $80,455
8. Markham   $79,924
9. Richmond Hill   $78,976
10. Burlington   $74,969
11. Brampton   $72,402
12. Mississauga   $71,393
13. Oshawa   $61,514  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.75.48.150 (talk) 15:14, 26 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Markham may be one of the most affluent municipalities in Canada, but it is definitely not one of the most affluent in GTA 

message: Where are the names within the info box coming from? I mean the "High-Tech Capital of Canada" I get, it's on most of the city's welcome signs (I wouldn't call it a colloquial nickname, but a manufactured one to market the town to the private sector), but the Greenest High-Tech Capital of Canada? I live next to those welcome signs and that hasn't been incorporated anywhere. I also can't find it referenced anywhere with a Google search... As for the Dragon City? What? I'll honestly attest to the fact that I've never heard this city referred to as such in either a colloquial fashion, or in a marketing fashion by the city's PR. The only thing Google pulls up is the record breaking attempts, but no actual reference of it as a nickname... Leventio (talk) 23:01, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nickname 

message: Should there be information added about Markham's parks and is the name too vague, maybe Markham's Parks and Pathways? Tiffdmo14 (talk) 01:41, 9 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Parks 

message: There have been several competing edits to the lead paragraph recently regarding how far Markham is from other cities.  First Toronto (somewhat logically), then Ottawa, and now Montreal.  These data don't belong in the lead, IMO.  They might fit in the Geography section, but there also ought to be a limit to what other cities are mentioned.  I think today's addition of Montreal is overdoing it, and the editor who added it also got the direction wrong (Markham is not west of Montreal - maybe southwest).  Opinions, please.  PKT(alk) 20:54, 5 April 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: If readers want to know how far Markham is from other cities there is a link in the article to Google Maps.  Magnolia677 (talk) 21:22, 5 April 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Distance to closest major city is fairly standard for Canadian community article leads. It allows the reader to immediately get a general idea of where the community is in relation to a major city whose location is already widely known. As I said in my edit summary, Ottawa and Montreal are unnecessary and such detailed information can be reserved maybe for the Geograph section. An exception can be a community that is relatively equidistant to similarly sized or significant major cities. For example, Red Deer is essentially the midpoint between Calgary and Edmonton, while Lloydminster is near the midpoint between Edmonton and Saskatoon, which as a border city straddling two provinces, it is doubly important to note both Edmonton and Saskatoon. As the user with the first two reverts and then the IP responsible for the third revert are likely the same editor, that editor has violated WP:3RR and is edit-warring. That editor should now only be commenting here else will likely be blocked. Hwy43 (talk) 02:19, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Distances from other cities 

message: You added a table of historical populations dating back to 1871, and cited this source.  I must be missing it, but where is the historic population data at that source?  Thank you.  Magnolia677 (talk) 19:51, 16 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Historical populations 

message: With this edit you wrote that "Markham's population was estimated at 342,000 through The Region of York population census data monitoring in 2015 and over 353,000 under the city's estimate in 2016." You provided this source, entitled "Markham Economic Profile 2017", to support your edit.  When referring to Markham, that source states "with a population of over 353,000".  Where did you find in that source that this number is "the city's estimate in 2016"?  Thank you.  Magnolia677 (talk) 12:41, 19 July 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: I am not able to find it.  Please provide the page number where "estimate", "353,000" and "2016" are found.  Thank you.  Magnolia677 (talk) 12:48, 19 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Population data 

message: Hey Editors, I was wondering if we could get more citations in the Markham,_Ontario#City_issues because I feel that this section is very opinionated. --Miraclemitch (talk) 04:14, 5 October 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  City Issues citations  

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message: :The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 
The result of the move request was: not moved. Rough consensus that the city in Ontario is not the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC for the term "Markham". (non-admin closure)  ModernDayTrilobite (talk • contribs) 16:27, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Also in regards to Vaughan, that one does seem surprising and non-optimal, and would probably be better aligned with the form of this article's title. (Per WP:TITLECON, good titles are "consistent with the pattern of similar articles' titles".) ╠╣uw [talk] 12:29, 19 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 16 February 2023 

message: Just for everyone's awareness, there was a sockpuppet investigation Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/HH Crown Prince Wayne of Markham, where someone kept adding things about Markham having its own royal family as well as York Region. Please revert if you see it and report it. If it keeps happening we may need to protect the page. WizardGamer775 (talk) 12:30, 21 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Also add vandalism warnings to their talk page.  See WP:WARNVAND, and in this case (because we know they're persistent) start at level 3 or 4 warnings.  The goal is to get the sockpuppet blocked.  PKT(alk) 12:55, 21 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: I requested protection for this page again, seems like the royal-family obsessed person is back in full force. WizardGamer775 (talk) 23:51, 5 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sock puppets and the King of Markham