Talk:Special Areas Board

message: Which of all of these communities and settlements correspond to which "Special Area" specifically? Johnluisocasio 17:39, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Settlements on which specific Special Area 

message: I removed the paragraph:
A review of historical federal census data has shown that Alberta has never had a fourth special area in its history that went under the official name of Special Area No. 1. As such, it is unclear as to why the province numbered its three special areas as 2 through 4 instead of 1 through 3, in 1938.
Although it may be true that the name "Special Area No. 1" was never in widespread use, this paragraph is misleading.  There were in fact originally six Special Areas, and it appears that they were soon consolidated into four: Tilly East Special Area; Berry Creek-Sullivan Lake Special Area; Sounding Creek-Neutral Hills Special Area; and Bow West Special Area
I do not know how these four Special areas became only three that are named Special Areas No. 2-4, but it seems reasonable that at some point there was a Special Area No. 1.
Millifolium (talk) 07:28, 21 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: It wasn't intended to be misleading, but it was a somewhat speculatory contribution during the infancy of my time on WP.  I like what you've replaced it with.  However, it is lacking a reference.  Can you provide?  Hwy43 (talk) 14:47, 21 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry, I didn't mean to sound accusatory.  I've done a bit more research, and included the references.  This just comes from the original acts, which are available here, and some of the amendments that are published here.  The Special Areas are numbered in the act, and Tilley East Special Area is number 1, so it would make sense that this is the missing Special Area No. 1.  However, I haven't tracked down when Tilley East and Bow West were disbanded, or when the names were officially changed to numbers.  If Tilley East was disbanded before the names were changed to numbers, you are probably correct that there was never a Special Area No. 1.  I think they may have changed names in 1959.  I can't put any more time into this at the moment, but if you would like to pursue this further, it would be interesting to see what you find. Millifolium (talk) 20:10, 21 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: No offense taken. It is a matter of interpretation, so I was just clarifying the genuine intent. I've reviewed some of the same documents here today as well, and have compiled some relevant links to draw upon for further elaboration and referencing purposes. I likely won't be able to do so until after the long weekend though. Thanks for starting on it and I encourage you to keep going in the meantime if you feel inclined. Hwy43 (talk) 20:32, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

text: Also, it should be noted that this article is on the governing body of the Special Areas Board, not special areas in general. Content on the history of the special areas may not necessarily be appropriate for this article, whereas history of the board itself would be appropriate. If you look at the past proposed split discussion above, I previously suggested creation of a Special areas of Alberta article that I never acted on (based on the design of Specialized municipalities of Alberta). This new content would best suited within a History section of this article if and when created. This might be a good project for next week once I'm back from the long weekend. Hwy43 (talk) 20:39, 21 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Names of Special Areas