Talk:Markham, Ontario
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Isn't Markham bounded by Woodbine Avenue or Leslie on the West? Not Yonge street? As for ATI, etc... those companies are located in Thornhill - they're JUST (a tad) west of Markham.
Thornhill (east of Yonge) is a part of Markham.
A section about Chinese immigration and development in Markham would be useful.
An anonymous user just added "ATI, IBM Canada, Apple Computer Canada and many other big-name companies choose Markham as their home in Canada." Ordinarily I'd have no reason to doubt this, but this same user had one other edit he did on Wikipedia - changing the CN Tower article to indicate that the tower was located in Markham. This raised a few flags in the back of my head that maybe this guy's not very credible. :) Anyone interested in checking these facts? Bryan 04:54, 9 Aug 2004 (UTC)
I was born and raised in Markham - ATI, Apple, IBM, Motorola, Lucent and others are indeed in Markham. - quanta 23 Sep 2004
Paving over A1 farmland is more of a jab at urban sprawl than a description of the area's culture.
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[edit] A Future Merge
Hi. I just thought I'd drop this message here to let people know. An article with a theme in connection to Markham has been VfD recently. In that discussion, the consensus that appears to be forming points to merging the contents of that article with this article and turning that other article into a redirect page pointing here. It was said that this article is already experiencing lengh issues, and that breaking it would be necessary. It was then suggested that, since the contents of the other article are not notable enough to merit a separate article, once the merge is done, a different section of this article could be separated in a new article. If the consensus stays that, I may be the one to copy and paste that content to this article and turn the other one into a redirect, but I will not break this article. I shall leave this task to those who are more involved with it, if they so choose. If anyone would like to participate in the VfD discussion, please visit the page linked in this message. Regards, Redux 30 June 2005 21:02 (UTC)
[edit] "Whites are a minority"
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)
- "Plurarlity" is a better word. -- Earl Andrew - talk 00:08, 22 July 2005 (UTC)
- 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)
[edit] "Woodside Square is NOT in Markham"
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
- One way or the other, it's not worth mentioning in the article, IMHO. PKT 14:23, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Flag
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)
[edit] City or town
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)
- 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)
[edit] Microsoft is in Mississauga
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.
- 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)
- 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)
[edit] ATI should be indicated as an AMD acquisition
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.
Under Transportation, Million Air is listed. In fact this company is only an FBO operating at Buttonville airport, albeit it is also owned by the same people who own the airport. FBOs only provide servicing to visiting aircraft such fuelling and hotel/catering arrangements. L-P Comire oCT 25/06
