Talk:New Westminster, British Columbia
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[edit] Greg Moore
Should he really be included here? He seems to have been born here, but is most widely associated with Maple Ridge. He went to school there, he has a community centre named after him there and it is where his funeral was held. I have been unable to find any substantial associations with him and New West aside from being where he was born.
[edit] Move Image
Regarding the article the map of the gvrd is inaccurate. New westminister includes part of the extreme north of Lulu Island which is the island currently designated as Richmond. That district of New Westminister is called Queensborough. I would update it but I'm not computer savy enough to be able to do so. However I do appreciate the effort the new authour put into the new map, it is a substantial improvement over the old one.
- Thanks; made the change to both New Westminster and Richmond location maps. Qyd(talk)18:40, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
The photograph of the Pattullo Bridge on the right is covering some text. Would a kind person please move it a little lower? I am still a newbie to Wiki and its syntax. Thanks!
[edit] 2001 census?
I feel embarassed that I don't know this, considering I'm from this city... but is there really a 2001 census? Down here in the states we do 70, 80, 90, 00, 10 for census'ing. But it may happen more in Canada as there's 1/10 as many people so they could do it more cause it doesnt cost as much to perform, and I mean money or time. Especially compared to US, India, and China. Redwolf24 10:28, 10 July 2005 (UTC)
- yes, we have it every 5 years. 1996, 2001, 2006... see the article at Canada 2001 Census. -- Earl Andrew - talk 10:34, 10 July 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Salmonbellies Mann Cup Wins
The following dates are from the Salmonbellies page currently linked in the article; not sure if these should be in the article, or as a footnote; and not sure how to make a footnote properly. So here's the dates:1915,1916,1917, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1937, 1943, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1965, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1981, 1986, 1989, 1991. I'd go so far as to venture they should have their own article at some point, likewise the Vancouver Burrards and Coquitlam Adanacs. Ditto with the New Westminster Royals hockey team. I'm not a sports fan but I know these are historically important teams, and were once something that made New West famous in the Mysterious East.Skookum1 21:38, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Was it Labatt's or O'Keefe's in Sapperton?
My Alzheimer's is kicking in: I should know this, having driven past it x000 times in the last fifty years. Labatt's wasn't it? I would have put it in the historical geography and/or Sapperton sections if I was sure.Skookum1 21:48, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
-->Yes it was Labatt's. Before 1970 it was Lucky Lager. User: WikiMart
[edit] New Westminster O'Keefes and New Westminster Adanacs
Please see question on Talk:New Westminster Salmonbellies.Skookum1 22:37, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Historical photos issues
As you might guess, all the good older photos of New Westminster are in public archives; all those currently listed are from the BC Archives. I know from experience in dealing with them that for non-profit use it's OK to display their images, or thumbnails thereof, provided the Archives credit and photo number is included on the display page, and the image links through to their data/information page for the image; in the case of the drill-hall image, the last one I've added, it would be http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/sn-740C24/cgi-bin/text2html/.visual/img_txt/dir_70/a_07718.txt . The idea here is that, given the amount these images could enrich Wiki historical articles/sections, is it possible to have a Wiki page "summon" an outside online image; or is Wiki sufficiently non-profit enough as a body to simply use handmade thumbnails with the image linked through; the drillhall's imagethumbnail is http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/cgi-bin/www2i/.visual/img_sml/dir_70/a_07718.gif, which if ordinary HTML will work would go <img src="http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/cgi-bin/www2i/.visual/img_sml/dir_70/a_07718.gif">New Westminster Drill Hall</img> Let's see if that worked....Skookum1 00:27, 18 July 2006 (UTC) Nope, so no point in trying the A HREF tag either. Can this work at all? Might help if there's an extant policy from BC Archives about Wiki use; I get away with it at http://www.cayoosh.net because it's for-free, unpublished etc. Any knowledge here about how Wiki image policies apply? I just think that this page, and a lot of other BC pages, especially for ghost towns, mines, ships and people, could be seriously enriched by the inclusion of BC Archives photos (VPL's a lot stickier).Skookum1 00:29, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
- I don't remember anyone doing this and succeeding. -→Buchanan-Hermit™/?! 03:05, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
Too bag. I'll have to study the govt copyright tags acceptable in Wiki and see what applies; it's conceivable the Archives might issue a dictum/letter authorizing use, but that still isn't within Wiki policies, or is it? From what I remember in my discussions with them, the thumbnails can be used on public-education sites (non-advertising, non-profit) so long as the photo ID and the link-through are in place. Or because Wiki is a profit-making corporation (somehow? How does Jimbo Wales earn anything off this vast undertaking anyway?) and/or may or may not be published in hard copy for sale, that might disqualify the Archives' public-permission sensibility; or not. Wiki is so new, so unusual, that it might strike the archivists/administrators that the benefits of people being able to see their collection far outweigh the $35/img they charge for commercial use. Is Wiki or is Wiki not commercial use anyway?Skookum1 07:36, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
- Check out Wikipedia:Image use policy. It's a bit of a rat's nest, but basically, non-commercial and by-permission images are frowned upon. heqs 15:09, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] The Columbian newspaper
Formerly John Robson's British Columbian, d. some time in the 1970s as I recall; once one of the province's flagship dailies. Needs an article; this is a note for later, or for some other industrious media-fan Wikipedian. Hint, hint.Skookum1 08:04, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Hey guys
Hey guys, is it worth noting thw whole coquitlam newestminister shenanigan over the 1 lane bailey bridge? TotallyTempo 01:48, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
